Publisher: Viking
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Format: e-ARC
Source: publisher
FIRST LINE
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We arrived in an undignified heap of
witch and vampire.
Harkness starts Shadow of Night right
where her debut, A Discovery of Witches, left off. After falling head over
heels in love Diana and Matthew now travel back in time to 16th-century
England in search of the Ashmole 782 along with the hope that they will
discover more about Diana’s powers. They know they are going to face ridicule
and that they will have to tread carefully so that they don’t alert people
around them that they are from the future. Unfortunately for Diana, that is not
possible and fitting in proves to be harder then Diana thought it would be.
Diana finally gets to meet the notorious
School of Night group which includes many historic figures. One in particular,
Christopher Marlowe, is hell bent on making Diana’s life miserable (due to the
fact that he is in love with Matthew.) Besides trying to find the Ashmole 782,
Diana must learn what type of Witch she is and how to harness her magic to get
them home. Unfortunately for her, for every new discovery, bigger and more
complicated matters emerge.
Matthew is hot-headed as ever and having
to bring Diana back to this time in his life has him constantly on edge. He
doesn’t want her to discover all the crimes against witches that he committed.
Once he finally lets the shield down around his heart he learns to accept that
he can’t change the past (even though he and Diana are trying). He now has to
focus on the future of him and his bride and their bundle that is on the way.
The reader is taken on a fantastic
journey back in time to one of my favorite time periods to read about. Set
against the backdrop of Elizabeth I’s reign, Harkness pulls you in with her
descriptions on how it was to live back then. I love that Diana had to learn to
“fit” in and even though she is a historian, nothing can prepare someone to
have to actually live the culture. Diana and Matthew’s characters really start
to grow as does their family (including a few street urchins who worm their way
into their hearts). Even though at times the writing becomes quite wordy, in
the end it was worth reading this amazing voyage that Diana and Matthew embark
on and I anxiously await the conclusion of their story.
PURCHASE SHADOW OF NIGHT
PURCHASE A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES
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