This series is cracktastic: I like it a lot, while I'm reading, I'm transported, but when I put the book down and reflect on it rationally, I know it's just glorified Twilight-spawn. (Glorified because the author, Deborah Harkness, is a history professor rather than a Mormon hausfrau with a laptop a...
LIKED: The historical elements woven into the story were very interesting to me. Then again, I was a history major in college so your mileage may certainly vary. I also enjoyed the bits of scattered information about alchemy. The sense of place is very vivid. The author describes libraries and cru...
This book was so engrossing, I literally felt as thought I was in story with Diana and Matthew! The amazing detail of the alchemic process and imagery was amazing. This author did her homework! This love story touched me and left me longing to see what happens next! Vampires, witches, demons and hum...
I'm a bit torn on this one. On the one hand I found it an incredibly addictive book and I would put it down, only to think about the next time I could read more. I was engaged in the story, interested in the characters, and didn't find any of it boring, not even the science-y parts. On the other han...
A Discovery of Witches, The Postcard Edition (abridged) Yep...I was able to condense nearly 600 pages into 11 images...I probably could have got it down to 9. OK, in its defence the writing in this book is sublime. I really loved the characters and the basic idea is pretty damned amazing. If this ...
I bought A Discovery of Witches after perusing a Kindle sale a while ago and the description sounded like a more fantasy based Dan Brown novel; a mysterious manuscript plus witches, vampires and daemons. However, whilst the original premise was pretty interesting the execution was just not so good.D...
What I expected: A fun historical fiction novel about witches. Perhaps similar to The Physick Book of Deliverance DaneWhat I got: A romance novel about a witch who falls in love with a vampire. Yeah I've essentially already read that book, thank you. Seen the movie. Watched the tv show. I'm over it....
I did really enjoy this story about a Witch trying hard not to be one, who is doing research on historical alchemy in Oxford, Diana Bishops life is one of academia, and it makes her happy. Then, one day, she gets an unexpected book from the stacks, a book that bites, a book that opens for her and h...
Intriguing set up, and I'm even down with the extensive, loving food and beverage descriptions, but I could. not. deal. with a stereotypical Alpha Male Romance Hero (also pronounced "raging dickweed") in my otherwise enjoyable fantasy. I mean, it was to the point of almost making me wonder if it was...
One star for the story and ½ star for reminding me how much I miss my alma mater, though it was no Oxford. A good friend suggested this book. She and I have overlapping tastes in urban fantasy, and since she enjoyed this book, I thought I would too. The premise sounded interesting, what with eleme...
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