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The Pagan Stone (Sign of Seven #3)

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Blood Brothers and The Hollow--the conclusion to the electrifying trilogy of three men and three women who join forces--and hearts--to battle the ultimate evil.

The Pagan Stone had stood for hundreds of years, long before three boys gathered around it to spill their blood in a bond of brotherhood, unwittingly releasing a forc...more

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Published November 25th 2008 by Jove Books (first published January 1st 2008)

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Oct 29, 2011 Dina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Call me a wuss, but The Pagan Stone scared the living daylights out of me. NR's description of the Big Evil was so good that my vivid imagination didn't have any problem bringing it to life. I actually had to stop reading this book last night and find something "lighter" to do, because the Big Evil was the last thing I wanted to have on my mind when I turned off all the lights.

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Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox and Caleb emerged from the woods, each with a...more

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Nov 28, 2008 Gina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, own, romantic-suspense, paranormal-supernatural, thriller, suspense

A great ending to a good trilogy - even with too many over-stated conversations…

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I soooo wanted to say a perfect ending to the trilogy, but I can’t. I was so looking forward to reading this one, to giving it a 5-star rating, like I do with most of NR’s novels, but I can’t.

We continue the Sign of Seven trilogy, this time with Gage and Cybil’s story. While it’s obvious to the reader that these two will end up together (every love story has to have an...more A great ending to a good trilogy - even with too many over-stated conversations…

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I soooo wanted to say a perfect ending to the trilogy, but I can’t. I was so looking forward to reading this one, to giving it a 5-star rating, like I do with most of NR’s novels, but I can’t.

We continue the Sign of Seven trilogy, this time with Gage and Cybil’s story. While it’s obvious to the reader that these two will end up together (every love story has to have an HEA), it was over-stated! Every time there was a conversation between them about them, it started with ‘not happening’ to ’sure but no strings attached’. There was doubt, then there was ‘could this work’, moving on to ‘I don’t do roots’. Okay, we got it already. Please move on to the story. While I did like how they fell in love, it was downplayed by all that talking and wondering and supposing. And I don’t usually say that about NR’s work. To say converstaion was over-stated, has to be a first. It actually made me think of the movie The Bachelor - not wanting to settle down.

I liked how they still hadn’t quite figured out how to kill the demon, how they were still researching every lead, every clue, every possibility, how Cybil didn’t want to quit with searching for an answer, even when those answers didn’t turn to the positive side. Although one scenerio was a bit of a stretch - combining Gage’s blood with the town’s water supply? I’d think that the blood would be way to diluted to actually make a difference. I don’t even think that should have been in the story as it was rather ridiculous, even for a suggestion.

I did like learning more about their pasts, but it could have used more development. I found there wasn’t enough to understand why Cybil is the way she is now. You learn what happened with her father, but it still wasn’t enough to understand Cybil. I did like the conversations as they discussed what to do and how. While all three women turning up pregnant was sort of cliched, I liked each separate reaction. I liked how they figured out the last of it, how Cybil interprets a dream/vision on the fly. Another cliche is how they sometimes had the same nightmare/dream; while a cliche, I thought it worked well with the story.

What happens between Gage and his father, and what happens to his father, was an unexpected surprise. But there is one part in this story that, while I was expecting it, I wasn’t expecting it happen that quick. When Gage reveals to Cybil a fake bloodstone that he bought, they decided a plan of action, to see if they could fool the demon, and to make it as believable as possible. While I was expecting what came next, I wasn’t expecting it to happen right on the next chapter. The fights/arguments that insued was totally believable; my heart started to pound and my hands were shaking, I had to put the book down when I found out it was the fake action they’d planned to use against the demon. She had written it so believable she had me fooled. Me? Yeah, me, LOL! And when a writer does that to me, they have a fan for life. I’ve been a fan of NR for 5 years, and I know that’ll never change.

So, great action, awesome plot, perfect ending. While some of the middle/scenarios left me wondering what NR was thinking, this reader enjoyed the book none-the-less, and I’m looking forward to Nora’s next story.(less)

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Aug 18, 2012 Ashley rated it 2 of 5 stars

OK, I'm just going to write my review of the whole trilogy here. And I'm not entirely sure if it's a review of this particular trilogy or a review of Nora Roberts in recent years. So, just hang in there.

I have been reading Nora Roberts for about 10 years now. I'm pretty sure that I've read most (if not all) of what she's written. Therefore, I think it's safe to say that she now officially SUCKS! Now, I understand, when an author is as prolific as Roberts is, you're going to get a bit stale. It's...more

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Nov 28, 2008 Isis FG rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to Isis FG by: favorite author, continuation of a serie

Shelves: author-nora-roberts, info-full, reviewed, genre-romance-fiction, 2008, z2008-july-dec, stars-5

Third and last book in the Sign of Seven trilogy by Nora Roberts. And possibly my favorite of the three. It's a tough call between this one and Blood Brothers. I think maybe I liked the romance in book 1 a little bit more (it's a little sweeter), and the overall plot progression of this one (book 3) more. So yeah, it's a bit of a toss-up to which I liked best.

