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The Genteel, Supernatural Smut of <em>A Discovery of Witches</em>

Vampires and witches and demons, oh my
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You will probably enjoy if you enjoyed, for instance, . Or . Or the Harry Potter franchise. Or Or old episodes of on PBS. Or . Or that on the network no one can ever find in which Matthew Goode and Matthew Rhys travel the world being handsome and drinking wine. There is, to say, a lot going on. Some of it is very diverting, given that the location budget seems to have been approximately $10 trillion and the series is about witches and vampires who are all rather—how to put this politely—horny. But in other moments, when a woman has her third recurring dream about spiders, or when tower,” you might have to decide how far your personal tolerance for irony-devoid supernatural travel porn extends.

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