Shadow of Night (All Souls, #2) in Around the World in 80 Books

Mar 28, 2014 Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014-chunky-book-challenge

I enjoyed this 2nd book as much as the 1st.

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Nov 25, 2012 Beverly rated it really liked it

• The narrator was excellent and I that contributed to my enjoyment of the book. The book needed an excellent narrator as it was 24 hours long.
• I would call this a literary vampire/witch/demon story – enjoy learning about their cultures and their fight for power over the centuries
• There is a strong romantic element to the book and how others and their family react gives it a different feel as there is action but a lot of it is strategic and political actions
• There are enough suspenseful momen ...more

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Sep 01, 2013 Juliane rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-fantasy, feature-love-stories, result-recommendable, feature-vampires, genre-historical, 2013-books-i-read, type-ebook, feature-time-travel

Aaaaaah I need the next book. Great, great, great story!

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Oct 25, 2012 Rachel N. rated it liked it

Second book in a trilogy. Diana Bishop and Matthew de Clermont time walk to the 1500's to look for a mysterious alchemical manuscript aand to help Diana learn how to control her witches powers. I liked the story and definitely want to read the end of the trilogy when it comes out. It just took more than 200 pages for anything to even remotely begin to happen in the story. A lot of the beginning of the story could have been trimmed. ...more

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Jul 20, 2014 Anna rated it liked it

This book picks up at the point where the previous one leaves off and continues the story of their foray into the past to seek refuge from those who mean them harm, to search for the elusive Elizabethan manuscript that Diana has uncovered in the present day library at Oxford University and to seek out a witch who can help her to control her powers.

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Jul 27, 2012 Sunflower rated it liked it

Shelves: e-books, fiction-read-2012

More escapism. And more Gabaldon-esque with this second book in the trilogy. Also some of the detail gives away the author's other life as a historian. Not that either of those are bad things. Perfect for reading in front of the fire while the winter carries on outside... ...more

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Sep 08, 2012 Kay Green rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy-scifi

I wanted to love this book as much as Discovery of Witches - but it just was not as good. There were way too many characters who came and went in a chapter. Too many story lines that wandered and never caught fire. I still like the main characters and enjoy how they interact with real historical figures, but the plot was kind of nowhere. Hope the third one has better editing because I will still have to read it.

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