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Camilla Flores camillaflores — Reviewed for Wickedly Bookish http://www.wickedlybookish.blogspot.com/ Diana Bishop is a scholar of alchemy researching at Oxford. Inadvertently, she calls up an ancient, magical text from the stacks of the Bodelin Library; Ashmole 782. Once returned, it sets off a chain reaction that attracts the attention of every witch, daemon, and vampire nearby. The major players of each preternatural group have been seeking the book for centuries in hopes of understanding the origins of their species, and now they are seeking Diana. Can she elude them with the help of a sexy vampire scholar? And what will happen when what develops between them is expressly forbidden? I know a lot of you loved this book, so it is with great sadness that I admit I didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped. I think my main problem with it stems from the fact that it is so strongly advertised as a literary urban fantasy. I was expecting an intellectual take on witches and vampires and got a "twilight for adults" The scholarly portion of the book takes up the first third and then appears sporadically throughout, but the main focus of the book seems to be the relationship between Diana and Matthew. This would have been much more enjoyable and easier for me to swallow if it had been advertised to me this way to begin with. Don't hand me a sickeningly sweet vampire romance and tell me it is "Equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense..." It would be more accurate to say it is a tale of vampire-witch insta-love sprinkled with history and science. Matthew and Diana know each other for less than a month, but end up so in love with each other, they are willing to put their families in danger in order to be together. Plus their love becomes so overly sappy, I ended up struggling to finish the book. Now, I am not totally hating on this book. From beginning to middle, I was actively engaged and had an enjoyable read. I loved reading about the Oxford atmosphere and yoga classes. I also was delighted by the premise of Matthew researching witch DNA and being able to identify the markers for different inherited powers. That part of the book was wonderful. I had the opportunity to read this book as a buddy read, and one of the women I read this with, Nichole pointed out it was also much longer than it needed to be. I have to agree with her here. There were quite a few scenes and details that could have been shaved off the final product. This would have made the read feel more smooth and less tedious. I always become wary when I sigh in relief after finishing a book. I feel this wouldn't have been the case if it hadn't been so unnecessarily LONG1 This was honestly a case of too much fluff and not enough solid plot. Recommendation: I would definitely recommend this to romance lovers. You will find much to love in a read of A Discovery of Witches. However, if you are more of an urban fantasy person, I think you will find it leaves a lot to be desired.

Antonia Hodge antoniahodge — ** spoiler alert ** I first read The Belgariad when I was 10, and at the time I thought the books were great. I reread the series recently, and was less impressed. Partly this is because I've grown very tired of prophecy as a story device. That certainly bodes unwell for a book called Pawn of Prophecy. Still, even ignoring the prophecy issue, I found the series difficult to get through a second time. One of the worst problems was that the vast majority of the characters have the same personality, and pretty much all of them have the same sense of humor. They don't really feel like individuals, just slight variations on the same character, but from different places. One of the frequently-used excuses for why the extremely powerful characters don't use their amazing powers to aid more with their quest is that it will attract the attention of their enemies. This often left me with the question, "so what?" While a valid excuse in a few situations, more often than not it seemed like a cheap way of allowing story elements to be obstacles for the characters that really shouldn't have been. Still, at least it was better than The Mallorean, which I also reread.

Cristiano Martelli cristianomartelli — Cinta Izzah setinggi gunung Himalaya, dan cinta Hariz seluas lautan. Kedua-duanya saling mencintai namun, dalam setiap novel, dalam setiap cerita sudah tentu ada konflik yang mengukir sesebuah cerita itu menjadi lebih menarik. Bila ibu sendiri membantah dan mengongkong anak tanpa toleransi sesiapapun akan hilang kesabaran. Datuk Sufiah, sekiranya seorang yang baik sudah tentu sesebuah cerita itu bertambah seri. Kasihan Izzah. sentiasa menahan rindu, membutakan mata. Selalu menangis gara-gara cinta yang tidak terluah. Membaca buku ini meletakkan saya satu tahap lagi dalam pembentukan emosi. Tiba-tiba tertanya adakah saya mempunyai impian dalam hidup.Izzah yang mempertahankan maruah akhirnya mendapat kebahagian malah mendapat segala apa yang diingini, walau derita mencengkam lebih awal. saya berharap, mimpi saya bakal terkabul... aura Izzah memberi motivasi..

Nishant Doshi nishantd — I liked it, just because it was Marsh and it took place in a theater and she does mysteries there so very well.

Image Impact _mageimpact — Great plot line. I loveeeee Margaret Peterson Haddix books!!!!!!!!!!!!!