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  • The All Souls Trilogy, Book 2
  • By: Deborah Harkness
  • Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
  • Length: 24 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3,182 ratings)
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Shadow of Night

By: Deborah Harkness
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
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Summary

Now a major Sky TV series. A Discovery of Witches season two coming soon.

Listen to the novel season two is based on.

Fall deeper under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the captivating second volume of the number one internationally best-selling All Souls trilogy, following A Discovery of Witches. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon and J. K. Rowling.

In a world of witches, daemons and vampires the fragile balance of peace is unravelling. Diana and Matthew's forbidden love has broken the laws dividing creatures. To discover the manuscript which holds their hope for the future, they must now travel back to the past.

When Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont. Now the coexistence of witches, daemons, vampires and humans is dangerously threatened.

Seeking safety, Diana and Matthew travel back in time to London, 1590. But they soon realise that the past may not provide a haven. Reclaiming his former identity as poet and spy for Queen Elizabeth, the vampire falls back in with a group of radicals known as the School of Night. Many are unruly daemons, the creative minds of the age, including playwright Christopher Marlowe and mathematician Thomas Harriot.

Together Matthew and Diana scour Tudor London for the elusive manuscript Ashmole 782 and search for the witch who will teach Diana how to control her remarkable powers....

©2012 Deborah Harkness (P)2012 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Intelligent and off-the-wall, it will be irresistable to Twilight fans." (The Sunday Times)

"I could lose myself in here and never want to come out." (Manda Scott)

"A romp through magical academia." (Guardian)

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  • ER
  • 07-11-12

Excellent

The story and character evolve and become richer in Shadow of Night. Diana matures mentally and emotionally, as she learns more about her magic. In Shadow of Night, Diana becomes a strong woman, as she recognises Matthew's decisions are repeatedly bad. It amuses me how she diplomatically lets him know he needs to respect her decisions. Matthew is good for strength/protection and sex. As this becomes more clear, I'm hoping anyone who compares this series with Twilight changes their opinion. The characters are vastly different, Deborah Harkness' story has richness, depth and intelligence. Her knowledge of the more sophisticated occult lore, combined with history adds enormously to my enjoyment of this story.



I listen to audio books as I work (I'm an artist), which may mean 8 hrs a day - in light of this, it's fair for me to say Jennifer Ikeda is an excellent narrator. Her ability to depict different characters' voices is amazing. Easy to listen to.

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  • J.
  • 05-08-12

Superceeds its prequel

Deborah Harkenss's first novel was sort of a guilty pleasure. This squeal however is something much better written and less about a love story than personal grows and development. It transports you into a time in England of Shakespeare, Marlow and Sir Walter Raleigh. I was taken in to the world of 16th England... and very much enjoyed the journey...

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Was this read by A.I?

The voice actor genuinely sounded like she recorded every word in the dictionary then it was pieced together as needed. Sentences were really disjointed and didnt flow like they were being read aloud.

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Great sequel.

I do like this series of books.

My only issue is with the narration. Jennifer has a lovely voice but unfortunately is badly let down by the poor American education system. She has literally zero grasp of English pronunciation, or French and European pronunciation. I sincerely wish audible would insist on American narrators of books doing a modicum of research before butchering it.

The American accent in general and their poor education system ruins far too many good books.

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Excellent middle part to an increasingly brilliant trilogy

This was so great! Loved the minutiae of Elizabethan life and the snippets of the modern part of the story as well.

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A fascinating insight into the past

This second book takes you to the 1590's a fascinating time. I have never really been a lover of history but Deborah Harkness take on it is enlightening, thoughtful and leaves you wanting more. In this book you meet Phillip, Mathews father and what a formidable character he is. I feel that this could be a book in itself. However the character I love the most is Jack, he does not play a big part, but for such a small role he makes huge impact.

For such a long book it is an easy listen and a great follow on from part 1.

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Fantastic Continuation of the Trilogy

Love the way historic London is described, makes it so tangible. and how Diana and Matthew's relationship deepens and grows as they learn to read each other and grow as a couple, also how historical figures are weaved into the story.

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Captivating couldn’t switch it off

The narrator continues to draw you into this tale , always leaving you wanting more. Loved how the story continued and only grew in strength from the first book, I’m looking forward to the next one . Thoroughly enjoyed this one , loved how the characters grew , just brilliant , thanks again

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A trully enjoyable experience

I have put of reading this series I think because of the brief description and cover (silly I know) but I was at a loss on what to download for my holidays so downloaded the Discovery of Witches and this book. I am so very please I did. It has been a very long time since I have enjoyed a book this much.

The story line is strong easy to follow and not disapointing, the characters are very well formed and play equally stron parts through the novel.

You do need to read the books in order as they would be very confusing as stand alone novels.

I cannot wait for the final part of the series to be published.

Jennifer Ikeda the narrator does an amazing job of helping create the characters with differt accents, inflections and historical inflection.

Deborah harkness must have done considerable amount of research into Elizabethan England, France and Spain because the detail was excellent and factually correct.

Lastly I have read that this series is to be adapted to film, whilst very excited I really hope they are able to capture the heart and soul of this series.



Please Please read this series you will not be disappointed

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A history lesson thrown in for good measure

I enjoyed listening to this, the second in the All Souls trilogy.

However I did not love it. While the narrator was easy to listen to and her many voices noticable, the story didn't grab me like the first book.

With that said...I enjoyed listening to Diana grow and find who and what she is. I want to have a cup of tea and a chat with Goodie. I want to have a drink with Gallowglass. And I want to cuddle Jack.

These characters made the book for me.

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