(Yes, she mentions how she takes her tea enough times that I remembered it without going back and checking.) They pack clothing and get dressed in lots of grey and black and navy. Diana drinks a lot of tea with a tiny bit of sugar and a lot of milk. Whatever.) They drink a shit ton of wine, and discuss what it smells like. (Diana figured this out by studying the diet of wolves, and… ok. They are eating together – vampires eat raw meat and nuts and berries, when blood is in short supply, in case you were wondering. Since Diana and Matthew are not having sex, or even believable intimacy, what are they doing? Glad you asked, because I can tell you in great detail! They are going to yoga. The only scene we actually see involves Matthew giving an extensive history lesson – to a historian – about bundling. (Nor are the actual sexytimes, none of which involve intercourse. Diana is totally cool with one passionate(ish) kiss meaning that they are mated for life – ie married – even though she’s a tenured professor at Yale who up until now had been independent and resourceful because life would be boring without Matthew and his temper tantrums. Every time Matthew touches Diana, or even looks at her, she feels an icy chill. Matthew is constantly keeping secrets from Diana, usually involving information that is sort of crucial for her to know. I’m not even annoyed about all the normal tropey vampire stuff that Matthew does – things like struggling to control his bloodlust and being extremely controlling – because I’m too annoyed about them not having any believable chemistry whatsoever. No, in a completely boring, this love story is not believable on any planet kind of way. And not in a sexy, vampire, erotic blood-sucking way. Now, I know you guys are all here for the romance, so I’ll start there. There are two main things that made this book terrible: the copious details, and the romance. This book was a slog, so I guess the mystery will remain mysterious. If a story is gripping, this is not a deal-breaker for me, but man. There is no resolution to any of the mystery, by the way, so if you want that, you’ll have to read all three books. Something about the genetics of magic creatures? And then they get attacked and travel around and fall in love. And then they start to try to figure out what’s going on together. But really, we care about Matthew here.ĭiana and Matthew start hanging out, even though witches and vampires DO NOT hang out. Plus some daemons, and some mean witches. While doing some research at the Bodleian in Oxford, she gets out a book on alchemy, as one does.īut this book has been lost for years, and a bunch of other creatures want it, including one vampire named Matthew. She studies the history of science, with a special focus on alchemy. The basic plot is that Diana is a witch (it’s a genetic thing, witches are actually slightly separate species from humans), but she suppresses her magic and just goes about being a historian. If anything, it got more annoying, but I had invested so much time into the darn thing that I kept going. Maybe it just starts awkwardly and then gets better.” And then I started reading it, and was like: “Well. Plus there’s some paranormal romance! So I requested it from the library, and then waited months and months for it to be my turn. It sounded intriguing, because I love nerdy nerds doing academic things, especially if they’re in the humanities ( Possession by A.S. I heard about this book last fall, when the TV show started. Overall: I finished this only through sheer stubbornness Plot: Paranormal romance meets The DaVinci Code meets magic coming of age novel where a witch learns to control her powers Heat Factor: Heavy petting occurs, but I’m not convinced it’s sexy
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