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Gah. I can't believe I read to the end of this book. What a waste of time!
I read a short excerpt on Tor.com and it sounded interesting, so I added this to my reading list. It turns out to be basically Twilight, but with a more detailed supporting plot and characters who are, supposedly, grown-ups. I say supposedly because they act pretty much like the teens in Twilight, and what is annoying but understandable in a 16-year-old character (I was an idiot at 16 - I can't hold that against anyone) is ...more
I read a short excerpt on Tor.com and it sounded interesting, so I added this to my reading list. It turns out to be basically Twilight, but with a more detailed supporting plot and characters who are, supposedly, grown-ups. I say supposedly because they act pretty much like the teens in Twilight, and what is annoying but understandable in a 16-year-old character (I was an idiot at 16 - I can't hold that against anyone) is ...more
In A Discovery of Witches, much like the blurb states, I was reminded of my days of reading Anne Rice. I remembered when the idea of vampires chilled me to the bone, made me feel a little bit like I needed to watch over my shoulder, and provided me with a touch of forbidden romance. Then came the young adult vampire craze. Girls went gaga over the idea of an Edward, screaming loudly for a man to come and dominate their lives and their sexuality much like Edward did Bella's, and my fascination wi
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Author vacillates between Stephnie meyer series and Harry potter and has added time travel ( time traveller's wife)for a good measure of intrigue. Its like she has read all the fantasy fiction series and then picked out bit and pieces from every where and added them into the plot. The cherry on the cake is the Harlequin-esque romance between the Vampire and the witch. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTGH!!!
While reading about the Vampires, I had flashbacks from Twilight series and half expected Edward Cullen to ...more
While reading about the Vampires, I had flashbacks from Twilight series and half expected Edward Cullen to ...more
I finished it. It developed a plot somewhere in the second half and I actually wanted to know what happened. But I don't really care about any of the characters. I am not really into "paranoramal romance". I do not like the kind of vampire depicted here. I appreciate the "updated" elements (lesbian aunts! ok fine, they're ok. Acknowledgement of the existence of casual sex! but the main characters who are ostensibly in love don't have sex because "ooooh special". MEH).
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I really am enjoying this series, but man am I reading it slow. I'm not really sure why I can't seem to read these ones quickly, but the plot is strong and the characters are well-written... I still recommend it.
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I enjoyed parts of this book, but found other parts to be unbelievably frustrating. For the first half, the main character of Diana was extremely irritating and seemed so weak! I'm a feminist, and the constant discussion of how she wanted/needed Matthew to 'manage' her made me furious. There were also long stretched of circular conversations without much advancing of the plot. The second half of the book was more interesting, and I will probably read the next installment to see where the story g
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It feels like it took me forever to read this one, but it was good overall. A little long and slow to get started but it definitely picked up about halfway through. Diana is a historian and while at at a library one day she accidentally unlocks an ancient book using her long forgotten magic (she's in denial about her witchy background). Of course this unleashes a whole bunch of evil and she has to finally become what she's tried her whole life to deny. I'm sure I'll read the next one...in time.
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Sep 17, 2019
Natalya
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it was amazing
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Shelves:
fantasy,
vampires,
adult-fiction,
romance,
witches,
magic,
adventure,
fiction,
contemporary,
2019
Feb 16, 2012
Amanda
marked it as abandoned
Oct 11, 2018
Katy
marked it as to-read
