Changes

Perhaps this should have been a series taking us, Lilith and co through the war years with more contemporaneous tie-ins. Perhaps Paula took her eye off the ball for good reason and with the best intentions. Unfortunately this novel is what it is, Paula's display of obvious talent ruined and, unfortunately, it's the ruination that remains in the memory rather than the initial glory. The great news is that the glory is as much Paula's as the rest so perhaps the seed of such talent and imagination will have more of an opportunity to blossom and less of an off-day next time?

Further Reading: If you enjoy the heady mixture of witchery, romance and history as much as I do, then the hearty recommendation has to be [[A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness]] and then the following two books in the All Souls trilogy: [[Shadow of Night (All Souls Trilogy 2) by Deborah Harkness|Shadow of Night]] and [[The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness|The Book of Life]].