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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)

Deborah Harkness

Why we're reading this: Dangerous smart and sexy vampire who is also an Oxford professor.
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Apr 30, 2011 Bambi Unbridled rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: witchy-women, million-page-challenge, read-2011, bookclub, favorites, read-it-more-than-once

I sped through this book, not wanting or able to put it down. Now I am so sad its over and I don't know how I'm going to wait a year for the next in the series.

While I did not identify with Diana, I did get caught up in the storyline. (And can I get my own Matthew Clairmont please?). The characters are vampires, witches and daemons, but I found the story to be more literary than paranormal. It was brilliantly researched and written. I became an instant fan of Deborah Harkness.

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Jun 19, 2012 Cc rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebook, 2012

actually it should be 4.5 stars.
Great characters, lots of historical references, and a complex story. Looking forward to the next book to see what Diana and Matthew do next.

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Dec 28, 2013 Shruti Amola rated it it was amazing

AWESOME BOOK

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Jun 09, 2011 EvaS rated it liked it

To be honest, I am torn about how to rate this book (I think 2 1/2 stars is more approriate)... the plot was great and the amount of research the author did is impressive, as is her knowledge of things like genomes and DNA….. but, there is such a thing as too much world building and pointless data. I realize that this is the first book in a series, but I wish there was a bit more action and drama in this one. I did like the book overall, once I got over the fact that the first 2/3 of it reminded ...more

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Sep 14, 2012 Sherry rated it really liked it

I truly enjoyed this book and am heading out...braving the Christmas madness to pick up the second book in this trilogy...I think my holidays are going to full of creatures!!

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