Deborah Harkness exploded onto the literary scene with her debut novel,A Discovery of Witches, Book One of the magical All Souls Trilogy and an international publishing phenomenon. The novel introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and the handsome geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont; together they found themselves at the center of a supernatural battle over an enchanted manuscript known as Ashmole 782.
Now, picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending,Shadow of Night plunges Diana and Matthew into Elizabethan London, a world of spies, subterfuge, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the mysterious School of Night that includes Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. Here, Diana must locate a witch to tutor her in magic, Matthew is forced to confront a past he thought he had put to rest, and the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens.
Deborah Harkness has crafted a gripping journey through a world of alchemy, time travel, and magical discoveries, delivering one of the most hotly anticipated novels of the season.
Starting right where Discover of Witches left off, the story of Deborah and Matthew continues.
For the first 25% of the book there really wasn't much vampire of witchcraft going on. I know they were meant to be hiding in a dangerous period for creatures, but it made the story drag on a little slowly when I really wanted it to go fast and continue on with the action from the first book.
But once they found their stride it was just as good as well written and exciting as the first book.
I liked that it went in to detail about what life might have been like in this new ear, not just for creatures, and it was good to see how the relationship between Matthew and Deborah matured once they were 'mated'.
A great story and I can't wait to read the third part to the trilogy.
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