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

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

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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

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The only problem I had with this book. I should have saved it until the other two were out. I loved the book and can't wait for book 2 and 3 to come out this year.

Bllod Brothers

Nora Roberts can not do any wrong with her writing. She is trying to tap in the spriit of man without sounding preachy and is doing a great job. I have read almost everything written by Nora Roberts. Great book. Can't wait for the rest.

emotionally invested in Blood Brothers and enjoyed this first installment in Nora's latest trilogy

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On their 10th birthday, unbeknownst to them, three best friends - Caleb, Fox, Gage - made a blood pact on the Pagan Stone and released demonic evil that had been imprisoned for hundreds of years.

Now, every 7 years, on the 7th day of the 7th month, 7 days of terror plague their home town of Hawkins Hollow and no one in town really remembers what happened during that time. No one except the reluctant heroes who made a pact to do everything they could to protect their twon from this evil.

Now 21 years after the demon was first unleashed, fear attacks the town early and Caleb, Fox, and Gage, and three woman drawn to the town for unknown reasons - Quinn, Layla, Cybill - must find courage and hidden strength to defeat the monster once and for all. And maybe even find love in the midst of terror, if only they can survive.

Caleb Hawkins, owner of the small town's bowling alley, feels the strongest responsibility of the three men to protect the town since his ancestors were the town's founders. He fears what will happen if they can't defeat the evil demon before it's too late. Quinn Black is a writer famous for her books on modern urban legends. The stories surrounding Hawkin's Hollow lure her into town and she stays upon feeling a strange bond to the town, and to Caleb. These two are drawn to one another in spite of all the odds stacked against them, and the visions they experience about along dead couple from Hawkins Hollow bind them even closer.

However, all the signs of typical Nora trilogy fare are present here, same formula, same personalities. Three single men we meet immediately, each attracted to one of the three also single women. As usual, quite a bit of time was spent setting up all three couples, which cuts in to the time I would have liked to spend with Blood Brothers' couple. Even the standard physical appearance found in every single Roberts trilogy are present here. I'd sure like to see Roberts venture away from her typical formula and give us a new crew of characters.

I was quite emotionally invested in Blood Brothers and enjoyed this first installment in Nora's latest trilogy much more than most of her other trilogies I have read. Romance is found, as to be expected for Nora, but this book is evenly split between the romance story and the horror/suspense story. We have a whole variety of things here, psychic gifts, demons, ghosts, reincarnation (maybe) and several other interesting elements. I was so disappointed in her previous paranormal trilogy, The Circle, so I was happy to see that The Sign of Seven was far better.

Phil Gigante does an impressive job narrating Blood Brothers. He is fantastic using voices perfect for each individual character. The only fault I found in his performance was that he tends to overdo the falsetto used to portray the women and after a while, that grated on my nerves quite a bit.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, April 2008. All rights reserved.

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OK, but not her best

Potentially interesting story, if you like the paranormal/demonic stuff...which I generally do. Story dragged in places, though, and the characters were a little flat. Frankly, the character I cared most for was the dog. Romance was a little smarmy...I mean, Gabaldon pulled off paranormal romance w/out the smarminess...it can be done. Roberts is better than this...she was clearly in a hurry on this one. If you want paranormal stick with Buffy...

Trilogies still something I enjoy

I agree with a previous reviewer, the last few years by Nora Roberts when she writes a trilogy are somewhat formulaic. I had discussions with my Mom who thought she did great in the first, second was iffier and third was hard to get through. I disagreed for many years but am starting to come around to that viewpoint.
That being said, I did enjoy Blood Brothers. I will buy and hopefully enjoy the next two. However, once upon a time, a NR book would leave the store in my hot little hands on publication day and I would finish it that night or early the next morning. This one I bought when I tripped over it during holiday shopping and I didn't read it until April. That is not the way I used to enjoy her works.

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