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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)

Deborah Harkness

Start date: January 2, 2018

Finish date: January 16, 2018

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Sep 04, 2014 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fantasy, fiction

Okay, so this wasn't the most amazingly written book or anything, but it was so, so good. I adore the two main characters and there were many points throughout where I laughed out loud at their interactions. They made an amazing and wonderfully entertaining couple, and the whole story was incredibly entertaining. This is definitely one of my favorite books now. The characters were so fun and so likeable, and the various settings throughout were amazing. This isn't a masterpiece work of classic l ...more

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Mar 29, 2011 Aubrey rated it it was ok

What happened to the author in the course of writing this book? She starts off with an interesting idea and then ends up with something akin to Twilight for the tweed set.

In the second half of the book the mystery surrounding the ancient alchemical text 'Ashmole 782' takes a back seat to Diana and Matthew's very special snowflake love. Oh how I wish Harkness had stayed with the original premise instead of taking her main character and wandering off into Mary-Sue territory the minute Diana Bisho ...more

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