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3.5 - 4 stars. Overall good, but definitely a 'Twilight' for grown ups. Instead of teens at a high school, they are adult professors at Oxford University. He is a vampire, a she a witch and his obsession. This is just part one (of an unknown number?) in a series where the H/h's story will continue. Many questions remain unanswered. The pacing reminded me a bit of Outlander with its rich details of each character and surrounding, detailed accounts of past events...etc. But for me it was too much
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May 14, 2015
Christa
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it was amazing
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I liked this book at least as much reading it the 2nd time as I did the first go around. I found Diana to be a wonderful character, and it was interesting to see her realize the power she held as a witch. Matthew was also great, and I loved how protective he was toward Diana. The story was fast paced and completely captivating. I enjoyed the way the story took us from Oxford, to France, and then to New York.
When Diana calls up a volume from Oxford's Bodleian Library, she is suddenly in the cros ...more
When Diana calls up a volume from Oxford's Bodleian Library, she is suddenly in the cros ...more
So I really liked this one. I put off reading it for a while due to the mixed reviews, but I am glad I finally read it. There were some slow parts but for the most part it didn't take me long to read. The heroine did get on my nerves a bit but her love interest Matthew, was delicious enough that I didn't mind! The next book involves time travel which I think will be quite good!!!
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The first half of this book I give a solid one star, the second half gets around a three.
Fundamentally the story is interesting, its just poorly written. This book would have been much better as a mystery instead of a romance. The author just is not good at conveying emotions or depth. All the interesting and well written parts were all the historical aspects. But person to person interaction fell flat.
Part of the reason is that the book reads more like a laundry list of events. Emotions dont r ...more
Fundamentally the story is interesting, its just poorly written. This book would have been much better as a mystery instead of a romance. The author just is not good at conveying emotions or depth. All the interesting and well written parts were all the historical aspects. But person to person interaction fell flat.
Part of the reason is that the book reads more like a laundry list of events. Emotions dont r ...more
A reread for me. I first read it in 2012, but now that all the books are out, I needed to reread the story before I could read the 2nd and 3rd.
Love it.
Love it.
I would characterize this as a cross between 'DaVinci Code' and 'Twilight'. There's witches and vampires and a mystery to be solved. The plot line kept me engaged and wanting more. The only reasons I knocked off a star (almost two) were for the incessant Twilight-like reminders of who everyone was (witch, vampire or daemon), what their "behaviors" were, and how stoically beautiful vampires are. All that said, I am very much looking forward to more books by Harkness.
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I gave up. I just couldn't finish it. Boring. Maybe someday I will try again but in the meantime I will be reading something else.
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DNF - life's too short to read crappy books.
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