Written in Red by Anne Bishop
 
Roc, 2014 (reissue edition)
 
ISBN-13: 9780451464965
 
Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition
 

Meg Corbyn is on the run, with a deep secret. She’s a blood prophet, a young woman gifted with the ability to foretell the future by spilling her own blood. She isn’t is a free woman, though; she was raised by a corporation, her flesh sold for the use of the highest buyer. Now she is stolen property.; she’s stolen herself away, and found a perfect hiding place, within a community of creatures who have never even pretended to be human.

Written in Red is a vivid urban fantasy from epic fantasy staple Anne Bishop. Fans of Bishop’s writing will find some familiar elements, as will urban fantasy fans. The addition of a heroine addicted to self-mutilation, a new interpretation of shifters and vampires, and Bishop’s stellar prose, are sure to keep readers interested. Very much recommended for public library collections and fantasy/dark fantasy/urban fantasy fans.

 
 
Contains: language, violence, self-mutilation, sexual violence
 

Reviewed by Michele Lee

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Monster Librarian Facebook follower Linda Lee Booth for getting me back into the groove for 2015!