The Pagan Stone continues/ends the tale of Hawkins Hollow, which has been plagued for twenty-years by a nasty evil demon who comes out and...more Third and last book in the Sign of Seven trilogy by Nora Roberts. And possibly my favorite of the three. It's a tough call between this one and Blood Brothers. I think maybe I liked the romance in book 1 a little bit more (it's a little sweeter), and the overall plot progression of this one (book 3) more. So yeah, it's a bit of a toss-up to which I liked best.

The Pagan Stone continues/ends the tale of Hawkins Hollow, which has been plagued for twenty-years by a nasty evil demon who comes out and causes trouble for seven days every seven years. Best friends Cal, Fox and Gage accidentally released the demon when they were ten and did a blood brothers ritual at the Pagan Stone. Now the three men have teamed up with three women who are also connected to the evil going on and are determined to beat it back once and for all. Cal and Quinn, and Fox and Layla have all had the opportunity to use their skills to gain progress against defeating the demon, and now it is Gage and Cybill's turn. Both have the ability to see the future and need to harness the skill if they hope to figure out how to kill the demon. And their may be a sexual attraction between the two, but neither will allow fate to push them together. If they are going to hop into bed, it'll be on their own terms. Unfortunately, but the time the figure out what they really feel, it may be too late.

One of the things I liked best about this book (out of the three) is that it had an intensity that just wasn't really there in the others. There were parts that had me about ready to gnaw on my fingernails wanting to know what would happen next. And there was even one part that got me a little teary eyed. The storyline just had a little more zip to it, a little more direct purpose - whereas the plots of the other two where kinda nebulous. Overall, the action of book 3 was, for me, much more interesting.

Romance wise...good stuff. I liked both Gage and Cybil. They were definitely a matched pair and had some good chemistry going between them. Couple wise of the trilogy, though, I liked Quinn and Cal the best. They had more of a romantic vibe, where as Gage and Cybil had a sort of lusty passion vibe. I liked the sweetness of Quinn and Cybil the best.

I thought the ending was good...not great, but I've by far read worse. It was maybe a tick rushed...or maybe it was just that I wanted a more settled epilogue. Or an epilogue that didn't occur only hours after the last chapter. But that's just my person preference.

As for the series as a whole...it was pretty good. Not one of my very, very favorites, probably, but one I wouldn't mind reading again in a year or two.

One general complaint about the series that I had was that it lacked character specific tasks, I guess you could say, for each book. What I mean is, look at say, the Key trilogy. Each book focused on one of the women (and the guy they hooked up with) and they had to do certain things to find their specific key. The plot of the book was very tailored to the focus character(s). But in this series, that just didn't really happen. At least in my opinion. Sure, each book had its focus couple, but the plots were more generic, more geared to the group as a whole in most ways. I thought Roberts could have done a better job of connecting the plot of each book to the specific hero/heroine leads. But hey, that's just my opinion.

Anyway, I really liked this series. Much better than NR's last series, the Circle trilogy. If you're a Nora Roberts fan, I think you'll like this book/series. And if you're just a romance reader, I'd recommend giving it a try.(less)

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Jan 12, 2009 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

So, there really isn't a point in my reviewing this book, just read Marianne's and it will tell you EXACTLY what I thought:

"I really really enjoyes this book. I want to say it was my favorite of all three but I don't really remember the other two very well. I know that I was less confused in terms of the characters in this book then I was the second. I LOVED Cybil and Gages relationship and how they great into a couple. It wasn't sappy, cheesy romance. It just was. The ending was a bit too clean...more

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Jan 07, 2009 Ellyn rated it 2 of 5 stars

I'm sorry, I was just bored by this book. Research, research, research interspersed with predictable demon attacks. I didn't really feel a connection to the characters and I started to skim a lot of the book. As is often the case, especially with the last two trilogies, after a two and a half book buildup, the ending was anticlimactic. I still think Three Sisters Island was her best trilogy with a supernatural thread and I kind of feel like the trilogies in general need a reboot--they don't feel...more

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Barbara M. I agree 100% with your review. I felt odd giving Roberts anything less than a 3 or 4 Star rating, but I had to with this one, it wasn't that good at a...more
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Ellyn I'm so glad you agreed! I'm always nervous when I get comments on my reviews that the person hated what I said. I've been a fan of Roberts' for years...more
Jan 07, 2009 11:06am

Barbara M. No your not alone. And you're right about her recent books. I seem to love the older ones over the newer ones. People on here (Goodreads) are a lot ni...more
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Dec 01, 2008 Marquetta (LoveToReadForFun) rated it 3 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved the first two books and was anxiously awaiting to read the final book of this trilogy. I will preface by saying that I love Nora Roberts and everything that she writes. I inhaled the first two books; I read them in a day. I waited six long months for the release of the third book - The Pagan Stone. With that being said, I hate to say this, but I was a little disappointed. I can't put my finger on one particular thing, but this book didn't grab me like Blood Brothers and The Ho...more

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Jan 01, 2009 Jenice rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

Okay so I know I said I wouldn't read Nora Roberts again, but I had to finish the trilogy didn't I?

