Fantasy · Romance · Thriller
A Discovery of Witches
Diana Bishop is a historian and a witch who avoids magic. When she calls up a bewitched manuscript in an Oxford library, she attracts the attention of creatures of every kind, including a vampire geneticist.
- First published
- 2011
- Pace
- Slow
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 579
- Format
- Book 1 of 5 in All Souls
Read this if you like scholarly, romantic fantasy with libraries, old secrets and a slow-building love story.
Skip this if you want a fast plot, since there are long stretches of travel, dinners and background detail.
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