![]() ![]() ![]() So far, you’d be forgiven if you thought that this sounded mildly interesting. But, more importantly to the book, she also finds herself attracted to the vampire Matthew – an attraction which is reciprocated – which winds up all of the witches around them and sets them on the path to a confrontation between the magical races. Spotted performing one of these wee bits of magic by a vampire, Diana soon finds herself under surveillance by what would seem to be every witch, vampire and daemon in Oxford as they hope she can break the secrets of a centuries old manuscript that promises the answers to their origins. Except for when it comes to spells like getting the washing done, or getting books down off high shelves. ![]() Apparently from a long line of witches, Diana has tried to steer clear of magic since the death of her parents during her childhood. Sadly, it turned out that this magical epic was instead epically boring, starring the dullest witches and vampires I’ve ever had the misfortune to read about.ĭiana is an academic, studying the history of science and, in particular, alchemy. I don’t know how I came to buy this, but I expect that the promise of an epic set in a world of magic may have had something to do with. ![]()
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