the huld
Cover of A Discovery of Witches

Discover / Book

A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness · All Souls, book 1

Fit before rating

Everything you need to know first. Then fall in.

Spice 3 of 5, four tropes and three content warnings. Spice, tropes and warnings show how sure we are.

A historian and witch named Diana Bishop, who has long avoided her magical heritage, uncovers a long-lost enchanted manuscript in Oxford's Bodleian Library, drawing the attention of witches, daemons, and vampires. Among them is the vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont, to whom she finds herself inexplicably drawn. As they investigate the manuscript's secrets, their growing bond crosses an ancient boundary between their kinds and threatens a fragile peace.

Know before you read

Is this book for me?

Spice

1 to 5 scale · Mild

Does this match your read?

Slow burn

Earlier to later

Not yet verified

Spice, scene by scene

Not yet mapped

Our editors haven’t charted the scenes yet.

Suggest a correction
DimensionThe HuldReadersVotes
Spice3.0–0

Content & form

HEA / ending

Not yet verified

Point of view

Not yet verified

Cliffhanger / standalone

Not yet verified

Content warnings

3 warnings

The Huld estimate