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I kept hearing about this book and, when my friend gave me a copy to read, I put it on my TBR pile. To boil down the plot to its most basic level - it's Twilight in academia. However, there are many differences in the world building and it's a richer story with historical details.
The main protagonist, Diana is a professor on sabbatical at Oxford University doing research and calls up this book that everyone's been wanting forever. There are demons, witches, and vampires in this world, but they ...more
The main protagonist, Diana is a professor on sabbatical at Oxford University doing research and calls up this book that everyone's been wanting forever. There are demons, witches, and vampires in this world, but they ...more
Such a good story. I loved it. Not sure where to begin...the characters, the story line, the magical world, the Bodleian. History, romance and fantasy all mixed in a flavorful book. Reading the 2nd one and it is equally as good.
I absolutely loved this book and discovering that it was a series was just the icing on the cake. Deborah Harkness is a professor of history, which helps her to seamlessly intertwine fact and fiction. The writing is so enchanting and believable that 579 pages seemed so very short.
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