Shadow of Night

I loved A Discovery of Witches but had to drag myself through a lot of this one. The middle bit was particularly dull with the wedding and her integrating herself into Elizabethan society, and that took me ages to get through. I originally liked the book because I found it different and quite intelligent, but this one reminded me a bit too much of middle-aged Twilight. It has the aspects that I particularly disliked like the sudden amazing ability to become pregnant and the obsession with no sex before marriage. Thankfully, Diana hasn't become quite as irritating as Bella (yet). I don't really have a problem with people playing around with vampires, but I think there should be some sort of downside to it, not that everything is wonderful and the couple are just so amazing they defy the very laws of nature so that the author can make life absolutely perfect for them in time. I didn't like the bit where he took her blood to ‘discover all her secrets' either, that was a bit creepy and controlling.
Anyway, hopefully the final book will be better and it'll get back to the manuscripts and less about the romance and their dull family life.