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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1) by Anne Rice | Book Review

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From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge, hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries.Demonstrating, once again, her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches—a family given to poetry and to incest, to murder and to … Continue reading The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1) by Anne Rice | Book Review

The Book of Life (All Souls #3) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review

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The Book of Life (All Souls ) by Deborah Harkness published 1 July 2014 Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make … Continue reading The Book of Life (All Souls #3) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review

A Discovery of Witches (S2 Review) | Improving On A Solid Base

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The hit TV series staring Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode is back for a second season that covers the second book in the All Souls trilogy, Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness. This season sees the introduction of new characters Gallowglass, Philippe de Clermont, Phoebe Taylor, Kit Marlowe, Father Hubbard and Goody Alsop portrayed respectively … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches (S2 Review) | Improving On A Solid Base

A Discovery of Witches (S2 Premiere Review) | Engrossing and Beautiful

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Review: The series picks up right where we left off in season one, and let me tell you they're moving things along and I love it. The story unfolds faster than in "Shadow of Night," like season one it's leaner and to the point. The show has always had a clean crisp look but this … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches (S2 Premiere Review) | Engrossing and Beautiful

November readings | Diving into the Paranormal and Fantasy with a Touch of Contemporary

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Title: Time's ConvertSeries: All Souls Universe #1Author: Deborah HarknessGenre(s): Historical Fiction, Paranormal, FantasyPage count: 446 (ebook)Published: 25 June 2019 My review | Get it here Title: Prince of DeathSeries: Lords of the Underworld #1Author: Sam Burns, W.M. FawkesGenre(s): Paranormal, MM, Urban Fantasy, Magic, Romance, MythologyPage count: 306 (ebook)Published: 7 March 2019 My review | Get … Continue reading November readings | Diving into the Paranormal and Fantasy with a Touch of Contemporary

Shadow of Night (All Souls #2) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review

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Shadow of Night (All Souls ) by Deborah Harkness published 10 July 2012Picking 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 … Continue reading Shadow of Night (All Souls #2) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review

A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review

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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy ) by Deborah Harkness published Feb 2011A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches (All Souls #1) by Deborah Harkness | Book Review