Oh, joy, we’re back in Matthew’s POV for a while.  He’s sticking around with Diana until she calms down and goes to sleep.  Wasn’t he all eager to get her out to the countryside, ‘for her protection’?  And now that she’s got a pretty clear death threat sent to her in the mail, he’s content…

On Monday, we are treated to the full run-down of Diana’s morning routine and her wardrobe choices before we finally get along to the library.  She turns in a request slip for the magic book, and as she does so, Sean asks her if Matthew is bothering her.  Because apparently the fact that we’re coming…

Matthew comes to pick Diana up for dinner, and it seems that when he’s not living in his 16th century manor house, he lives at All Souls College.  Is it really necessary to heap this much specialness on one character?  He’s already a vampire with multiple fancy houses and supposed-brilliance and the respect of all…

This book is taking too long.  The chapters just drag on and on and on.  They’re stuffed with fail, but none of the fail is related to the plot, what little there is of said plot.  We’ve 31 chapters left, and I don’t want to still be doing this come February.  So, I’m going to…

Oh, joy, today’s chapter is going to focus heavily on Matthew and Diana’s date.  Because that’s really what I want to read about.  A whole page devoted to wondering what kind of food a vampire can eat, but still not a whisper of a hint on who is ‘forbidding’ creatures from going in to politics.…