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Nora Roberts knows how to write 'em!!!May 12, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent second book in the trilogy! I couldn't ask for better. We're taken back to Hawkin's Hollow and its residents - good and bad. Some you love, some you love to hate.
This book circled mostly around Layla and Fox - their relationship blossoms in this novel, and I loved how they got the feel of each other - thoughts and feelings. Working together, being together... You get more of their backgrounds, what Fox was like as a kid and growing up. Layla gets to chat with his parents - together and separately, and adores his family almost as much as him. It was a little annoying how it took nineteen out of twenty chapters for her to finally admit she was in love it him - to herself and out loud to Fox himself - but I think it was perfect. I wouldn't have had it any other way.
You still get time with Cal and Quinn, and you know, just like in the first novel, they love each other deeply.
And wether Cybil and Gage want to admit it or not, I think they are very much stuck together. It'll be interesting to see them bloom in the third novel. They are alike in a lot of ways - and neither would ever admit to it.
In this novel, we're taken back in time through Ann's journals. You get a little better understanding of what they're up against. The troubles escalate, fear is mounting, as well as their determination as a group to finally stop Twisse.
I can't wait to see what the last novel - which is going to drive me absolutely crazy seeing as the third and final book in the trilogy, The Pagan Stone, isn't out until late November, early December `08. The six-month wait is going to kill me, LOL!
A little disappointedMay 12, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a good read, but I was a little disappointed...the book seemed like a filler and didn't have much action until the end. And now I have to wait until December for the final installation! I think this would have been a great one-book novel.
MehMay 10, 2008 5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed the first book of this trilogy. I felt it moved along quickly and held my attention.
However this one got bogged down in the relationship between Fox and Layla and didn't focus enough on the mystery. I finally got fed up with wasting my time when I was just over halfway through the book and skipped to the end.
Yawn.
Definitely Not "Hollow"May 10, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ms. Nora all I can say is... You've Done It Again! After reading Blood Brothers I couldn't wait for The Hollow, pre-ordered it and still couldn't wait, ran out Tuesday and bought it (^secretly has double n triple copies of nora books stashed throughout the house for that quick fix). What can I say I'm a sucker for a fabulous book. Fox and Layla bring out the best in people. Fox with his giving ways and Lalya with her ordered thinking and newly found gift. For all of you who want the/a raunchy quick fix for the wild side of sex, then pick up something different. This book portrays the lights and darks of life, love and humanity. In a place where true Evil wishes to reign supreme,love and friendship hold it at bay, slapping it in the face just by living and doing what needs done. I absolutely cannot wait for The Pagan Stone in December
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood. - Friedrich NietzscheMay 10, 2008 19 out of 25 found this review helpful
When they were ten years old 3 best friends set out on a camping adventure and inadvertently unleashed a demon. Since that time, every 7 years on July 7th and for 7 days, that demon wreaks havoc on their small town; creating chaos, madness and destruction. When those 7 days are done, not everyone comes out alive.
Gage, Fox and Cal have spent those periods trying to help the town, save lives, restore order, in anyway they can. Now they are joined by 3 women, Layla, Cybil and Quinn. The six are linked by love, bloodlines, friendships and now the common goal; to see the final destruction of the demon on this July 7th.
I was slightly disappointed in the first book of this series, Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1), this one more than made up for that. Where Blood Brothers lacked character development and moved a little slowly for me, this one was the opposite. The characters really stand out. Although this is Fox and Layla's story, I got a huge sense of Gage and Cybil, and even felt like I got to know Cal and Quinn a little better. I now feel invested in the characters and their stories.
In this second book, the six have figured out a lot about the past and what happened at the Pagan Stone way back when. They know a little more about their ancestors and are now developing a plan to fight back and put the demon to rest, for good.
There are some terrifying moments as the demon preys on their fears and weaknesses in some very chilling ways. I have to admit when the demon decides to show his face as that that creepy little boy, it gives me the willies. I will probably have nightmares about that little freak tonight, possibly for the next couple of nights.
This was a fast paced and thrilling second installment. It gave plenty of background and insight into the past, while they plan for the future. Highly emotional and cover to cover entertainment; just what I love about a Nora book. I am as antsy as can be and filled to the brim in impatience as I eagerly await Gage and Cybil's story in The Pagan Stone (The Sign of Seven Trilogy).
