Title: Shadow of Night Pdf A Novel
The number one New York Times best-selling sequel to A Discovery of Witches, book two of the All Souls Trilogy - "as enchanting, engrossing, and impossible to put down as its predecessor" (Miami Herald)
Look for the hit series A Discovery of Witches streaming on Sundance Now and Shudder and coming to television this April on AMC and BBC America.
J. K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Anne Rice - only a few writers capture the imagination the way that Deborah Harkness has with her New York Times best-selling All Souls trilogy. A Discovery of Witches introduces reluctant witch Diana Bishop, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, and the battle for a lost, enchanted manuscript known as Ashmole 782.
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. As the search for Ashmole 782 deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew's past tightens around them, and they embark on a very different - and vastly more dangerous - journey.
A Journey Back in Time FINAL DECISION: A fine continuation of the story of a witch, a vampire and their search which takes them back in time. I loved how this book developed their relationship and challenged their characters through resurrection of their pasts.THE STORY: Diana Bishop, a witch, and Matthew Clairmont, a vampire, have broken the law of creatures by having a romantic relationship. Jumping off from the events in book one, Diana and Matthew have traveled back in time to Elizabethan England in order to find a teacher to help Diana learn about and control her powers. Although the two seek safety in the past, they find that a whole new host of dangers threatens them and their relationship.OPINION: A long and meandering journey through Elizabeth's England where the fictional characters mix with real historical figures, this book develops both the mythology of the trilogy and also the relationship between Diana and Matthew.I enjoyed seeing these characters approach the challenges that face them. The book, which like the others in the series is over 550 pages, asks for a commitment from its readers. Everything is slow and deliberate -- not boring, not pointless -- and takes its time developing both the characters and the plot. At times during the book, I wondered whether the destination would be worth it. While the conclusion excited me about the finale book in the series, the entirety of the development of the relationship between Diana and Matthew and their own working out of their own challenges from their past snagged me for every page.The book doesn't always go in the way that I expected it to and it is certainly an epic read. It does suffer somewhat from being part of the trilogy and the middle book at that. At the end of the book there is no real conclusion -- because there is one more book. Thus, this book doesn't truly stand on its own and requires reading both the first and third books in the series.WORTH MENTIONING: The historical expertise of the author is put to good use here. The past feels authentic and I enjoyed using this book as a springboard to learn more about the real historical figures depicted in the book.CONNECTED BOOKS: SHADOW OF NIGHT is the second book in the All Souls Trilogy. The book should be read as part of the trilogy.STAR RATING: I give this book 4.5 stars.Not quite as good as the first one. I was soooo looking forward to reading Shadow of Night because I LOVED Discovery of Witches . However, I did not love this one as much. :(Although I love the detail that makes me feel like I am right there in the book, living the life with Matthew and Diana - the sights, the smells, the textures and temperatures - I felt that this book was unnecessarily long and had too many uneventful stretches. There were parts that I really did like, mostly near the beginning and of course toward the end, but if this had been a stand-alone novel, I'm not sure I would have continued on through some of the mundane middle parts.This novel is mostly set in the past. The attention to detail is amazing! Beautiful descriptions of the voluminous clothing, intricate hairstyles, wonderful castles, markets and countrysides. I can't imagine how much research must have gone into writing this. If any of it happens to be incorrect, it's convincing enough that it would be difficult to dispute. I mean it's not as if any of us can time travel back to the 16th century in order to do a little fact checking.I will definitely read The Book of Life , but I am taking a break and reading a couple of new releases that I have been waiting for before I dive back into The All Souls Trilogy
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