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Kayla
Dec 12, 2014 rated it liked it
overall pretty long-winded about poetry, tea, yoga, alchemy, and the buildings of oxford, none of which I understood or really found interesting. some parts were ok. Ysabeau is my fave character and I enjoyed parts in sept-tours, but for a book about magic there was very little magic in it. I was also felt like I was a little bit crazy or had ADD while reading this bc I couldn't figure out what the point of the book was exactly. too many plotlines were strung out and crammed in...but for all the ...more
Emily
I didn't enjoy this as much as I thought I would. When I read the description, I went "witches in Oxford? Sign me up!" but it became much less about academia and magic and much more about a Twilight-esque Epic Romance. Now don't get me wrong, I love me some good romance, but this one just wasn't up my street. I also felt like it dragged in several places (which is why it took me much longer to read it that a book this size usually would).

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Nicole
Feb 08, 2016 rated it really liked it
The first third of this book moved really slowly... so slow that I almost gave up, and wondered multiple times how this series got such a good rating. But I read a review saying basically what I just said and stuck with it and am glad I did - I haven't been able to put it down and speeding through the third book in the series now. ...more
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