Shadow of Night: A Novel

· All Souls Trilogy Book 2 · Sold by Penguin
4.6
669 reviews
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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).

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4.6
669 reviews
Jeff Roberts
January 15, 2020
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness is the second book in her All Souls Trilogy . The sensationally magical story of an American witch with no desire for her powers and the centuries old vampire that irrevocably changes her life. Diana Bishop is a witch with limited skill and prefers to think of herself as the scholar she is. In this continuation of their story, Diana and Matthew embark on a perilous journey through time to locate the highly coveted, most sought-after, and elusive tome that Diana has touched once, in the Bodleian at Oxford, and now believes holds all the answers to the questions of origins and magic. The powerful and descriptive writing truly immerses the reader into 17th century London and all the perils that a modern woman might face in the misogynistic world where men rule and women follow. A trip to France provides even more light into Matthews past and cements a bond that no one ever anticipated forging. Addictive! This series is quite possibly as addictive as Matthew's attraction to Diana! Now also a wonderful TV series on Sundance Channel, I was blown away with how entranced I was with these characters. The main characters, the secondary characters, the world-building. Definitely one of my best reads of 2019! Enjoy!
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A Google user
August 20, 2012
I will keep the review short. This is a very entertaining book IF you already loved Diana and Matthew. However, in an attempt to evolve the characters while keeping them embroiled in conflicts, the book falters at times. Characters are introduced without much consequence, storylines get more tangled than the knots in Goody Alsop's spells, and worst of all, Matthew seems quite changed. I still enjoyed it all, because I fell in love with the characters in the first book, but this one was not as good.
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A Google user
November 28, 2017
Omg this is the best series and each book is better than the last. You have to read this series, if you don't have the extra cash to buy them go to the libreary and check them out, the even let you rent them for your device now, Deborah Harkness writing makes you feel like your part of the story, her books a very well written. Also I there like a good cookie you can't just read them once.
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About the author

Deborah Harkness is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the All Souls series, which includes A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life, Time's Convert, and The Black Bird Oracle. A history professor at the University of Southern California, Harkness has received Fulbright, Guggenheim, and National Humanities Center fellowships. She lives in Los Angeles.

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