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I adore season 1 of the TV show and thought I would love the book as well. However this was not the case. The ony thing I enjoyed about the book more than the show was the more detailed descriptions of alchemy and history that are glossed over in the show.

The characters are full of rough edges and unrefined tropes that significantly reduce the romanticism and magic I hoped I would find.

Broody, barely restrained, alpha male Matthew can stay between the covers. I'll stick to intellectual, refined, elegantly controlled Matthew from the show instead.

I read this book as part of my groups BOM....I'm glad I did.I was reluctant to read this , usually witches are stereotyped and made out to be pure evil etc etc. I found this book not too bad in that aspect.Diana is a witch just trying to be normal and forget she was even a witch.She became a scholar. And studied history. Then she became interested in History.This is when she called up the wrong book.You see this book is very powerful. And has been lost for centuries. A and Diana has the power to find it.I quite enjoyed this book with its fine line of fact and fiction. The author has really done her research.It still doesn't really bridge understanding of the life of wiccans or pagans ( or whatever flavour you are), which is what I thought it would be about ( I didn't realise it was just a story! ). But its a pretty good and enjoyable story

Loved it!!!!! Magical and romantic.