It freed itself, link by link from where it had rested unobserved, waiting for him. Somewhere in the center of my soul, a rusty chain began to unwind. Matthew is comforting Diana because of something nasty that happens, and while she is angry and hurt and wrapped in his arms, this happens… There is one scene in particular that makes me WEAK at the knees. The two quickly pair up and while their romance is relatively slow-burn it is so richly rewarding.

He is interested in the manuscript, just as so many others are, but by golly is he even more interested in Diana. Matthew Clairmont is a truly ancient vampire with more degrees than you can shake a stick at. The vampires differ in some interesting ways from our cultural norm of the vampire, but I’ll leave the details for you to discover.Įvery great heroine (and Diana is certainly that) needs someone worthy of them. They are the creative types we sometimes malign and/or worship in society. How a non-practising witch could manage something that no one else could… well, it’s a mystery, and this mystery has EVERYONE very interested.ĭiana’s actions attract the attention not only of her fellow witches, but also the demons and vampires. So when she manages to break a spell by calling up an enchanted manuscript at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, she is as shocked as everyone else. While the former brings her tremendous fulfillment, the latter leaves her cold. This book has been a source of joy and comfort for nigh on eight years, and I know it will remain so for many years to come.ĭiana Bishop, our heroine, is an academic by training but a witch by birth. Oh, Bitchery, how glad I am that I ignored the opinions of others. When it became clear to me that the heroine would be gifted with a vampire hero, I launched myself at this book like it was a sushi buffet (which is to say, vigorously and with great enthusiasm).

It didn’t hurt that my love for vampires was (and still is) so tremendously strong that any qualms I had were quickly squashed. But I’m a romance reader and so I care not a fig fancy for others’ opinions of my reading preferences. The first thing I heard about this book was that it wasn’t very good.

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