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The Black Bird Oracle

All Souls, Book 5

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The Black Bird Oracle

By: Deborah Harkness
Narrated by: Jennifer Ikeda
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 'Haunting in every way. A story thick with family secrets, human heartache, and the kind of deep magic only Harkness can conjure. You will be enchanted' LEIGH BARDUGO

'The Black Bird Oracle deftly explores the nexus of memory, history, and parenthood - the magic, pain, and promises mothers pass onto their children. Harkness's lush prose makes a fantastical world real enough to touch' JODI PICOULT

Diana Bishop journeys to the darkest places within herself - and her family history - in the highly anticipated fifth novel of the beloved Number One Sunday Times bestselling All Souls series.

The first shadows fall on a Friday afternoon when a single, dying raven lands on the pavement in front of Diana Bishop, harbinger of an invitation that reads, 'It's time you came home, Diana'.

Diana is a witch and scholar; her husband Matthew Clairmont, a vampire. Their intense love for one another awoke the dark powers within her and dissolved the Covenant between the three species - Witch, Daemon and Vampire - that live alongside humans. Now, the governing Congregation has decided it must test the magical powers of their seven-year-old twins, Pip and Becca. Concerned with their safety, Diana decides to forge a different path for her family's future and travels to Ravenswood, the Proctor family home.

There, Diana begins a new era, becoming her great aunt Gwyneth's pupil in higher magic. It's time to confront her family's past - and her own, inescapable desire for greater power.

Number One bestselling author Deborah Harkness returns to her beloved All Souls world with a triumphant novel that sweeps back to the Salem Panic and illuminates Diana's family history in new and thrilling ways.©2024 Deborah Harkness (P)2024 Penguin Audio Best of 2024 Fantasy Historical Magic Paranormal Witchcraft Heartfelt Magic Users
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enjoyable continuing saga. not at enthralling as previous .then suppose only setting us up for the next level of excitement and page turning

so pleased to discover the next chapter after the trilogy

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The story wasn't very engaging and lacked direction. There was no depth to the plot and subplots like in other books in the series. This almost seems like a setup for a new trilogy.
The narrator has a decent variety of accents, however, the pronunciation of the raven "Fiachra" (raven in Irish) was irritating and dragged this listener out of the story each time it was incorrectly pronounced.

Nothing much happened

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I am unable to appreciate the time it must take to write this book and enjoyed it very much much but a bit too short. It was an interesting development which I look forward to the next part.

Very good next book

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I have thoroughly enjoyed all of these books, a truly great set a definitely must read story told about a witch and a vampire.
Really enjoyed all of the characters and their extended families. Hope there might be a Rebecca and Pip follow on.

Another triumph of a read

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Wonderful. Worth the wait. Great to hear the voice of JI bring the characters to life.

Brilliant

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