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Tag Archives: allsouls

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (2014) – BR00171 (2019) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪

The PolyBlog
November 16 2019

Plot or Premise

After falling in love (book 1), and hiding in the past (book 2), Diana and Matthew return to the present to start a family and figure out what is in the Book of Life.

What I Liked

This third book recaptures some of the mystery from the first book and tackles head-on the issue of the lineage of demons, vampires and witches. Gone are the long, loving descriptions of places, and instead, there are multiple action scenes, broad moving parts across multiple continents, confrontations with the Congregation, and a reckoning for some wayward players. More importantly, you get to see Matthew and Diana weave all of it into a family. It even rectifies one of the glaring gaps from book 2 regarding a young boy named Jack.

What I Didn’t Like

The true villain of the trilogy is revealed, as is a hidden hero. But while the villain is vanquished, the hidden hero who is around for most of book 2 and is revealed in book 3 ends up disappearing near the end. It left a feeling of incompleteness, as did two other villains who are not really dealt with at all, except politically.

The Bottom Line

An action-packed but not completely satisfying ending

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Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (2014) – BR00170 (2019) – 🐸🐸🐸⚪⚪

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November 14 2019

A witch and a vampire hide out in 1590 Europe while she learns to control her powers.

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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (2011) – BR00169 (2019) – 🐸🐸🐸🐸⚪

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November 13 2019

A witch who has ignored her powers feels them re-awaken in Oxford as she does research on alchemy and encounters a vampire interested in the same book.

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  • Gallery: 2004 – June – Seb & Patricia’s weddingSeptember 19, 2023
    The resort/auberge, Seb and Patricia’s ceremony at the church, reception, and the drive back to Ottawa the next day
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    Bike ride along the river, baby shower for Stephan and Myung, anniversary flowers, and wedding shower for Alex
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    Dinner guests (Robyn, Aliza); the Tulip Festival around the Arboretum and Dow’s Lake; a large housewarming; and then opening the cottage for May long weekend
  • Gallery: 2004 – April – Moving day, dinner guests, and EasterSeptember 17, 2023
    Moving into the new house at Parkdale, our first dinner guests (Becky and Dean) and Easter in Peterborough
  • 2003 – A year in 4 photosSeptember 17, 2023
    Since Andrea and I didn’t yet have a digital camera, the photos in my digital collection for 2003 are all ones that were scanned at some point, partly as I recall, to go on the new PolyWogg website I was designing at the time. In March, Andrea took a work trip to Hong Kong. There … Read more

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