April 23, 2009

Review: Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts



In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, Maryland friends Gage, Fox and Cal sneak into the woods for a sleepover at the Pagan Stone on the night before their shared 10th birthday. Armed with plenty of snacks and 3 cigarettes, beer and a Penthouse magazine they snuck out with, the boys are feeling more grown up already. After one of them pukes they start to reconsider the idea of acting more grown up and think up the idea of a pact. Best friends since birth, they vow to always remain close and seal their bond with blood.

When their blood touches the Pagan Stone they unleash a three-hundred year curse. Since that night, every seven years Hawkins Hollow becomes closed off to outsiders and the residents are plagued by a week of unexplainable tragedies. On the eve of the third seven year cycle author Quinn Black has come to town to investigate the mysterious happenings for a new book.

In the interest of controlling what Quinn learns Cal works closely with her as she researches the strange phenomenon. When Quinn herself becomes victim to strange visions Cal knows it’s no coincidence that Quinn was drawn to Hawkins Hollow.

I love that Nora Roberts can churn out so many books each with a strong plot and great characters that turn into successful trilogies. Other than her Eve Dallas books written as J.D. Robb I haven’t read anything by Roberts in about seven years. Remembering that my similar return to a romance author from a long term hiatus resulted in one star review for Sandra Brown’s A Treasure Worth Seeking I was a little nervous starting this one. I shouldn’t have worried. Nora Roberts is the queen of romance and it shows.

Book Two: The Hollow

Book Three: The Pagan Stone

4 comments :

Unknown said...

This book sounds right up my alley! I have to read it. Thanks so much for reviewing it and bringing it to my (I know there are others :-)) attention.

bermudaonion said...

Nora Roberts is hit or miss for me - glad to see this is a good one.

Darlene said...

I've got the first two books in this trilogy but not the third yet. I'm glad to hear that it's good.

Ladytink_534 said...

I have run into some Nora Roberts books that I didn't enjoy because of repetitive plot lines but I never seem to have that problem with her series books. Ever one of those I've read, I've loved. Really want to get around to reading these!