A Discovery of Witches, Deborah Harkness
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A Discovery of Witches

Narrator: Jennifer Ikeda

Unabridged: 23 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/08/2011

Category: Fiction - Occult


Synopsis

Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series, from the author of The Black Bird Oracle.

Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on Netflix

“A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight” (People).

Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.

Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night, book three, The Book of Life, and the fourth in the series, Time’s Convert.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Leatrice on 2011-08-22 13:55:23

I enjoyed this book and the way it flowed. Deborah never left you hanging too long. I liked Diana and Matthew.

AudiobooksNow review by Bobbie on 2011-08-29 17:50:33

This was one of the most enjoyable books I have listened to in quite a while. It has a good plot and story line, the characters are well developed and enjoyable, and it flows very well. I am very much looking forward to the next book!

AudiobooksNow review by Naomi M on 2012-07-24 14:03:58

Despite a brief and interesting start, this book is very slow and very boring. There are endless chapters about the heroine drinking tea, eating toast, rowing, and going to yoga classall in very boring detail. This book only needed to be about 150 pages long, not 600! What was the editor thinking? In summary, dont waste your time because nothing ever happens. A rambling plot that goes nowhere.