A Discovery of Witches: Book Review

*This review may contain spoilers.

I have never been one to read romance novels. I will ready fantasy, and will accept a romantic sub-plot, but I haven’t intentionally sought out a fantasy romance. A Discovery of Witches has been the exception — as well as a door to a new favourite genre (my inner, though closeted, romantic was leaping with joy).

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Overview

• Average Rating: 3.75 stars on The StoryGraph
• My Rating: 5 stars
• Genres: Fiction, fantasy, romance
• Descriptors: Adventurous, mysterious
• Pace: Slow-medium pace
• CW/TW: Graphic — torture, blood, death of parent. Moderate — death, panic attacks/disorders, sexual content. Click here for a full list.

Book Summary

Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont (Source).

My Review