![]() She disregards the magical power she feels when she opens the book, returns it to the library, and without knowing reactivates the spell that kept the book hidden. Diana, who has denied her witch heritage for most of her life manages to call the book from the library and break the spell and open the book. The book is under a powerful spell and it holds the history and truth about the origins and evolution of vampires, witches, and demons (Demons, by the way, are eccentric, intelligent, and funny. Thank god!ĭiana and Matthew meet in a library, they are both academic researchers and what brings them together is a special book: Ashmole 782. The book had the potential to be sappy and lame with a main female character who was weak and very much damsel-in-distress, but Deborah Harkness managed to do something different. The witch, Diana, and a wait for it… Tall dark and handsome vampire, Matthew meet at a library in England where their lives change forever. It’s very much Romeo and Juliet with the two main characters coming from different families, different breeds of human, and above all there is an ancient rule that says vampires, witches, and demons aren’t allowed to love outside of their own kind. ![]() One of the universal themes of the book is forbidden love. I resisted though, bought the book, and began to read. When a friend suggested A Discovery of Witches to me I was skeptical at best, because with reviews from The Sunday Times like: “Intelligent and off-the-wall, it will be irresistible to Twilight fans” I wasn’t convinced I was going to be excited by the book. I felt like the movies – I can only assume about the books – were sending some not so awesome ideas about love and life. Spurred on mostly by my own curiosity, I sat through the two movies contemplating what was on the screen in front of me: obsessive behaviour, manipulation, and teenage angst just to name a few. But I must confess: I saw the first two movies of the Twilight series. I haven’t read Twilight, but I’ve read/heard/seen enough people talking about it to know that it isn’t a book for me. ![]() ![]() I enjoyed the classic evil vampire and endured the nostalgic melancholy vampire, but the vampire fantasy genre really didn’t do much for me. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night, and concludes with The Book of Life.The only vampire books I’ve really read have been Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice. Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. ![]() In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Book one of the New York Times-bestselling All Souls trilogy-"a wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight” ( People).Īll three seasons of the hit TV series “A Discovery of Witches” are streaming now on AMC+, Sundance Now and Shudder.ĭeborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. ![]()
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