A Discovery of Witches

[Cherie]

Casceil wrote: "I'm up to the beginning of Chapter 24 now. When I went to bed last night, I had just finished Chapter 13, and I had a bad feeling about [spoilers removed] Then I got a few chapters farther and de..."

Yes, the trilogy is all one long story.

[Esther]

I am done. I have put the second one on hold at my library.

I love the aunts also, and definitely loooove their house. ;)

I have 2 small issues with the book that are totally personal. It is more "romance" that I care for, but not enough to stop me reading. I am afraid that the next one will be more romancy tough. I shall see. My other one is (view spoiler)[ the time travel, mostly them going back to when and where they were before. This is my limit of suspension of disbelief. (hide spoiler)]

Diana (view spoiler)[ thank god she finally got herself together. for a while there I thought she would take the helpless maiden waiting for help. She seems to grow out of it at the end (hide spoiler)]

[Esther]

Cherie wrote: "Casceil wrote: "I'm still back in Chapter 11. About Diana's parents [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

I saw it as (view spoiler)[ an unfortunate attempt to get Diana "back into the fold". (hide spoiler)]

[Casceil]

Esther wrote: "I am done. I have put the second one on hold at my library.

I love the aunts also, and definitely loooove their house. ;)

I have 2 small issues with the book that are totally personal. It is more..."

I'm about 75% of the way through. It is much more a romance novel than I care for, and some aspects of the story (view spoiler)[ the Knights of Lazarus of Bethany (hide spoiler)] seem a bit "over the top" to me. Nevertheless, I continue to find the book a compelling read.

[Esther]

Casceil wrote: "Esther wrote: "I am done. I have put the second one on hold at my library.

I love the aunts also, and definitely loooove their house. ;)

I have 2 small issues with the book that are totally perso..."

about your spoiler (view spoiler)[ The Knight, I totally agree. Not to the Knight per say but for the gray area in which they seem to move. Their purpose is not clear, more like it is the whim of their leader that decide of their action. But maybe it will bet cleared in the next book. (hide spoiler)]

[Ladyhawk]

Esther, regarding book 2 (view spoiler)[ Matthew and Diana's Tavel back in time is done very well. Diana has not been back in time before and her visit really challenges her knowledge as a historian.

We are introduced to another bunch of great characters. (hide spoiler)]

[Cherie]

Esther wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Casceil wrote: "I'm still back in Chapter 11. About Diana's parents [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

I saw it as [spoilers removed]"

Yes, I agree.

[Cherie]

Ladyhawk wrote: "Esther, regarding book 2 Matthew and Diana's Tavel back in time is done very well. Diana has not been back in time before and her visit really challenges her knowledge as a historian.

We are in..."

[Cherie]

Esther wrote: "I am done. I have put the second one on hold at my library.

I love the aunts also, and definitely loooove their house. ;)

I have 2 small issues with the book that are totally personal. It is more..."

Re the 2nd book: (view spoiler)[I do not want to spoil anything about the second book, because most of it I liked a lot, but I hope you will not be disappointed. I thought the time travel part was done ok. Dianna and Matthew - well, I won't go there. I really liked some of the new characters, but in my opinion, I think she tried to do too much, but you should read it and see for yourself. (hide spoiler)]

[Casceil]

I am about 50 pages from the end. I continue to have mixed feelings about "Discovery." (view spoiler)[ I think the author tries to do too much. She keeps trying to top herself, making each conflict closer to fatal than the last and constantly coming up with new powers for Diana to discover she has. It has gotten to be a bit much for me. In my view, fantasy works best when there are clear rules for the magic and the protagonists have to play by rules and solve their problems within the rules. Once in a great while they can discover some ingenious work-around, but it shouldn't be a constant occurrence. In Discovery, I feel like new rules are being added all the time, and for the most part Diana seems to be some super-creature who is outside the rules that apply to everyone else. I'm enjoying the book, and I will keep reading, but I feel like the book has not lived up to the promise of its opening chapters. (hide spoiler)]

[Casceil]

I finished. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

[Esther]

Cherie wrote: the 2nd book: (view spoiler)

Well, i will read the next but my expectations are lower (view spoiler)[ I am fairly sure it will get more into romance and, as I stated before, tome travel is always something that bugs me. I probably won't have problems with Diana, but if Matthew past and current lives mesh, I will have trouble with it. (hide spoiler)]

[Esther]

Casceil wrote: "I finished. Here is my review: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8..."

You know, Casceil, you have a good point. I did not annoyed me as much as i was more annoyed by Diana's (view spoiler)[ submissive behavior when Matthew was around. And also by the Knights order thing that still do not make sense to me. It may be that she was slowly establishing the rules.... I hope so. guess we will see.

This said, i really like the world she has created. (hide spoiler)]

[Cherie]

Esther wrote: "Cherie wrote: the 2nd book: (view spoiler)

Well, i will read the next but my expectations are lower [spoilers removed]"

RE 2nd book. (view spoiler)[yes, more romance, but the time travel was never an issue. There was no Mathew past and present over-lap. I was always afraid of that too. There is another side of this in the 3rd book that left me with questions that were never answered though. The plot just gets "more muddied". (hide spoiler)]
There are new characters introduced in the second book that I really liked.