Shadow of Night
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Shadow of Night

by Deborah Harkness

2012•Fantasy•592 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyromancehistoricalmonster/alien/supernaturalunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questlove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, stirring fantasy novel: morally murky and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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Open Library rating

4.2 / 5

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About This Book

Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the School of Night.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyRomanceHistoricalMonster/alien/supernaturalAll consuming questLove conquers allRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

VampiresWitchesHistory

Details

Author
Deborah Harkness
Published
2012
Pages
592
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