It
comes without saying that for a long period of time, I have exploded with
excitement when it has come to the release of the third book in the All Souls
Trilogy – I was briefly introduced to the first book (A Discovery of Witches)
roughly two years ago by a close friend and it is safe to say, my interest
deepened wildly.
After
that wonderful intrusion, I hurried onwards and began the second book Shadow Of
Night. Of course when it came to the ending of that book I was left with many
questions, plenty of curiosity and endless excitement, I thought ‘Surely, there
has to be another book’ and certainly, there was. However this book hadn’t yet
been released; Frustration? I think so yes.
When I
found out the book would be released in THREE MONTHS time, I felt my inner core
ache as my patience already began to wear greatly thin. (How on earth was I to
manage three months if on finding out the release date, I crumbled to a crisp?)
Of
course the first thing that I did was create a small count down on my phone
(Yes I did do that) upon this journey, I remember sending endless texts, tweets
to my friends expressing the excitement I had for this book. Yet when it came
to only days before the release, I almost certainly felt as if I was going to
obliterate (2 days, 4 hours, 51 seconds.) (4 hours, 35 minutes 22 seconds.)
As time
droned on, I began to wonder exactly what would happen in the third book;
question after question entered my mind and as time did near that certain date,
I began to wonder, ‘What if one of my favourite characters died?’ From then on,
I felt a large need reach the tip of my toes and insert into the earth beneath
me.
- What if Diana doesn’t give birth?
- Will something go wrong?
- Will Matthew possibly die?
- What happened to the Aunt, was
she murdered?
- What about Diana’s parents, will
they be involved even more?
- Time travelling, will it be
included again?
These
thoughts never seemed to end and I can honestly say that now, I am thankful
that the book has been released – a couple hours before release, I decided to
pre-order the book so that in the morning when I woke, it would be directly on
my kindle. Shortly after the morning hit our green land, I dove into this book
of wonder and didn’t come out until two days after.
When
describing this trilogy, I would certainly say that for some it may not
interest purely because it is factual and includes a great amount of history –
not only that but some chapters seem almost endless and hold so much
information that you feel as if all the words may pour out your nose and ears.
It is certainly not just a story that you can sweetly read and enjoy imagery as
it sits in your mind – your memory must partake within this book, (as for any
book series) but specifically with this book.
In this
book series, you’re capable of watching this developing world whilst ours
swings around it unknowingly and in a way I see it as a very modern touch; in
many films or books, you seem characters only involved in their own world
whilst also restraining themselves and their family from anything beyond.
With
this gentle touch, you see evolution within their species as well as ours,
making the story seems much more realistic and believable.
In a
way stories such as these (or perhaps those who share a similar genre and plot
line) haven’t been rated highly due to certain aspects of the story seeming
almost unrealistic, frustrating me entirely, but for the first time, this story
seems entirely real.
I was
very happy to enter this world time and time again, and I’m certainly sure that
I will read this book once more or maybe even four times.
Within
these pages, you go through a journey which includes many emotions; as well
adventure, education, history, development, evolution and creativity. There are
not many things this story lacks and I’m sure I will be persistently
recommending this book.
I
should also mention that there have only been a few books which have left me
mentally exhilarated and almost needing another book to fix the small post-book
depression which I’m seemingly suffering from – I can say with confidence that
this book left me almost entirely exhausted and I jumped at the chance to
discuss it with close friends.
Out of
10? I would certainly go for a 9.
Kudos
to Deborah Harkness, I look forward to your future books.
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