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Jan 15, 2009 LibraryLass rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, mine

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Well, I give this a solid 4 simply because it is Nora Roberts and I'm a huge fan, AND because it was a fairly satisfying conclusion to one of her better trilogies. I tend to not like trilogies which have such extremely tight links because I usually end up picking a couple I like better than the others and it will lessen my enjoyment of the other storylines. Not so in this case

I was really happy with the way the whole Pagan Stone / Twisse thing tied together in this book. I wasn't put off by the...more Well, I give this a solid 4 simply because it is Nora Roberts and I'm a huge fan, AND because it was a fairly satisfying conclusion to one of her better trilogies. I tend to not like trilogies which have such extremely tight links because I usually end up picking a couple I like better than the others and it will lessen my enjoyment of the other storylines. Not so in this case

I was really happy with the way the whole Pagan Stone / Twisse thing tied together in this book. I wasn't put off by the Gabe blood thing as others were. I actually thought it integrated quite well with their research etc. I enjoyed Gabe and Cybil as a couple and thought their relationship came together quite well & natural. Enjoyed the sex scenes though they were short and sweet.

However, there are things I didn't enjoy so much about the book. MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
When Cybil got raped by the demon, I thought this seemed to be completely glossed over and wasn't used for anything further in the storyline so what was the point of it??!! I would have liked to have seen it used for Cybil to have problems later when finding out she was pregnant??? Maybe having doubts whether Gabe or demon was father. I don't know, I'm not a writer but there just seemed to be a bit of a rushed feeling to the whole book. Things were slow, fast, slow and then the ending was very fast. But my truly major disappointment was the epilogue was too close to what happened. I don't mind 1 & 2 in the trilogy having no epilogue cos you know you're gonna meet up with the characters again soon. And in Pagan Stone Gabe & Cybil linking together gave us a bit of an insight to what is going to happen with the other couples. But NOTHING for Gabe and Cybil. Totally left me hanging as I won't be seeing these six again and I truly liked them all, and I would really have liked to have had a little bit of an inkling into their babies(!), where Gabe and Cybil ended up, at least something...

Anyway, after all is said and done even on a not so good day Nora Roberts can still out-write most anyone out there (IMHO).
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Dec 13, 2008 Becky rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book is the end to the Blood Brothers Trilogy. Although a bit predictable, it is a good end to the series and a very quick, easy read.

This book focuses on Cybil and Gage. They happen to be the two individuals that haven't "hooked up" yet. Cal and Quinn are already engaged, and Fox and Layla are well on their way. I thought that this book focused on Gage and Cybil much more than on the task of beating the Evil and saving Hawkins Hollow from the plague that it suffers each year during the Sev...more

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Dec 20, 2008 Risa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I honestly miss the passion she showed us in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I went.."what!?" and had to re-read the last half of the story...to verify that yup! it really was mishmash. Ah well, the masses will buy it and NR won't be hurting for cash, I'm sure. I still honor Nora Roberts as "once upon a time, the best female author on the planet" but lately the books come out as assembly line projects. Predictable... (or is my lament only because I've bought and read every NR book available?) In any ca...more

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Jan 12, 2009 Marianne rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

I really really enjoyed this book. I want to say it was my favorite of all three but I don't really remember the other two very well. I know that I was less confused in terms of the characters in this book then I was the second. I LOVED Cybil and Gages relationship and how they become a couple. It wasn't sappy, cheesy romance. It just was. The ending was a bit too clean for me, but it was happy and really I knew that that's the way it would be. Classic Roberts, no surprise endings.

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Feb 18, 2009 Kelly Moran rated it 4 of 5 stars

Overall, I didn't feel this was her strongest trilogy, but I was not disapointed. It had the romance, with a little magic and fantasy thrown in. I prefered the CIRCLE trilogy more, or the THREE SISTERS one. This was the last book, I found it the best, but also predictable. I can't say too much w/o giving the plot away, so I won't.

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Mar 11, 2009 Robin DeJarnett rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-read

The third in the 'Sign of Seven' trilogy (why it's not called the 'Blood Brothers' trilogy is beyond me), The Pagan Stone sets up the final couple in the series, Gage and Cybil. Gage is an interesting guy, the only one of the three Blood Brothers who spends nearly all his time away their hometown, Hawkins Hollow. He doesn't have any family, nor any real ties to the town, other than through the bloodstone, but still comes back to fight to save the tiny town every seven years.

