Too much history and too little story

This sequel with its lack of most of the characters from the first book what Somewhat disappointing. I liked the description of the witches Diana encounters, but again Matthew's attitude got on my nerves rather quickly and I was surprised with how much Diana put up before taking him to task. I was ready to scream at about the third (but by far not the last) instance of something like 'You do not know what a vampire relation Means' - so why did he not tell her ?? For someone of his age and supposed intelligence he Behaves like a teenager with too much testosterone. The whole chapter about Prague did not contribute to the story and Became quite tedious and repetitive rather quickly. My impression of the second volume is indeed the historian ran in Ms Harkness away with the author - less would havebeen more. HOWEVER, for a historian she Treated the conservation of the timeline rather offhandedly. That the 21st Century Matthew intervened in ways his 16th century self would never have done is unforgivable - after all, he knows That When He leaves people willhave to deal with his old self again and he may raise hopes his old self would not dream of fulfilling. That the effects of the time travel Showed up suddenly today at the sametime after the Timetrip As They happened in the past is rather illogical (and why would people notice)? Altogether a rather weak sequel - I am not sure yet if I will buy the third one.