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Time's Convert

Return to the spellbinding world of A Discovery of Witches

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Time's Convert

By: Deborah Harkness
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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From the Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches, now a major Sky TV series, a novel about what it takes to become a vampire.

From human to vampire ...

Marcus Whitmore was made a vampire in the eighteenth century. Over two hundred years later, he finds himself in love with Phoebe Taylor, a human who decides to become a vampire herself.

But her transformation will prove as challenging now as it was for Marcus when he first encountered Matthew de Clermont, his sire.

While Phoebe is secreted away, Marcus relives his own journey from the battlefields of the American Revolutionary War, through the treachery of the French Revolution to a bloody finale in New Orleans. His belief in liberty, equality and brotherhood challenged at every stage by the patriarchy of the de Clermonts.

What will he and Phoebe discover in one another when they are finally reunited at Les Revenants, beneath the watchful gaze of Matthew and his wife, Diana Bishop?

Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Deborah Harkness returns to the spellbinding world she created in A Discovery of Witches and, through the prism of an unconventional love story, explores the power of tradition and the endless possibilities for change.

(P)2018 Penguin Random House LLC©2017 Deborah Harkness Americas Fantasy Historical Fiction Paranormal Paranormal Romance Revolution & Founding Romance United States Magic Magic Users New Orleans Witchcraft Tradition
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Critic reviews

What a rich, thrilling and educational tale it is... A captivating and romantic ripping yarn (E L James)
Intelligent and off-the-wall...irresistible to Twilight fans
Spellbinding... Unputdownable
This is a glorious, finely-wrought gem of a book: intelligent, thoughtful, intricate... I could lose myself in here and never want to come out: what better accolade can there be? ...Utterly enchanting on every level (Manda Scott)
A bubbling cauldron of illicit desire... all the ingredients for an assured saga that blends romance with fantasy
A vast, sexy, historical romp of a novel. There's no doubting Harkness's vivid imagination
An inventive addition to the supernatural craze... has exciting amounts of spells, kisses and battles, and is recounted with enchanting, page-turning panache
An extraordinary achievement... An intelligently written vampire romance set against a thrilling backdrop of magic, secret manuscripts and dangerous desire
Deborah Harkness is a creative genius. She has taken a genre that is saturated with vampires, witches and daemons and has created something unique, with its own rich history and mythology that draws you into her world with captivating storytelling
A creative tour de force
I do wish people would stop comparing this series to Twilight. It is just so much better
Once again Harkness has managed to create a world filled with not only love and romance but action and history, with characters you can love and hate, but always understand an relate to. This is an unforgettable book, with brilliant characters
All stars
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I am a big fan of Deborah Harkness and the All Souls Trilogy so I was really looking forward to this latest installment. Whilst it was nice to catch up with familiar and much-loved characters, I really didn't get much of a sense of plot structure, suspense or mystery. The original trilogy had the mystery of Ashmole 782, adventures time-walking through history and a forbidden and potentially dangerous love story at its core. (One that broke down centuries of prejudice.) Time's Convert had a long, emotive engagement and short-lived family feuds over bringing up magical children. The history of The American Revolution was beautifully told through Marcus' broken memories. I get the feeling that exploring that time in history and what it means today was probably one of the main reasons this book was written.

Overall, it was a pleasant listen and a catch up with characters from past books, but there were missing ingredients so it did not bewitch me. It felt like a long introduction. I'd still read more if I knew it was going somewhere.

Like other reviewers, I prefer the previous narrator who I thought captured the different voices and accents better.

Not Quite Converted This Time

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I loved the discovery of witches trilogy, so looked forward to this.

Enjoyed learning more about Marcus's past and Pheobies transition. Great to see more of Mathew and Diana.

The narrator worked for Diana but I found the voices of Mathew and Marcus too gruff. Lots going on in this book.

A good book...

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The story flowed along well enough, interesting but not gripping in any significant way. no mountains to climb, or significant enemies to vanquish. No important friend or foe was killed or achived their goals. The constant references to actual historical characters became boring after a while, as these characters were not woven into the overall plot well and therefore lost their impact. Overall just about ok, well below the standards achieved in the All Souls Trilogy . As the Pheeby and Marcus story did nothing more than outline the process of becoming Vampire and indicate the problems they have with their past deeds etc. Really so what, comes to mind, nice to know but when is this book going to get going. the same applies to the twins etc. This book is at best a filler, until BH comes up with a another serious plot line. disappointed with this cheap attempt to grab some of the Christmas book market. BH is better than this.

A lovely read, but no gripping story line or plot

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I have just re binged on the other 3 books due to the 2nd season being released. when I saw the 4th book I thought would try it but thought we would not hear from Diana or Mathew and was pleased that their story did continue within the story. It took a while to get used to the narrator not because there was anything wrong just that her pronunciation was different and after going from book to book I noticed it more. my only complaint was it seemed to stop very abruptly but certainly leaves room for another book or 2!!

pleasantly surprised

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I have loved listening to all the books, and I really want more.
Miriam's story, leading to Miriam and Chris perhaps?
Al'so, I so want Gallowglass to have his too!

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