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Jan 15, 2009 Gail rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Three men, three women, a dog and an ancient evil. Three books and three love stories. Nora Roberts writes good books with interesting, supenseful plots. In this series, Nora Roberts shakes hands with Stephen King as the horror evolves. Three boys born on the same day 7-7 swear blood brotherhood at an ancient stone in the woods in Western Maryland. They release an ancient evil imprisoned there. Every seven years after that, the small town goes berserk with killings violence and fires and mayhem....more

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Jan 05, 2009 Bookaholics rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Pagan Stone: The Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Paperback - November 25, 2008
5 Stars

The Pagan Stone is the third and final Installment in the Sign of Seven Trilogy by Nora Roberts. The Sign of Seven Trilogy is about three boys, Caleb, Fox and Gage, who live in the town of Hawkins Hollow.

At the age of 10, the boys accidentally released a demon while camping at the Pagan Stone. Since then, the demon returns to the town every 7 years on the 7th month and, for 7 days, Infects the people...more

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Dec 23, 2008 Pandem rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure, romance, paranormal

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. NOTE: I'm going to save myself some time and trouble by doing this one review for all three books in this trilogy. Yes, I am lazy.

That said. . .

The Sign of Seven Trilogy wants so, so, desperately badly to be Stephen King's IT. All the elements are there:

1. ancient evil rises to terrify a town every so often (every 7 years in Sign of Seven trilogy; every 20-30 in IT),

2. group of friends that battled said evil in their youth must reunite to combat the evil again (7 friends in IT; 3 guys in SST t...more

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Nov 30, 2008 Cherise rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy-romance

This is the third book in the Sign of Seven Trilogy

Every seven years the town of Hawkins Hollow undergoes a change. Animals turn rabid, people turn on each other and the supernatural becomes reality. All this happens because of the blood ritual three boyhood friends performed on their 10th birthday on July 7th 1987. That ritual unleashed a demon and every seven years the boys do what they can to save the town and its people. This year they plan on stopping the demon for good.

This was the book I...more

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Jun 08, 2013 Anna *stagiemonkey* rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

I love Nora Roberts for making the series `The Sign of Seven Trilogy`!

I swear I if this was real, if Gage was real or even better if all the boys where real, I strip the down to boxers and tie them to chairs in my basement with chains.

You can most likely guess why I have more books then friends.

Okay now giving one of the synopsis for both, `The Hallow` and `The Pagan Stone` because I hadn't gotten a chance to put my review for the second book, I would just put it on this review.

Three me...more I love Nora Roberts for making the series `The Sign of Seven Trilogy`!

I swear I if this was real, if Gage was real or even better if all the boys where real, I strip the down to boxers and tie them to chairs in my basement with chains.

You can most likely guess why I have more books then friends.

Okay now giving one of the synopsis for both, `The Hallow` and `The Pagan Stone` because I hadn't gotten a chance to put my review for the second book, I would just put it on this review.

Three men, who have face more then anyone's imagination, has searched for answers on how to destroy, a monster that has grown through time of centuries, of decades, along with the help of the loves of their lives. As they study their powers, one man and woman see's of Past another pair see's of Present and at last the two remaining see's of What could be Future . As they find answers, they take risks and some can be deadly. Their courage and strengths are a weapon, including the fact that one will sacrifice themselves for the sake of not only Hawkins Hallow and their friends and family but for themselves. The boys of age ten, the boys who were helplessly scared are no longer scared neither are they boys. They've seen the horrors of three monsters, and their loves been put through thick and thin themselves, and for the final seven, the war will end, guardians and demons, life and death, light and dark, blood and fire. The ritual will end. And it'll be a day of never forgetting, and it'll be a birthday worth remembering.

Celeb, Fox and Gage are incredibly heroic and courageous, and same goes for Quinn, Layla and Cybil. I love how Nora Roberts made them and to me she put a unique twist in the characters personality but a similar taste for each of them.

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Jun 02, 2013 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013, appealing-characteristic-character, appealing-characteristic-story, contemporary, paranormal, part-of-a-series, romance

In the first book of this series, Cybill Kinski got a call from her BFF Quinn to come to tiny Hawkins Hollow. Apparently, three ten-year-old boys accidentally unleashed an ancient evil 21 years ago and ever since, that evil has come back every seven years for seven days in the seventh month to terrorize the town. Those three boys are now grown up and ready to put the evil away for good. But they need the help of Cybill, Quinn,and their new friend Layla. All of this is intermixed with planning a...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Kara Jorges rated it 2 of 5 stars

