A review by kaitie_reads
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I'm torn because I'm glad this is over, but I also thoroughly enjoyed parts of it. 

The story starts off slow and then kind of transforms into an adult version of Twilight. Similar plot lines, similar broody and *dangerous* vampires. Then the story gets kind of... cheesy with so many things happening all at once. I also thought Diana was super annoying and also really... plain? I didn't feel any particular attachment to her as the MC. 

It's not amazing or anything new. I'll probably pick up. the 2nd book, but I'm not really excited about it. The middle was really good, and then the whole story just kind of falls off from there. There was too much fluff that didn't really add anything to the story, and it felt like it was just added in to make the lackluster plot feel more interesting.