The final chapter of the Deborah Harkness three book trilogy in The Book of Life has me yearning to restart from the beginning of Book One. Finally, witch Diana has overcome the powers of darkness and united all creatures through magic and a little genetic research. Finally, she had become a woman of formidable power, a professor by day and head of a feisty Board of vampires, daemons, and witches by night – with her handsome brooding vampire lover, Matthew, at her side. The ending was satisfying and inevitable, but the journey is everything. If you have read the first two books, you will appreciate how cleverly Harkness uses history and ancestry to bind the story.
If you are a fan of Gabaldon’s Outlander, and can suspend belief while Harkness carries you away – all the while grounding you in the cycle of family dissension and worldly politics, you will find the same contented flavor of adventure, romance, and intrigue with the All Souls Trilogy. Harkness ends with a not so subtle message appropriate for today’s worldly unrest. If only we had her magic threads to tie us all together.
The Book of Life can stand alone, but if you want the total experience, start from the beginning – or at least read the reviews:
The No Charge Book Bunch 
I’ve only read the first and liked it. I don’t get the Outlander feel from it but it’s good and I’m glad the end is satisfying 🙂
Just watched the first installment of Outlander. Have you seen it?
This is such a fun , fast paced fantasy world and I would also compare the feel to the Outlander series. Once again, Rosemary Wolfe has nailed it for me! Anita Benson
And it almost made it to filmdon, like the Outlander, but the contract was dropped for Discovery of Witches. Guess we’ll just have to reread the books until they make the movie…