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I recommend it. I really enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to reading book 3 in the series. I am not a Nora Roberts fan but this trilogy is very good.
I thought I might not be comfortable with the "evil" in it; but her writing is SO good, I couldn't put it down Nora Roberts "The Hollow" was EXCELLENT.
I couldn't put it down. This is a very good book. It keeps you interested from the first page to the last.
Fox O'Dell practices small-town law with an ability to read minds. Circumstances also bring three women together: Quinn, Layla, and Cybil. This series does not affect me emotionally like the previous ones, for example the Key Trilogy or the Three Sisters Island Trilogy, but still satisfying. To win the battle, they know they have to.Along the way, the group found the journal of Ann Hawkins, an important discovery to unlock the mystery of what is happening to the town. Together they form an important team, with absolute determination to end the recurring problem once and for all. All because innocently - Caleb, Fox, and Gage - on their tenth birthday, cut their wrist, mixed their blood and made an oath at the Pagan Stone. Nora succeeds in developing a good plot that encourages me to continue reading to see how the men and women in the story overcome their dilemmas, problems and together, achieve their goal in battling evil. It is not that easy though.
Here Nora Roberts builds on the suspense from the first book. Here's a brief background of THE BLOOD BROTHERS, first book in the Sign of Seven Trilogy: Evil has befallen Hawkins Hollow where all hell breaks loose on every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month. Dent was the person responsible for locking evil in its place before it was accidentally released by the boys many years back. The closer they are to solving the problem, the more vicious evil become. Will they overcome the barrier they set for themselves.
Fox is not trusting and Layla is not accepting her gift. As usual, humour, romance and thrill maketh a good read, and it's definitely visible in this instalment. I am waiting in anticipation for the final episode in The Pagan Stone, coming in December 2008. This is one of the weaker trilogies in Nora's work but nonetheless, still enjoyable. Coincidentally, Layla shares the same ability. This time, it's going at them all at the same time.I am happy with the book but not crazy about it. With that, they have unleashed something evil as well as good.
Ann was the lover of Giles Dent and they were the three men's ancestors. Together, Fox and Layla will be able to use their ability to connect and fight evil. The first book romantically hooks Caleb and Quinn together, and in this instalment, we see Fox and Layla together.In book two, the nightmare is about to begin. That explains why she is able to relate and anticipate what her customers fancy at the boutique in New York (before arriving at Hawkins Hollow), but she didn't think much of it at that time.
The second plants the six main characters - Caleb, Fox, Gage, Quinn, Layla and Cybil - deeper into the story as they realize they'll be the key to defeating this demon - or die trying. When her voice elevated, it sounded more like a screech. Her books are character driven. Please keep in mind, these are the same characters as in the first book. THE HOLLOW is the second in The Sign of Seven trilogy, BLOOD BROTHERS being the first.
If Marie Caliendo had been the narrator for the first book, I wouldn't have continued on with the trilogy. I found myself wanting to talk to my husband about the characters as though each were real.In my opinion, it's best to start at the beginning of her trilogies with the first book and not jump around. Having listened to so many audios, this was the first problem I'd had with a reader. Horrible - seriously horrible. Both the first and second books have left me wanting to know more. My complaint has nothing to do with the author or the book, but with the narrator, Marie Caliendo.
PEGAN STONE, the third, is scheduled to be out in December 2008.By the second book, the reader pretty much knows what's going to happen. In the first book, three young boys unknowingly set a demon free, but left each with a special ability. Her high-pitched screeches when speaking as Quinn and Layla actually caused me to dislike the characters. Surprise isn't the author's strong point as her novels, at least not in the ones I've read. And I am looking forward to December for the final installment of this trilogy.I must end this on a negative note. The plot isn't anything new or special, and still, I found myself loving this book just as much as the first.The first book sets up the story up nicely.
The reader becomes emotionally invested, very much like soap opera fans do. From then on, every seven years, this demon plaques the small Maryland town for seven days.
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