The Sign of Seven trilogy draws to a close as the last of the three couples, Cybil and Gage, become a couple. Both were charmed by their good friends, Cal and Quinn then Fox and Layla, falling in love and planning to settle down in Hawkins Hollow, but both were equally sure they didn't share that destiny. Sure, they're attracted to each other, but both enjoy a no strings lifestyle, and both have jobs that take them around the world. When they finish their work in the Hollow, they'll be long gone...more The Sign of Seven trilogy draws to a close as the last of the three couples, Cybil and Gage, become a couple. Both were charmed by their good friends, Cal and Quinn then Fox and Layla, falling in love and planning to settle down in Hawkins Hollow, but both were equally sure they didn't share that destiny. Sure, they're attracted to each other, but both enjoy a no strings lifestyle, and both have jobs that take them around the world. When they finish their work in the Hollow, they'll be long gone, off in separate directions. At first, Cybil and Gage determine to ignore each other, but when their psychic powers cause them to work together, the attraction becomes stronger. They also go through some scary experiences together that cause them to admire one another on other levels, and before long, they've gone to bed. They don't instantly fall head over heels, but it's so obvious they're made for each other, it doesn't take long.

While Cybil and Gage wrestle with their feelings and each other, they and their friends continue working toward destroying the impish demon that plagues Hawkins Hollow every seven years for seven days beginning on July 7. They know this is the big one, the final Seven, when Hawkins Hollow will either be saved or destroyed. The demon is stronger than ever, and his mischief starts well before July 7 this time. They also learn that there may be a very large sacrifice to pay in order to win their fight, and it could leave Cybil devastated and Gage dead.

This entire trilogy is woefully far below the usual Nora Roberts standard. Though Cybil and Gage's story was interesting and less unoriginal than the others, it still could not overcome being mired in silliness. Like a mixed metaphor, the religious androgyny within it was grating. While the other books were offensive to Christians, this one democratically disregarded pagans, as well. I could have bought the whole "power of love and friendship will conquer all" concept had it battled a different enemy. Battling a demon requires help either from God, if your beliefs swing that way, or from witchcraft, if it's another. This story ignored both concepts and threw a whole bunch of other stuff in to cloud the water. We had demons, ghosts, ESP, and a character who covers all her bases by praying in every religion. Honestly, if the demon had simply been a ghost, I could have bought in, but this was a mixed bag of everything that hit me the wrong way. Another thing that bothered me was that these people bolstered themselves on their way to fight evil by singing songs by Nirvana--you know, that band whose lead singer blew his head off with a shotgun. How uplifting!

I think this story would make a decent animated series. Take out the sex and aim it at tweens, and I think it could be a hit because kids wouldn't mind its multiple supernatural elements and might be frightened by the demon's antics. As for a story I can believe in on any level, it missed the mark by a mile. What's so scary about raining blood that sizzles on the ground if it's not accompanied by violence and, oh yeah, some bodies? I've seen scarier tricks than he pulled in Halloween haunted houses. I liked the other characters, but the rest of it felt like Nora concocted it after a severe head injury. We've come to expect far better from her.
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Oct 17, 2012 C rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-writers-are-on-crack, sexual-assault

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Yesss, I thought. I know from the first book that Cybil is sassy, and I love sassy. And Gage is a bad boy, or at least the Nora Roberts version of a bad boy, which essentially means he has a nice car. I will be way more invested in this than in the first book!

Yes and no. I did find the characters more interesting, and the story moved along well enough. The horror storyline was nothing new or innovative, but to be fair I've read a lot of horror, and there's not that much new to say in the genre....more

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Sep 10, 2012 Emily rated it 5 of 5 stars

Nora Roberts never fails to disappoint! In the stunning conclusion of her Sign of Seven Trilogy, Gage and Cybil struggle to keep from being coupled up, even though it's completely obvious that Fate (a.k.a. Nora Roberts) intends for them to fall in love and live happily ever after. The six friends also have to come up with a way to defeat the demon known as Twisse and save Hawkins Hollow from his evil machinations. The eventual climactic fight was suspenseful and well-plotted, and Roberts did not...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Sarouel rated it 3 of 5 stars

So...I would have give this trilogy 4 or 5 stars if it wasn't for this book, the last one.
What can I say without spoilers? Well, up until the middle of the book everything was fine with me..I usually like a good old antagonist relationship between the hero and the heroine.. But at some point(spoilers*)all hell broke loose, no pun intended ('cause we're talking about a book about demons and stuff like that)..and that made me not like what i was reading..it lost the meaning it had from the beginn...more

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Mar 07, 2012 KatiD rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: rntv-reviews

(Book Three in the Sign of Seven trilogy)
Reviewed by Kati Dancy
Publisher: Penquin
4.75 stars

