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Wednesday 12 September 2012

WW28: A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

WW28
A chance to showcase your favourite!
  • First you grab our Wicked Wednesday pic.
  • Then you grab a book. Turn to page 28. Take the first sentence. And then you post it in your site with a link back to WW28.
  • Come back to Cherry Mischievous - WW28 and give us the url of your post (in a comment at a WW28 post) so that other WW28 readers can find your WW28 offering.
WW28 book offering: A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Sarah was quite for a moment, too, deciding whether or not to explode.

I think this is one of the hooking factors of this book... it keeps you on the edge...

About A Discovery Of Witches:
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together.

Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library. Diana has stumbled upon a coveted treasure lost for centuries-and she is the only creature who can break its spell.

Debut novelist Deborah Harkness has crafted a mesmerizing and addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense. Diana is a bold heroine who meets her equal in vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont, and gradually warms up to him as their alliance deepens into an intimacy that violates age-old taboos. This smart, sophisticated story harks back to the novels of Anne Rice, but it is as contemporary and sensual as the Twilight series-with an extra serving of historical realism.
Source: Info in the About A Discovery Of Witches was taken from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8667848-a-discovery-of-witches on 21/06/2012.

3 comments:

Tales of Whimsy said...

O trouble is brewing. I've heard great things about this one.

Melissa (My World...in words and pages) said...

You have really enjoyed these books. Thanks for a sneak peek on WW. :)

Blodeuedd said...

I really should try book 1

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