"Shadow of Night" by Deborah Harkness

Started October 5, 2013 - Ended October 9, 2013

From Barnes & Noble: Harkness’s much-anticipated sequel, Shadow of Night, picks up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending. Diana and Matthew time-travel to Elizabethan London and 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 deepens and Diana searches for a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew’s past tightens around them, and they embark on a very different—and vastly more dangerous—journey.

I'm ashamed to say this is the first time I actually read this book. I've owned it since it was released, but because of my OCD I had to reread "Discovery of Witches" before I could start. There's not much to say except, holy cow. The amount of research and thought that goes into this series is astronomical. Like "Outlander", Deb pulls real life, historical characters in without a hitch. It's amazingly entertaining and educational to read. I love it! I give "Shadow of Night" an A.

PS- On a side note. When "Shadow" was released, a group of us went to a reading with the lovely Deborah Harkness. It was amazing and I quote "better than Christmas!"

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