Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Anne Rice-only a few writers capture the imagination the way that Deborah Harkness has done with books one and two of her New York Times–bestselling All Souls trilogy. I am not reading the first chapter for fear of going insane whilst I wait for July! As always, share the reading love.The #1 New York Times–bestselling sequel to A Discovery of Witches is as “enchanting, engrossing, and as impossible to put down as its predecessor” ( Miami Herald)

If you want to get started on Harkness’s third book, you can find the first chapter of The Book of Life. But fear not! Harkness’s new book, The Book of Life, comes out July 15, 2014. Again, another cliff-hanger, which has been killing me since I finished the book. They are not sure what will happen when they return and whether they have altered history. When Diana and Matthew are finally ready to return they both realise that they have stayed too long. She starts to fight back against some of Matthew’s possessive ways, and in the end, the two meet half way. Here, in Shadow of Night, Diana embarks on a journey not only to discover her powers as a witch, but to also discover herself. In the first book, I felt that she was very much like a Juliet/Desdemona character: naive, fragile, submissive. This book is also where Diana’s character truly transforms. I really enjoy books when they can truly captivate the real essence of a time and/or place. Her descriptions of the time period are beautiful and they are also very real. And this is where Harkness’s academic background shines. They intend to travel back in time to London, 1590. Diana and Matthew are about to embark on a rather life altering journey. Although, that might have had something to do with the cliff-hanger-ending of Harkness’s first book, A Discovery of Witches. The start of this book was slow, I have to admit. Along the way, their forbidden love is thwarted from all paranormal sides the witches are unhappy that Diana is with a vampire the vampires are unhappy that the strong dark and brooding Matthew is with a witch and the demons are just generally manic and confused. It follows the romantic journey of a witch, Diana, and a vampire, Matthew. Shadow of Night is the second book in Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy.

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