Immortal Writers

Here's another review from quite a while back.  I did write more in this review, because I remember being completely exasperated with the main character.  I found her quite unlikable!

The premise of this book sounded very interesting. A very young writer must join with a secret society of other famous and illustrious authors to battle against the evil protagonist from her book that she has unwittingly brought to life.
From the first several pages I had a problem with the book, however. The story is told from the point of view of Liz, the young author whose debut novel series has become a world-wide sensation. Liz comes across as very immature, though. The words she chooses to use, as well as her phrasing, does not mesh with someone who has taken the publishing world by storm. I kept thinking that if Liz writes the way she thinks and talks, her books must be aimed at 5th graders. Later, when we learn that Liz is such an amazing author that her words have transcended a mystical veil and her creations have come to life, I had a very hard time believing that. Liz, at 19, is supposedly a writer on par with William Shakespeare and Earnest Hemingway. But her diction, syntax, thoughts and actions are right on track with a young teenager. 
It was not the flying dragons or immortal Shakespeare that I had a hard time believing in this book. It was the fact that the main character is supposed to be one on the best authors in the world--and she certainly didn't act like it.