Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1) | Nora Roberts

Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1) | Nora Roberts | Captivating First Book

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	Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1) Nora Roberts Jove, 2007 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 128 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Intriguing approach to 'horror'

Other books would focus on the details of the demon's attacks on the town, the 'infection' and madness, suicides, assaults, murders. Instead, while these come up now and then, they aren't the focus of the book. Blood Brothers is as much a mystery as it is a horror novel.

You could say that this series was written for those of us who chuckle every time we read one of those 'lessons learned from a horror movie' emails that goes around, or who roll our eyes when the girl in the horror movie freaks out and runs straight into the bad guy's arms. It's for all of us who want to know why the good guy imprisoned the bad guy centuries ago, risking release centuries later, rather than eliminating him. It's for readers who get frustrated with horror characters that run around getting mown down by evil rather than fighting back.

When the demon tries to drive the women away from the town they've been drawn to, they don't run away. They decide it's time to find out why things are happening they way they are and how to end them. The whole group goes into research mode, interviewing Cal's 97-year-old great-grandmother, reading the journals of an ancestor, consulting with experts on demonology in Europe, figuring out the women's connection to the town, and trudging out to the Pagan Stone in the forest where everything started.

This being a Nora Roberts book, characterization is beautiful, and key to the story. Every character is fascinating and unique, from Cal and Quinn (the foreground characters in Blood Brothers) to Cal's extended web of relatives and acquaintances, and yes, even his dog. I've often wondered how Ms. Roberts can keep up such entertaining and fun descriptions and dialogue for book after book; it feels as though she writes them with every bit as much joy and mirth as radiates from the lines she's written.

Blood Brothers is part horror/paranormal, part mystery, part romance, and all amazing. Due to the research angle I imagine there are some people who might find it too 'talky' if that isn't what they're in the mood for. However, the plot & background are so fascinating as they get teased apart, and the characters and their dialogue so interesting, that I daresay as long as you aren't specifically in the mood for something else, you'll get quite a charge from this engrossing story.

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Captivating First Book

I am a huge NR fan. I started reading her books about 7 years ago, and I have rarely been disappointed. I definitely wasn't disappointed by Blood Brothers.

In the town of Hawkins Hollow, evil lurks. It seduces. It kills. For 21 years, evil has stalked the town, returning every seven years. Since their 10th birthday in 1987, Cal, Fox, and Gage have been cleaning up the carnage that it has left behind. Now, 21 years later, it is beginning again. This time it has started sooner and it has gotten stronger. The guys don't want to just clean up after it anymore, they want to beat it, and with the help of Quinn, Layla, and Cybil they will.

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paranormal romatic suspense

"Blood Brothers" is a very entertaining paranormal romatic suspense novel. The characters were well-rounded and likable, and it was easy to see where the romances would develop. The horror parts were my favorite, as I think the author is quite good as raising goosebumps!

I felt the ending was a bit abrupt, though I know this is the first of a trilogy. I'm looking forward to reading "The Hollow" very soon to see what happens to Cal and Quinn and their friends.

Not her best, but intriguing...

I was stoked to learn Ms. Nora had a new trilogy coming out. It is not as good as her other trilogies. This first installment left too much out. As an attempt to ensure future sales of the second? I wouldn't think so - this woman is a writing machine! An interesting story, with too much of a cliffhanger ending.

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