Exhibit A – One of the Daemons posted this on her FB page — well, it’s a true story! Well, what’s going on with us?  Not much right now, but this is the calm before the proverbial storm.  We are getting our ducks in a row for 2017 (see Exhibit A!), and gearing up for […]

If you are indeed revisiting the All Souls Trilogy, there are so many things to explore.  A couple of weeks ago we pointed you to some tools for your re-read.  Here are some things to help re-immerse you into this world: The US Book Covers:  We got a hold of the cover designer and asked […]

Description: Andrew Hubbard, Diana, and Matthew discuss their newly-realized family dynamic, and grapple with what must be done in order to protect the latest de Clermont black sheep — Jack. We also fell victim to a self-inflicted Mandela effect! Wow! Maybe we should have reviewed the chapter prior to jumping in front of our mics, […]

Description: Blood rage is an affliction that was kept in the closet in the All Souls Universe (much like the existence of weavers).  In this episode we tackle the subject with some of our theories of the science of blood rage, and how it was handled within the de Clermont family. “Rage” by MattBarley on […]

Description: Today we are talking with one of our favorite fellow fan-girls, our friend, and now an official “friend of the podcast,” Laura Ventura! Not only is she a fan-girl, but she is one of the organizers of All Souls Con, a fan convention for fans, created by fans! It is named “The One With […]

Description: In every ending, there is a new beginning; it’s time to witness this ending, and anticipate the new beginning! SPOILER ALERT! We (The Daemons) approach this podcast with an assumption that the listener has read All Souls universe books, including the trilogy (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, The Book of Life), and  […]

Description: Well, this discussion sure threw us for a loop!  Gender roles in the All Souls Trilogy tend to challenge what the reader may consider ‘the norm’. We found a few instances of traditional gender roles, but with closer inspection we wound up questioning what ‘normal’ actually is.  Follow us on this perplexing journey and […]

Description: ADOW ch 35-38 – Settled into the Bishop house, Matthew Clairmont and Diana Bishop are faced with many problems: avoiding the wrath of the congregation, making sense of Diana’s magical limitations, and figuring out the meaning of the wayward page from Ashmole 782 that the house delivered to them in chapter 34. We soon […]

Picture from the Getty’s Original Instagram post Hi friends!  To keep us on the legal side of online publishing norms/rules/laws, we must preface this post with a disclaimer: the following is a transcription of a Q&A about Alchemy.  We are currently very interested in this subject because of research we are conducting for a future […]

🥳 2020 is almost over! That’s a big reason to celebrate!🎄 Hello, friends! We are celebrating the end of the year with a huge GIVEAWAY! We wish you all a merry Christmas, a cool Yule, a happy Hanukkah, and a festive whatever your reason for the season! We haven’t been very celebratory this year, so […]

This chapter serves the reader a buffet of events to focus on… Description: The twins, the library research, the lab discoveries, mystery characters — oh my! Yes, with all of this we couldn’t come up with a good title, so we did a “Hail Mary”! Better luck next episode! Enjoy. SPOILER ALERT! We (The Daemons) […]

Giveaway! The lovely people at Headline Books have given us the opportunity to offer our followers who are residents of the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand a chance to win a very limited print of Time’s Convert hardback proof. 😆 Sorry, US, Canada, and others . . . we’ll have more giveaways in the […]

This installment of the Weekly Geek  is the finale of our exploration of titles. This week – you guessed it!  It’s none other than The Book of Life.  It doesn’t take its name from God’s book mentioned in the Talmud.  According to Jewish belief, The Book of Life contains the name of every person going […]

To celebrate Diana’s Birthday, we are having a joint giveaway with our partners over at All Souls Con and The All Souls Podcast! Up for grabs is: – A paperback copy of Shadow of Night – A signed copy of Diana’s commonplace book (signed by Deborah Harkness) – A leather bracelet that says “Magic begins […]