A Discovery of Witches: A Novel

This book could have blown my mind, and there were a few instances of goosebumps while reading. But overall the flow of it was too monotonous, the pace for me was too slow. And geez la wheez the amount of over-description was mind-boggling. I literally had to force myself to finish this Novel. And it wasn't until around pg 407 that I became interested, which didn't last long as even the learning of magic and time-travel became boring with too much description. I know people love this book, but I didn't.

This book is just fascinating. upon seeing it in the bookstore, i had thought to buy it many times but just until recently i decided that the book was worth reading. the story is great, not to much stupid love, something that we human could relate to. different from the twilight saga, the witch did not depend on the vampire too much. it just amazing. like a combination of dan brown and stephanie meyer. can't wait to read more.

This book showed a lot of promise. It could have been exciting and engaging, but it fell so short. I got absolutely nothing out of it. There was nothing better understood, the plot BARELY moved when you think about it, and got super sidetracked towards the end. Also new characters weren't adequately introduced. Idk, it just doesn't make me want to read the second one. The beginning was great though. Harkness included elements of daily life forgotten by most artists and Diana started off as a great and relatable character. I just wish she chose a better main conflict.