A Discovery of Witches Review

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Image from Goodreads

Image from Goodreads

Title:  A Discovery of Witches

Author:  Deborah Harkness

Published:  2011 by Penguin Books

Genre: Paranormal romance, fiction

Click to buy A Discovery of Witches from Amazon
 

 

 

 

I’ve been in a book slump lately, and some ladies in a fan club of Diana Gabaldon’s book, Outlander, suggested A Discovery of Witches.   In fact, this book was suggested a lot.  I was pretty excited about everyone’s eagerness about it so I picked it up at Barnes and Noble and got started.

This book is about a witch named Diana, set in modern-day time.  She doesn’t want to be a witch; in fact she basically refuses to use her powers at all.  She’s a historian, a doctor in that subject in fact, and her daily routine is doing research at the library.  One particular book there soon changes her life.  Diana then meets a vampire, Matthew, and they become involved.

A forbidden relationship, magical powers, a vampire.  Sounds good right?  I don’t know guys; this book just didn’t do it for me.  At the beginning, I was enthusiastic, and actually got lost in the book, which made me more excited because I was like, finally, a good book!  But then I just got bored.  I know this is the first one in a series and I’m wondering if the series gets better?

Something trivial that bothered me was the main characters’ names.  I know Diana was used for a reason, but Matthew just seemed out of place for the vampire.  Also, there was only one suspenseful part in the book that left me wanting more, and in a book that’s over 500 pages, I want to want to know what happens more often!

It was good, just not awesome, and I’m looking for that next book that I can rave about.   So if this sounds up your alley, go ahead and I bet you’ll like it. Even for its length of 500 pages, it’s surprisingly a quick read.

Also, it ends on sort of a cliffhanger into the next book, which is already out on shelves.  I’m on the fence, because the ending was really good…..what to do, what to do…

 

My Rating:  3 out of 5 stars

 

~Pam

The Wind Whisperer – Cover Reveal

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Author Krista Holle is releasing her second novel this October!  The plot sounds right up my alley; here’s the synopsis:

“At fifteen, Anaii is the most important member of her tribe—and the most mysterious. Ever since Anaii can remember, the spirits of the wind have whispered of fertile hunting grounds and imminent enemy attacks. But when her people are ambushed by a brother clan without any apparent cause, the spirits remain eerily silent.

As the village prepares to retaliate, Anaii is pressured by her best friend, Elan, to marry him. It’s an old plea—Elan has spent a lifetime loving her, but Anaii only sees a childhood playmate out of an imposing warrior. Stifled by Elan’s insistence, Anaii escapes into the forest where she meets Jayttin, the beautiful son of the enemy chief.

Enamored by Jayttin’s carefree spirit and hope for peace, she repeatedly sneaks away to be with him, but when her deception is discovered, Elan is devastated. Pledging his lifelong affection, Elan gives her a passionate kiss, and Anaii begins to see her friend in a new light.

While Anaii is tormented over which man she must choose, the wind whispers of a new threat that could destroy both tribes. Only a union will afford a chance at survival, but the reality of that union is based on one thing—which man Anaii chooses to die.” (Krista Holle)

Cover by artist Janice Duke

Cover by artist Janice Duke

You can connect with Krista Holle on her website, twitter, facebook, and goodreads.

Whatcha reading now?

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This is just a random post to let you all know I’m still around. Kind of busy these days with all the kids.

Anyways, seeing how much I love Game of Thrones on HBO, I decided to read the book, but I couldn’t get into it. I might try again, or maybe not, because I enjoy the show so much that I don’t want to ruin it. (I was so surprised at the red wedding episode!!)

So then I tried Lord’s Fall by Thea Harrison (I enjoy her books), but it just wasn’t doing it for me either.

It might just be my frame of mind lately, or how busy and exhausted I am.

I am reading and enjoying First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones. I’m not reading it as fast as I normally would because for some reason it won’t open on my nook, only on my laptop, and laptops are no fun to read on.

Are there any amazing new books out there that I’ve been too busy to notice? lol.

Also, my favorite book, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, is being made into a series on Starz! Yay!

Goodnight! 🙂

~Pam

Feature & Follow Friday #8

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Feature and Follow

This is a blog hop, a way to find and follow new blogs,

hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read.

You can follow me by using any one of the options over on the left sidebar.

 

Q: Have you ever read a book that you thought you would hate — ? Did you end up hating it? Did you end up loving it? Or would you never do that?

A pretty simple answer. Honestly, I really value my time, especially with having three kids three and under. So no, I wouldn’t read a book that I thought I would hate.

The reason I haven’t been on in months…

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Twins

Meet my two little men!

Since I’ve been out of the loop for a long time now, what are some good books for me to get started on? (When I have the time!) 🙂

~Pam