I loved finding out all about Marcus! So happy the story continued after Diana and Matthew! Can’t wait to see what happens next with their family!

Moves the series forward. Much better to read these books in order to make sense of the rich world Harkness has invented.

Would love to read more about these characters.

This book is the extra character development you wanted in the previous books.

No where near as good as the other 3 books. Doesn’t even read like the same writer as the other books. Was disappointed as I really enjoyed the series up until this book.

I’ll give this 3.5 stars. Not as great as the first 3 but enjoyable. This chapter was mostly about Marcus; becoming a vampire Back in 1770 vs being made A vampire in 21st century.

Ugh - read this for book group but hated it and most everyone else did too but only because of the genre. If you can stomach vampire stories, this is your book

I enjoyed the continued saga of Diana and Matthew, even though they are more peripheral characters as Times Convert focuses on Marcus and his back story. It was enjoyable, but lacked the compelling adventures and thrilling twists of The All Souls trilogy. I am still a fan however and look forward to reading more of my favorite vampires and witches.

Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness is the first book in her All Souls Universe series. This is a spin-off series to the much beloved All Souls Trilogy and focuses on Marcus and Phoebe whom we met in the All Souls Trilogy. I have read mixed reviews to this series stating that the flow of the story was off, that there wasn't enough drama, that it was more of a historical recounting than a story and to these I personally disagree. Marcus's story is a gem of information and insight. We get to see Diana and Matthew and the rest of the family at Sept Tours and Les Revenants. We are there to witness Phoebe's transition from human to vampire. We are also privy to Marcus's past thanks to Diana's passion for anything in history. The story ebbs and flows between these three places and times (Phoebe in Paris, everyone else at Sept Tours, and Marcus in the past from his time as a soldier in the revolutionary army through to his time in Louisiana). Well-written and the perfect balm to my soul that is desperate for more from this world. Having devoured Matthew and Diana's story and binge-watched (multiple times) the first season of the show on Sundance Channel, this was a great tide me over. Enjoy!

If you are a looking for a book with the interesting plot of the previous books - this is not it. It is simply a story of how Marcus became a vampire; period.