It seems like the backs of books, or the summary on the front flaps of books have become misleading in a variety of ways. However, recently I have found this to be quite alright. The last several novels I have decided to read have been nothing like the summary, mostly because I believe they are trying to keep the bigger plot points a secret for the sake of the story. Either way, the novel "A Discovery of Witches" by Deborah Harkness has been a pleasant surprise.
If you do not enjoy light fantasy novels, I would not read this one. However, if you do and you are interested in all things history, this book is the perfect literary escape. The novel follows the story of the witch Diana who does not actually use her magic. She is very academic in every sense and the novel reflects a sense of university life through the eyes of a professor or researcher but with a magical medieval twist.
Now I know that the vampire love trope has been done, and redone enough to make one person sick of anything to do with vampires (except for "Dracula," because who doesn’t like actual vampire horror?). But while a vampire love story aspect does develop between Diana and Matthew, it is a progressive type of forbidden love with historical insight and revelations that make it worthwhile. So, really, this book is for lovers of history, literature, university life and romance. What more could you want right? Well there is also action and adventure, so basically every genre is encompassed in this one novel. "A Discovery of Witches" is multiple genres in one book and the storyline is easy to follow and wraps you up in the fate of the characters.
I highly recommend this book to all readers, and there are even two sequels and while I cannot vouch for their quality as I have not read them, I am sure they are just as good as this one.