Title: The Blackbird Oracle

Series: All Souls #5

Author: Deborah Harkness

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

Oh it was so good to be back in the world of Diana and Matthew, it’s as captivating as ever!

Diana is called ‘home’, a home she didn’t really know existed, Ravenswood. Her Dad’s side of the family, The Proctors, want her to learn about higher magic and the Blackbird Oracle cards.

This is after a summons from the Congregation to test Becca and Pip, something no one really wants, especially Diana after the horrors of her testing.

What we get is family, ghosts, ravens, history, heritage, magic, memories and a lot more about the Proctors. It was just what I needed!

Special mention to Granny Dorcas who filled me with glee every time she spoke!

That ending. There has to be more, yes?!

‘So must it be.’