Damn but I love a cranky, reluctant hero. Gage Turner, the hero of THE PAGAN STONE, Nora Roberts’ thrilling conclusion to her Sign of Seven trilogy, is just such a hero. As a young boy, Gage and his two best friends, Cal and Fox went into the woods near Hawkins Hollow on their mutual birthday and forged a blood bond that tied them to each other closer than brothers, but also awoke deep, deep evil. Gage had...more (Book Three in the Sign of Seven trilogy)
Reviewed by Kati Dancy
Publisher: Penquin
4.75 stars

Damn but I love a cranky, reluctant hero. Gage Turner, the hero of THE PAGAN STONE, Nora Roberts’ thrilling conclusion to her Sign of Seven trilogy, is just such a hero. As a young boy, Gage and his two best friends, Cal and Fox went into the woods near Hawkins Hollow on their mutual birthday and forged a blood bond that tied them to each other closer than brothers, but also awoke deep, deep evil. Gage had a difficult childhood, his mother and sister died when he was young, and his father was the town drunk. He was nurtured by both Cal and Fox’s families, and beat feet as soon as possible to someplace else, earning his living as a gambler. But every seven years, the evil that the boys awoke comes back to wreak havoc on the town. The men each gifted (or cursed) with psychic gifts and a preternatural ability to heal themselves, band together to fight the evil. Gage has the gift of foresight. Gage is also perfectly happy having no true ties to anyone and believes strongly that he never will. Despite the fact that both of his friends have managed throughout the course of this “Seven” to find their true loves, there is absolutely no reason why he and Cybil Kinski have to fall in love. In fact, most of the time, she pisses him off. Sure, she’s gorgeous, and intelligent, and completely loyal, and she’s got a smart mouth and a strong backbone that occasionally amuses him, but mostly she irritates him.

For her part, after a scorching kiss from Gage in the last go ‘round with the Big Evil Bastard (the big bad in the story), Cybil is keeping her distance. She sees clearly what Fate might have in store for her and Gage, and frankly, she’d rather pass. But soon it becomes clear that she and Gage must join their mutual gift of foresight together and that the next round with the Big Evil Bastard is going to have to be the one where they take the lead. As they work together, their mutual dislike morphs into mutual attraction.

I have to say this – Nora Roberts has one twisted imagination, bless her heart. Seriously twisted. This particular trilogy features one of the scariest evils I’ve ever read. And Roberts raises the stakes by not protecting everyone in the story. Prices are paid, big ones. And while yes, this is a romance and Roberts does deliver a very happy ending, there are tolls paid. But the center of the story is the six who band together to fight the evil. Roberts is at her best when she’s writing relationships. And the men in the story have that wonderful chemistry that guys who have grown up together possess. But of the men, Gage is my favorite. He doesn’t think of himself as a hero. In fact, it’s loyalty to his friends that draws him back to Hawkins Hollow every Seven. He’s confounded by his attraction to Cybil, and is unmistakably clear with her that he does not want a relationship, seduction or any women’s wiles played on him. He’s at turns surly, and cranky, and generally ticked off. And he possesses a deep well of emotion that she touches. It’s not an instant thing between them, and Roberts draws the relationship out slowly and in a way that makes perfect sense. Their relationship culminates after a stark and painful conversation between them that had me breathless for the revelations and sexual tension that is built.

The crescendo of the story is frankly terrifying. The scene is gorgeously drawn, almost like a symphony with every player having a meaningful part. And the ending is all the sweeter for the terror that came before it. THE PAGAN STONE is a worthy and entertaining ending to one of Nora Roberts’ best trilogies yet.

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May 23, 2011 Jenn of Frequent Reader, Infrequent Blogger rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own, hardcover, review-written, romance-novels

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I'd have to say the third book in this in thrilling trilogy is by far the best. Though it also have the signature Roberts musical tone to it, the pacing in much faster, the leading characters more intriguing and volatile. Though you know before ever reading it exactly who will hook up this story is not in any way a disappointing read.

This book delved deeper into lead character flaws and overcoming them more than in any in the rest of the trilogy. Ga...more

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Apr 06, 2010 Laura Summers rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bcc-reviewed, read-in-2010, romance, paranormal

This is the last of the 'Sign of Seven' trilogy, with the narrative moving to focus on the final unmatched couple Gage and Cybil.

And, of all the three, this was the book I looked forward to the most. The chemistry between Gage and Cybil had already been sparking interestingly in the previous books. They were the first of the three couples who I really found myself wanting to get together. It's not that the love stories for the others weren't satisfying, they just weren't as electric.

Gage is a f...more This is the last of the 'Sign of Seven' trilogy, with the narrative moving to focus on the final unmatched couple Gage and Cybil.

And, of all the three, this was the book I looked forward to the most. The chemistry between Gage and Cybil had already been sparking interestingly in the previous books. They were the first of the three couples who I really found myself wanting to get together. It's not that the love stories for the others weren't satisfying, they just weren't as electric.

Gage is a fascinating character, complex with a difficult past. A drifter and a gambler he's not your typical main character and the last person you'd ever expect to settle down with the archetypal white picket fence.

