The Book of Life

All Souls, Book 3

By: Deborah Harkness

Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda

Length: 23 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

The number one New York Times best-selling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night.

Look for the hit TV series A Discovery of Witches, streaming on AMC Plus, Sundance Now, and Shudder.

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to number one on the New York Times best seller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present - facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved 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.

©2014 Deborah Harkness (P)2014 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"Weaving an extraordinarily rich story of magic and science, history and fiction, passion and power, secrets and truths, Harkness delivers an unforgettable and spellbinding finale that's not to be missed." (USA Today)

"Juicy and action-packed.... Even at 561 pages, this is one hardcover no one will mind lugging to the beach." (People)

"Pure escapist summer fun." (Jodi Picoult, Parade)

Best of the series

Narrator did an amazing job with the accents. The story came to a beautiful end without over staying its welcome.

🥺🥺

Omg this was amazing... I want more tho cuz this was beautiful thank you

farnsfive

Jennifer is an amazing narrator! the story line is amazing and I loved all three of these books.

Great finale

Loved this book and the presentation was well received.
this series has been the best, especially alternating between formats

Perfect.

My absolute favorite series. I have read this a dozen times. I love it more each time.

Rich, wonderful story!

I loved this entire series! So much depth and detail, languages, magic, adventure and love. Narrator was one of the best I’ve yet to hear!!

All Souls Trilogy

I’ve listen to this series at least six times! Brilliant, exciting, thoughtful, and magical. It gives me hope for our future and a glimpse into the past.

A wonderful story

The reviews on this book, wow. The negative ones were totally unexpected. I truly enjoyed the final installment in this series. While I agree it felt a bit rushed toward the end, I feel like people need to understand that of course we'll also want more detail on the things/ characters that interested us most in the series..but not every plot point is going to be flushed out and every magical mystical thing mentioned (ie Cora and where she went) needs to be explained. This is not a book about showy displays of magic. It's more of a romance/ coming to age 30 yr Olds style tale of finding yourself, facing your fears, owning up to past mistakes and past pain but not living there, love, loss, family etc. I enjoyed it for what it was and not what I wished it to be. That being said i want a series of Diana as an adult witch raising vampitch babies and being a bad ass on the congregation and for gallowglass to find love.

Greatest book

I loved this book it took me there with each character and chapter! I will certainly listen to it a million more times

Good Trilogy

Although the series is reminiscent of the Twilight Saga here and there, it bloomed into a story of its own. I enjoyed the easy read and yes it was pretty hard to put down. I would give 5 stars across the board if the narrator was able to do the male voices.