Door Stopper: the first book clocks in at around seven hundred and thirty pages.

Dead Guy Junior: Matthew and Diana's children Philippe and Rebecca, wee named after Matthew's adoptive father and Diana's mother respectively.

Most witches only have one or two supernatural abilities.

Combo Platter Powers: Midway through book one, it's revealed that Diana has in her the potential for almost every single power known to witches.

This is also what Peter Knox did to Diana's parents when she was a child.

Sarah says that this sort of spell was not meant to be used on living things. She tries to use an opening spell on her back in order to extract the information she needs. Cold-Blooded Torture: Satu does this to Diana.Some groups include the de Clermont family, the Madison coven, the London coven, the women of the Mala Strada, the Conventicle members, and, of course, the School of Night itself. Cast Herd: The series' cast really grows as the third book runs along.She also blames Matthew for the death of her husband over five hundred years ago - and vampires mate for life. But it turns out that she has several reasons to be so cynical - she's an adopted member of the de Clermont family, only hanging out with them out of a sense of loyalty. Broken Bird: Miriam is frequently coupled with the adjective 'hostile.' She's abrasive and blunt at best.Matthew does break in, not to bite Diana, but to look for Ashmole 782 and unable to find it, watches her sleep. Not to mention the fact that since she was a child, other witches have been aware of her extraordinary powers, and her parents were killed for it. Blessed with Suck: Diana's magic has the potential to make her the greatest witch alive - if it doesn't get her killed, first, particularly witchwater, which has threatened to erode away her conscious self.Sophie's daughter Margaret is a witch born to two demons. Black Sheep: Both Diana, a witch who tries not to use magic, and Sophie, a daemon born to a family of witches.Beta Couple: Sarah and Emily, Diana's aunts.Matthew would know, he knew most of them personally! Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Several historical figures are revealed to be either witches, daemons, or vampires.Battle Couple: Matthew and Diana both exhibit impressive displays of combat due to their supernatural abilities.Badass Family: Both the de Clermonts and the Bishops.∻ewitched books? Daemons following you? Vampires taking you to yoga? Witches threatening a Bishop?' I dont like this one bit, my aunt finally said in a tone that suggested that the world was falling apart.

They believe that it contains important clues about the creation and future of creatures and desperately want to know how Diana, an unskilled witch, was able to get her hands on the elusive volume. However, when she opens a bewitched alchemical manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library, Diana discovers that she can no longer keep magic out of her carefully ordinary life.Īfter Diana returns the book, it becomes clear that creatures (classified as witches, daemons, and vampires) are after its secrets. Yale historian Diana Bishop may be descended from a long line of witches (Bishops and Proctors, yes, from the Salem Witch Trials), but she wants no part of her magical inheritance. The first book was published in 2011, and the second book Shadow of Night was published in July 2012, with the final volume, The Book of Life, released in July, 2014. A Discovery of Witches is the first novel in the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness, which weaves together elements of science, history, romance, and fantasy.

A diarly of witches