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It was simply a secret.Дiana thinks Matthew is reverting to a mindset of вЂњhe is the man and she is merely a womanвЂќ, but thatвЂ™s before their journey to Sept-Tours and she watches him become more prince-like in his bearing and demands. So how can she jump all over Matthew when she finds out heвЂ™s a spy. Oh, gimme a break, Diana agreed to secrets and not lies. The ignorance and twisting of words used is so like that in Robert McCammonвЂ™s Speaks the Nightbird, it just made me furious. Too typical of ignorant people, thinking EuclidвЂ™s Elements is evidence of black magic. ThereвЂ™s the whole mating thing in which Philippe is furious with MatthewвЂ™s choice of wife and he insists that the two go their separate ways. Nor is this the only tidbit with which Harkness teases.

It isnвЂ™t until almost four-fifths through that we finally learn what the problem is. ItвЂ™s tense as Harkness takes us further into the story with all these problems cropping up around the turn DianaвЂ™s magic has taken.

Certainly anyone who has read some history knows that childbearing and childbirth were pretty iffy. Admittedly, Diana is acting more like a tourist than an historian who should know better. ItвЂ™s interesting to see how Matthew falls into the habits of the time in how he treats Diana. She made an excellent point about someone from further away (time-wise!) having better perspective than someone right in the middle. ItвЂ™s too bad that Matthew didnвЂ™t pay more attention to DianaвЂ™s concerns. Even better as she ensures we know that Shakespeare is just starting at this time with most of his work still to come. The bits from Shakespeare that Harkness inserts are very well done. I was rather surprised that the вЂњdreadвЂќ event Harkness set us up for in book 3 hasnвЂ™t left me on tenterhooks, however.

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Even as Peter Knox comes across some of those items and Diana worries about how to keep those items safe or into the hands of those who will ensure their delivery over four hundred years later so she and Matthew can slip through time. The contemporary de Clermonts are hunting down anything left behind by Matthew or Diana that might tip off the enemy. Harkness swept us back and forth between the sixteenth century detailed hunt for Ashmole 782 and the future which touched on events and how the past ties into what is happening in their future. I certainly didnвЂ™t expect Kit MarloweвЂ™s issues in this! Nor do I understand why Matthew tolerated his betrayals. The details she provides from the house in Woodstock, the journey to Sept-Tours, and the wealth of atmosphere she provides in London on its streets and in its shops. And I think Harkness was brilliant in her portrayal of the time as well as the thought she put into what DianaвЂ™s problems would be in the period. I can totally sympathize with DianaвЂ™s excitement at being in 1590 Elizabethan England. In 2012, Shadow of Night won Goodreads Choice for Best Paranormal Fantasy.

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Second in the All Souls historical suspense? urban fantasy? series revolving around Diana Bishop de Clermont and Matthew de Clermont. Other books by this author which I have reviewed include A Discovery of Witches, The Book of Life, Time's Convert Historical fiction, urban fantasy in Hardcover edition that was published by Viking Adult on Jand has 584 pages. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

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I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review.