![]() ![]() The witches’ work is earthy and authentic if witches are real, this must be how they exist. The book is overflowing with magic, but the magic is grounded and elemental, which I find fascinating. The sequel, Shadow of Night, features many historical characters in new contexts that only strengthen the novel’s uncanny basis in reality. ![]() Harkness is actually a professor and historian herself, and her love of history gleams throughout her novels. The trilogy follows not just their romance, but also their search for a missing manuscript that might be the key to the existence of all creatures: in Deborah Harkness’ universe, humans live alongside witches, vampires, and daemons. The magical trilogy follows the romance between Diana Bishop and 1500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont, but hold your horses-Diana is not a love-struck teenager, but instead a witch too reluctant to use her powers, and an Ivy League professor and historian of alchemy. Deborah Harkness’ All Souls trilogy began with A Discovery of Witches in 2011 (which is wickedly funny since the title-drop in that novel is, “It began with a discovery of witches”). ![]()
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