Shadow of Night

By Deborah Harkness

Book Overview

The #1 New York Times bestselling second installment in the All Souls series, from the author of The Discovery of Witches and The Black Bird Oracle.

Look for the hit series "A Discovery of Witches," now streaming on AMC+, Sundance Now, and Shudder

Picking up from A Discovery of Witches' cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes reluctant witch Diana Bishop and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew's old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782--the lost and enchanted manuscript whose mystery first pulled Diana and Matthew into one another's orbit--deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew's past tightens around them. Together they find they must embark on a very different--and vastly more dangerous--journey.

"A captivating and romantic ripping yarn,"* Shadow of Night confirms Deborah Harkness as a master storyteller, able to cast an "addictive tale of magic, mayhem and two lovers"(Chicago Tribune).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143123629
• ISBN13: 9780143123620
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.3" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I FINALLY read it🥰

I remember thinking I didn’t blame anyone for being wary of Diana since she’s a new to the time period they were in. There still seemed to be some tension between vampires and witches though. I started reading this book last year in April but I set it aside mainly because of the character Matthew. I started thinking I had to warm myself up to the way women were viewed in that time period. I don't like DNFing a book. So I started reading this again yesterday (Feb 18). I wasn’t as annoyed with Matthew as I was before. I get he's overprotective but then I started thinking there might be some deep rooted issues as to why. I'm interested to find out🥰📚 All in all, I think it’s amazing how writers can make you truly feel for the characters as if they were real.

Heartfelt, Immersive, and Absolutely Beautiful

Definitely my favorite book in the trilogy. The beginning felt a little overwhelming and honestly kind of slow, but once the story found its rhythm, I was hooked. The storytelling was phenomenal... it genuinely felt like being transported straight into Elizabethan London. This one hit me the hardest emotionally, too. I was literally bawling my eyes out at one point. Absolutely loved how raw and emotional this one was.

There are a lot of twists.and turns.

There are a lot of twists and turns on this book which I love. Can't wait to finish it and move on with the series.

I couldn't put this book down.

I absolutely loved all three books in this series. There is romance and suspense and action in these books. Always something happening and I only wish Deborah Harkness could just keep going with this series. An absolutely terrific author.

Amazing!

I loved this book as much as I did the first.