“Disappointing” - Karl
“Self-indulgent” - also Karl
“Hoping volume 3 is better” - still Karl
More tales of our witch and her vampire lover as she learns more of her powers while hiding in the past.
Something of a slog sadly. The previous volume was a cracking read that charged along-this book felt like it was( almost literally) marking time. 360 pages that don’t really advance the plot significantly and it seems like an excuse to shoehorn in lots of historical sites and even more characters to pad out the impressive list of dramatis personae.
To be honest I felt this was very self-indulgent by an obviously very skilled and knowledgeable historian vicariously living out her own time-travelling fantasies through her characters. The story itself, just seemed to be literally marking time as the plot didn’t really advance at all but our characters got to observe many interesting periods of history. I realise that Diana was healing from her wounds and learning her new powers and thus there was an intentional slow down in the plot line but it didn’t make for a really exciting read.