The Book of Life
by Deborah Harkness
Taste attributes: fantasyromancemonster/alien/supernaturalhistoricalfastfresh & originalunsavouryimaginaryintricateglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questlove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardy
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and glossy: an expansive fantasy novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like polish over grit.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Open Library rating
4.2 / 5
16 ratings
About This Book
After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception.
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- Author
- Deborah Harkness
- Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 672
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- Open Library
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