A Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I've never been a fan of vampires. Of all the occult/otherworldly creatures, those are typically the only ones that give me actual nightmares. But one of the true gifts of this book is that you tend to forget that the characters are witches, vampires, and daemons. Diana Bishop is a scholar (and a witch). Matthew Clairmont is a scientist (and a vampire). Harkness crafts each character with such care and attention that I could hardly put this book down. Anyone who has done archival work already knows of the innate magic to be found in touching pages of history, but this book should be particularly appealing to scholars who also enjoy fantasy fiction genres.
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