Description: The reader, like the collective heap of vampire and witch, is splashed into 1590, and it seems the temperature not as quite as comfortable as we had hoped! In this episode, we explore the first two chapters of our favorite book in this series, Shadow of Night. We find that Matthew Clairmont’s past is […]

We lifted our feet, and stepped into the unknown. Pictured on set: St Paul’s Cathedral Description: And off we go into 1590! Diana and Matthew make quite the splash in London! Their main mission: Find a teacher, and get Ashmole 782. In/out, and back to present time, right?! Yeah. No. There a few obstacles (real […]

“There are also daemons—creative, artistic creatures who walk a tightrope between madness and genius. “Rock stars and serial killers” was how my aunt described these strange, perplexing beings.”  ~ A Discovery of Witches  Prince was the quintessential rock star daemon. Prince died last week. For the Daemons, it was a gut punch. While the All […]

It’s time for Ysabeau to check the papers. This is photoshopped, people. We looked for an article and could not find one! Description: Well, it seems we made it to 2010 even before Diana and Matthew did! We see what Marcus, Ysabeau and Sarah are all up to, and get a few revelations that will […]

All that children need is love, a grown-up to take responsibility for them, and a soft place to land. The same was true for chicks. Description: A visit with Mary Sidney, the Hilliard miniatures, and a teen witch! So much to unpack in this chapter! We come to it with new eyes because we find […]

Win a #JoyJournal, an Avery tote bag, and some journaling markers! Time to document, Diana-style! And now it’s time for something completely different! Well, not so different . . . we are getting ready to enter Shadow of Night for real-time reading, and on our podcast, Daemons Discuss! In Shadow of Night, we witnessed Diana […]

Description:This is an encore presentation of this episode, but a first-time appearance on this public platform. We’ll be back next week with a chapter! 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 […]

A #TeamBaldwin Perspective Now that we have your attention, we need to talk about Baldwin. As you know, a few of the Daemons are the founders of #TeamBaldwin.  We get that he’s not for everyone and, honestly, we like it that way! We’re generally a live and let live bunch (yeah – we know he […]

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor Description: It’s a double feature! Yes, we are covering chapters 26 and 27 of Shadow of Night in one shot (it explains the length of the episode). In chapter 26, we meet a new (to us) de Clermont; Verin … and her husband Ernst. We reunite with present-day Gallowglass, and […]

Description: This is where it all began! We imagine the fandom is currently in the midst of reading Time’s Convert (released on the 18th of September 2018). The majority of that story covers Marcus and Phoebe, and today we are returning to the foundation of that relationship. The place: Sotheby’s. The time: 2010 (according to […]

Bryan is the assistant curator of manuscripts at the Getty Museum Here it is, folks…a blog post about a blog post!  Before we get carried away, this is not something that we arranged, but it is certainly germane to our interest as it has to do with illuminated manuscripts – re: all of the illuminated […]

Poor Sarah! 😞 Description: To put it simply, we LOVE this chapter. This is the first time we get a glimpse of Sarah and Diana actually working together on magic. It was all so peaceful until the radio decided to suggest a playlist familiar to most of us born prior to 1985, and — now […]

Description: The more formal title of this would be “What to read while waiting for The Serpent’s Mirror, the TV series and more!” – We discuss books and series we’ve enjoyed and why we like them.  Since we have The All Souls Trilogy in common, perhaps you, the listener, may find something you can enjoy.  […]

Here it is!  Our first giveaway of 2017, and it’s a good one! We have replenished our giveaway closets and we are happy to debut our first new item this year!  There are so many ways to enter, and we are including two trivia questions!  One about our favorite Valentines (Matthew and Diana), and the […]