A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy, #1)

by Deborah Harkness

‘I’ve seen courage like yours before – from women, mostly.’ Matthew continued as if I hadn’t spoken. ‘Men don’t have it. Our resolve is born out of fear. It’s merely bravado.’

Interesting observation!

“From afar I beheld a black cloud covering the earth. It absorbed the earth and covered my soul as the seas entered, becoming putrid and corrupted at the prospect of hell and the shadow of death. A tempest had overwhelmed me

The imagery in this paragraph describes a mental state using metaphor. Something to note if/when I do writing myself.