The Book of Life
After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.
- Spice
- 3/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Pages
- ~561
- Ending
- HEA
HEA means happily ever after: they end up together, for good.
How spicy is The Book of Life?
The Book of Life is a 3 out of 5 on our spice scale: steamy (open door). On-page sex scenes, a handful of them, with some detail. Spice supports the plot. Spice starts around the middle.
- Steam: Open door
- Burn: Medium burn
- When: Spice starts around the middle
- Pairing: One man, one woman
- POV: Multiple POVs
- Ending: Happily ever after
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- Sexual assault
- Kidnapping
- Pregnancy loss
- Torture
- Suicide / suicidal ideation
- Child abuse (past or present)
- War
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The Book of Life: quick answers
How spicy is The Book of Life?
The Book of Life is a 3 out of 5 on our spice scale: steamy (open door). On-page sex scenes, a handful of them, with some detail. Spice supports the plot. Spice starts around the middle.
Is The Book of Life a standalone?
No. The Book of Life is book 3 in All Souls. Start with A Discovery of Witches. The series is still ongoing.
What tropes are in The Book of Life?
The Book of Life features vampires, witches & magic users, possessive mmc, pregnancy / babies. It is a medium burn M/F romance that ends with a happily ever after.
Does The Book of Life have content warnings?
Our notes for The Book of Life include: sexual assault, kidnapping, pregnancy loss, torture, suicide / suicidal ideation, child abuse (past or present), war. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.
What should I read after The Book of Life?
If you loved The Book of Life, try Bride by Ali Hazelwood, A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole, Dark Lover by J.R. Ward. They share its vampires and witches & magic users energy at a similar spice level.