The Others quickly became one of my favorite series in the Urban Fantasy genre. It's set in an unique world where "the others" are the rightful owners of the world. Humans live in dedicated humans areas where Human Law Applies, outside? Human Law Does Not Apply.

The series starts with Meg who enters a courtyard, also known as the areas where The Others and Humans can intermingle. Meg is running away from something, and out of pure desperation accepts the job as the Human Liaison, which means she accepts the mail from the human part of the world to the non-human part of the world.

I fell in love with this world, not only because of Anne Bishop's lovely writing but because of how unique the situation is. The first level of supernaturals in this series is your typical shifters and vampires, but the deeper you go, the stranger and more unique creatures you find. Most of whom has never had an interaction with a human in their life.

So you have multiple levels to the story.
You have whatever Meg is running from, evil bad guys trying to take her back.
You have supernatural creatures who control the world who has no idea how to interact with humans, and Meg slowly teaching them how to do it.
and then you have the big plot that could be "the end of the world as we know it".

I especially loved how the others were truly not human. Not only do they not understand humans and their nature, they have no desire to do so. This isn't an romantic tale of human x werewolf love, this isn't an misunderstood beast. When they're looking at your cleavage, they're thinking of eating you.