All Souls Trilogy

Deborah Harkness is a historian and a writer. When she ventured into fiction writing, she got an “instant” success. Yes, after many books of more obscure topics and limited audience. All Souls, I believe, was her first mass market fiction.

Diana Bishop, the protagonist, was probably the most powerful witch of her time, but she could not perform even the simplest spell when she went to the witch school. She gave up witchcrafts growing up and became a history professor, specialized in medieval alchemy. That’s when she encountered an ancient manuscript, Ashmore 782, in the library. She also fell in love with a vampire, Matthew. The story began with Diana looking for herself and learning how to love a forbidden creature.

It turned out there were 4 bipeds that look like homo sapiens: human beings, vampires, daemons, and witches. For centuries, a congregation forbade the fraternization among these creatures. Diana found herself in extreme danger: Ashmore 782 turned out to be a manuscript people will kill for, she herself couldn’t perform magic to save her life, Matthew was an unpredictable and mysterious vampire who was capable of killing, all other creatures, including the Matthew’s family members, will prosecute her for having a relationship with a vampire.

And the story begins! It took three books and that’s about the perfect length.

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