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** [[spoiler: This is also what Peter Knox did to Diana's parents when she was a child. They did not survive.]]
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** [[spoiler: This is also what Peter Knox did to Diana's parents when she was a child. They did not survive.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: In ''A Discovery of Witches'', Satu uses an opening spell on Diana, [[spoiler:rightly suspecting that she's a fellow Weaver and wanting to know how that works]]. In ''The Book of Life'', [[spoiler:Diana exacts justice when she spellbinds Satu, tying her powers up in a knot only Diana can break (just in case she gets any funny ideas about revenge)]].
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* TheMagicGoesAway: When ''A Discovery of Witches'' opens, Matthew and other creatures have noticed that creatures are dying out. Witches are having fewer magical children, and their magic is a pale shadow of what it once was. Vampires are finding it harder and harder to make new vampires. Daemons, always mad geniuses, are more frequently ''mad'' and less ''genius.''
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* TheMagicGoesAway: When ''A Discovery of Witches'' opens, Matthew and other creatures have noticed that creatures are dying out. Witches are having fewer magical children, and their magic is a pale shadow of what it once was. Vampires are finding it harder and harder to make new vampires. Daemons, always mad geniuses, are more frequently ''mad'' and less ''genius.'''' [[spoiler:The reason for this turns out to be the Covenant that forbids vampires, witches and daemons associating with each other, allegedly to protect them from human notice but really to prevent crossbreeds like Rebecca and Philip. Enforced purity just results in inbreeding, and crossbreeds allow for renewal.]]
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Satu does this to [[spoiler:Diana]]. She tries to use an opening spell on ''her back'' in order to extract the information she needs. Sarah says that this sort of spell was not meant to be used on living things.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: ColdBloodedTorture:
** Satu does this to [[spoiler:Diana]]. She tries to use an opening spell on ''her back'' in order to extract the information she needs. Sarah says that this sort of spell was not meant to be used on livingthings.things.
** In ''The Book of Life'', [[spoiler: Matthew is abducted by Benjamin and subjected to ''days'' of torture. The opening move involves red-hot pokers forced through his forearms, nailing him to the chair. By the time Diana reaches him, he's barely recognisable and she has trouble finding a single uninjured inch of his body]].
** Satu does this to [[spoiler:Diana]]. She tries to use an opening spell on ''her back'' in order to extract the information she needs. Sarah says that this sort of spell was not meant to be used on living
** In ''The Book of Life'', [[spoiler: Matthew is abducted by Benjamin and subjected to ''days'' of torture. The opening move involves red-hot pokers forced through his forearms, nailing him to the chair. By the time Diana reaches him, he's barely recognisable and she has trouble finding a single uninjured inch of his body]].
* ForcedToWatch: Benjamin likes to taunt Matthew with footage of his torture victims. [[spoiler:Diana gets the same treatment when Benjamin abducts Matthew]]. [[spoiler:When Diana comes to rescue Matthew, Benjamin complains about having to leave Matthew's eyes intact so he can watch Benjamin rape Diana.]]
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* MakingASplash: One of Diana's powers, witchwater. Diana generates water from her body -- her hair, her mouth, her skin, and her tears. Her mind can get swept away in the current, which could potentially be disastrous.
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* MakingASplash: One of Diana's powers, witchwater. Diana generates water from her body -- her hair, her mouth, her skin, and her tears. She ''literally'' cries a river. Her mind can get swept away in the current, which could potentially be disastrous.
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As of 2017, Harkness was working on another series involving the characters, taking place about two years after ''The Book Of Life'', the first of which was going to be ''The Serpent's Mirror'', due out in 2018. However, she eventually switched to working on ''Time's Convert'', still taking place two years after ''The Book of Life'' but focusing on Marcus.
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As of 2017, Harkness was working on another series involving the characters, taking place about two years after ''The Book Of Life'', the first of which was going to be ''The Serpent's Mirror'', due out in 2018. However, she eventually switched to working on ''Time's Convert'', still taking place two years after ''The Book of Life'' but focusing on Marcus.
Marcus. The fifth book, the Black Bird Oracle is set to be released in July 2024.
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* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: {{Justified|trope}} given that the vampires were made at different times. Jack and Marcus might have been turned when they were around the same age, but Jack is about 150 years older and hundreds of years older than Matthew and Diana's children.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Hamish and Matthew play often. The family also uses chess metaphors during their battles and rescue mission. Miriam and company prefer Scrabble
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Diana attends Yale (she enrolls at sixteen), as does Chris, and also attended Oxford, and Matthew has attended several prestigious universities.
* NervesOfSteel: Stephen and Rebecca make their final trip to Africa (Poland in the show), knowing that they will die and it won't be quick and painless.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Diana worries about and discusses her period as it relates to vampires. The vampires assure her it would not be an issue.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Diana worries about and discusses her period as it relates to vampires. The vampires assure her it would not be an issue. She also discusses this when she is about to timewalk, but it isn't brought up in ''Shadow Of Night''.
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* ParentalSubstitute: After her parents' death, Diana was raised by her aunt, Sarah and her partner, Emily.
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* ParentalSubstitute: After her parents' death, parents die, Diana was raised by her aunt, Sarah and her partner, Emily.
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* [[spoiler:Fantasy Contraception]]: [[spoiler:Diana]] is given a tea full of herbs (parsley, ginger, feverfew, rosemary, sage, mugwort, Queen Anne’s lace seeds, pennyroyal, angelica, rue, tansy, and juniper root)
** Averted when Sarah points out modern methods would be more effective.
* [[spoiler:FourthDateMarriage]]
** Averted when Sarah points out modern methods would be more effective.
* [[spoiler:FourthDateMarriage]]
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* [[spoiler:Fantasy Contraception]]: FantasyContraception: [[spoiler:Diana]] is given a tea full of herbs (parsley, ginger, feverfew, rosemary, sage, mugwort, Queen Anne’s lace seeds, pennyroyal, angelica, rue, tansy, and juniper root)
**root) Averted when Sarah points out modern methods would be more effective.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Several historical figures are revealed to be either witches, daemons, or vampires. Matthew would know, he knew most of them personally!
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Several historical figures are revealed to be either witches, daemons, or vampires. vampires, including Christopher "Kit" Marlowe and Giordano Bruno. Matthew would know, he knew most of them personally!personally! And in the case of Matthew Royden, we know little about him because he was one of Matthew's identities.
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The book series has been made into a TV series.
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The book series has been made into [[Series/ADiscoveryOfWitches a TV series.
series]].
