Deep in the heart of Oxford’s Bodleian
Library, Diana Bishop—a young scholar and the descendant of witches—unearths an
enchanted alchemical manuscript. Wanting
nothing to do with sorcery, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery has set a fantastical
underworld stirring, and soon a horde of daemons, witches, and other creatures
descends upon the library. Among them is
the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire with a keen interest in the
book. Equal parts history and magic,
romance and suspense, A Discovery of Witches is a mesmerizing and
addictive tale of passion and obsession that reveals the closely guarded
secrets of an enchanted world.
4/5 stars (really liked it)
At first I was not too crazy about this book,
it starts off slow. Introducing Diana, a
reluctant witch that finds a manuscript.
Also we meet Matthew a very old vampire that is also interested in the
manuscript. But as we learn more and
more about Diana’s past and her ancestors and Matthew’s long life as a vampire
the book gets more and more interesting.
There is also a bit of history and I’m normally not one that likes
reading about history but this book made it interesting. I could not put the book down the last 100
pages and now I wish that the next book was in my hand so I could continue it.
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