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Maybe, I don’t think they are so long coming from Anne Rice’s books.

I’ve read a few reviews where readers complained about the descriptions being too long-winded. Deborah Harkness is able to awaken all the senses with clean prose. Gorgeous sensory scenes, the dinner between Diana and Matthew. I hoped it wouldn’t be the umpteenth love story between the vampire and the human/witch on duty decaying in the erotic worthy of porn… and finally, this book was the answer! Finally, a romance is described in an adult way, the characters are aware that true love and trust require time, and an adult person would assess all the consequences before embarking on such a dangerous love affair. I started reading this novel intrigued by the title and the book cover. The first chapter in the compelling Soul Trilogy series is destined to make its mark. But the love that is born between them, a forbidden love by laws rooted in time, threatens to alter the fragile balance between creatures and humans and unleash a conflict that would have fatal consequences. Together they will cross the eras and unravel the secrets hidden in the ancient book. His interest in the manuscript is soon overtaken by the one for the young witch. One, in particular, stands out from the rest, Matthew Clairmont, a vampire, Darwin-loving genetics professor. There are also demons, imaginative and self-destructive, and vampires, eternally young and powerful and they are all interested in the discovery of Diana. Witches are not the only otherworldly creatures who live alongside humans. Unfortunately, she is not the only creature to feel an overpowering attraction to that ancient text, which hides obscure truths, spells and magic. The power of the manuscript is stronger than her choices, and despite all her attempts, she cannot put it aside. But magic true nature is not easy to relegate to the shadows. When Diana Bishop, a young historian and alchemist, discovers in the Bodleian Library of Oxford an ancient manuscript, hidden there for centuries, she doesn’t realize it was a decisive moment in her life.ĭescending from an ancient line of witches, after the death in mysterious circumstances of both parents, Diana had banished magic from her existence.