I also really loved Cybil she's feisty and intelligent, with a interesting gypsy heritage. Not intimidated by Gage's quick temper, she faces up to each demonic episode with a cool strength I know I could never manage if I were in the same position.

As you would expect, the evil seven year curse continues layers itself over the town of Hawkins Hollow, becoming heavier and more sinister. Infecting the minds and will of the townspeople and the sextet's friends. As the demon grows in power, so does his ability to endanger the group. Sharing the gift of foresight, Gage and Cybil try to prevent the deaths of the people they care about as well as working together with the others to end the curse for good.

As the story draws to a close we know it can only mean one thing, the end of the demon curse or the end of the three couples. But let's face it, it's a Nora Roberts book so an unhappy ending is about as unlikely as Simon Cowell wearing pink lycra. But, it doesn't matter, as the darkness sweeps in, the pages begin turning and you need to know how it ends.

This book is most definitely the best of the series. The finale packs the punch the previous two books hadn't and the love story is without a doubt the most compelling. There are a couple of clichéd moments that you need to ignore, but overall an enjoyable conclusion to a spookily satisfying trilogy.

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Mar 14, 2010 notyourmonkey rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-read, horror, kindle, romance

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Ah, finally the book in the trilogy that lives up to the promise of the first two. I stopped reading after the second book for a good long stretch, just because the hero and heroine in that one irritated me so badly, and the plot wasn't enough to keep me going. In this one, the plot that drove me through the first two books sort of withers on the vine (bad shit! still happening! oh noes will they save the town!), but the hero and heroine are by far the most interesting of the three, and what the...more

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Oct 18, 2009 Debbie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance

Every 7 years for 7 days, ever since their 10th birthday (July 7), Caleb Hawkins, Fox O'Dell and Gage Turner have tried to take care of Hawkins Hollow when the evil came. Blaming themselves for unleashing it on the town. Since the arrival of Quinn Black (reporter of the strange and now engaged to Cal), Layla Darnell (strangely drawn to Hawkins Hollow and to Fox), and Cybil Kinski (supernatural researcher and Quinn's best friend), the group have been able to find more information on the demon and...more Every 7 years for 7 days, ever since their 10th birthday (July 7), Caleb Hawkins, Fox O'Dell and Gage Turner have tried to take care of Hawkins Hollow when the evil came. Blaming themselves for unleashing it on the town. Since the arrival of Quinn Black (reporter of the strange and now engaged to Cal), Layla Darnell (strangely drawn to Hawkins Hollow and to Fox), and Cybil Kinski (supernatural researcher and Quinn's best friend), the group have been able to find more information on the demon and the guardians that are suppose to keep them. Finding the diaries and meeting (so to speak) some of their ancestors, then figuring out how the bloodstone could be put back together (it was left in 3 pieces after the boys at their 10th birthday made a blood brother ritual), now they just need to figure out how it all comes together, how the information they have will help them use the bloodstone as a weapon to destroy the demon they have come to know as Twisse.

Book 3 ..... No real surprise in this one, or in any of them really. Over the past 3 books, getting to know these characters has been so much fun, from the (as I call her) whirlwind of Quinn, the simple girly girl of Layla to this book that shows so much more of Cybil. She is sophisticated, tough, and smart and that is the combination that is needed to break through to Gage and his abused, 'I don't need anyone' attitude. Where Cal is the hometown hero type and Fox is the hippie (their words not mine) lawyer, as a group this six aren't just friend, they are family and the emotions are there. The paranormal / supernatural stuff is a lot more intense in this book (since the time is closer) but the romance, the adventure is always the best part. I found myself caring for Cybil so much more than I ever thought I would.

* Over view of the whole series: As always with Nora Roberts, the character creation is excellent with a wide variety of personalities so picking a favorite person and couple is difficult for me, there are aspects of each that I really enjoyed. That being said, I have to go with - Gage and Cybil, don't get me wrong, I absolutely adored Cal, Fox and Layla, (Quinn was a bit to hectic for me), but my favorite book pick would go to ... The Pagan Stone, for the romance of it. It hit more of an emotional cord with me than any of the other books. The faith, the hope and the vision of the past, the now and the what will be.(less)

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Apr 09, 2013 Joan García rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012

El mejor de los tres libros sin ninguna duda, ya de entrada me llamaba la atención mas Gage que el resto como personaje, y sin duda no me equivocaba con el, ni con Cybil que prometían mucho juntos y me dejaron muy satisfechos, teniendo en cuenta como base que su relación me resulta mas creíble que la del resto al no ser todo tan precipitado en el sentido de “te quiero, nos casamos y estoy embarazada”, me ha gustado mucho mas la verdad, no estoy de acuerdo con algún comentario sobre que en este s...more El mejor de los tres libros sin ninguna duda, ya de entrada me llamaba la atención mas Gage que el resto como personaje, y sin duda no me equivocaba con el, ni con Cybil que prometían mucho juntos y me dejaron muy satisfechos, teniendo en cuenta como base que su relación me resulta mas creíble que la del resto al no ser todo tan precipitado en el sentido de “te quiero, nos casamos y estoy embarazada”, me ha gustado mucho mas la verdad, no estoy de acuerdo con algún comentario sobre que en este se extendían mucho con momentos de Gage y demás, yo creo que eran totalmente validos los dos primeros tenían momentos familiares que este por cuestiones obvias no podía tener ya que la familia de Gage, su madre muerta su padre alcohólico, en fin, perfectamente podían llenar el vacio familiar con momentos únicamente sobre el, ya que para mi al menos era lo justo.
Y en cuanto a la trama en si, me ha encantado, el final sencillamente es genial ya que hasta el ultimo momento no sabes si va a pasar una cosa o la otra lógicamente siempre preferimos pensar en los finales felices, pero es lo primero que leo de esta autora y no podía saber si le van felices o por el contrario prefiere finales mas chocantes, no obstante el final feliz me ha gustado, ha quedado todo bastante bien cerrado y resuelto y me han gustado todos esos momentos a lo largo del libro en los que Twisse se ha dedicado a fastidiarles de múltiples maneras, mandándoles animales y personas contaminadas por el para atacarles, muy interesante la verdad siguieron en aumento los ataques cada vez mas directos y mas fuertes, y de alguna forma hacían participe a todos los demás de lo que ocurría, con la granja de los O’Dell como campamento de refugiados, la bolera siendo otro de los santuarios, hasta el padre de Gage ha brillado al final de esta historia salvándole la vida y muriendo dándole mas realismo al asunto del peligro, en fin que estuvo increíble el libro, muy recomendable para todos esta trilogía la verdad, volvería a leerla otra vez!

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Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sopho...more aka
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Eleanor Marie Robertson was born on October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. She was the youngest of the five children, also the only girl, of a marriage with Irish ancestors. Her family were avid readers, so books were always important in her life. She attended a Catholic school and credits the nuns with instilling in her a sense of discipline. During her sophomore year in high school, she transferred to a local public school, where she met Ronald Aufdem-Brinke, her future first husband.

In Augusy 17, 1968, as soon as she had graduated from High School, Eleanor married, against her parents' wishes. The marriage settled in Keedysville, Maryland. Her husband worked at his father's sheet-metal business before joining her parents in their lighting company. While, she worked briefly as a legal secretary. "I could type fast but couldn't spell, I was the worst legal secretary ever," she says now. After their sons, Dan and Jason, were born she stayed home. Calling this her "Earth Mother" years, she spent much of her time doing crafts, including ceramics and sewing her children's clothes. The marriage ended separating, and they obtained the divorce in January 1985.

In February 1979, a blizzard in forced her hand to try another creative outlet. She was snowed in with a three and six year old with no kindergarten respite in sight and a dwindling supply of chocolate. During the now famous blizzard, she pulled out a pencil and notebook and began to write down one of those stories. It was there that a career was born. Several manuscripts and rejections later, her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published by Silhouette in 1981 as Nora Roberts, a shortened form of her birth name Eleanor Marie Robertson, because she assumed that all authors had pen names.

Eleanor wrote under the pseudonym Jill March a story for a magazine titled "Melodies of Love".

Eleanor met her second husband, Bruce Wilder, when she hired him to build bookshelves. They were married in July 1985. Her husband owns and operates a bookstore in Boonsboro, Maryland called "Turn the Page Books". Since that time, they've expanded their home, traveled the world.

In 1992, she decided adopted other pseudonym so to publish a futuristic-suspense novels, she first decided to use the pseudonym D.J. MacGregor, but she discovered that this pseudonym was used by another author. In 1995, her first "In Death" serial novel was published under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, the initials "J.D." were taken from her sons, Jason and Dan, while "Robb" is a shortened form of Roberts.

Eleanor has also been known as Sara Hardesty, because when the "Born In" series was released in U.K. it carried that name instead of Nora Roberts. She has since changed publishers.

Eleanor has been plagiarized by another best-selling romance writer, Janet Dailey. The practice came to light after a reader read Nora Roberts' "Sweet Revenge" and Janet Dailey's "Notorious" back-to-back; she noticed several similarities and posted the comparable passages on the Internet. Calling the plagiarism "mind rape," Eleanor sued Janet Daily. In 1997, Janet, admitted to repeatedly plagiarizing from Nora Roberts' work, and that both "Aspen Gold" and "Notorious" lifted heavily from Nora Roberts's work. Both of those novels were pulled from print after Janet's admission. She acknowledged the plagiarism and blamed it on a psychological disorder. In a settlement, Janet paid Eleanor an undisclosed sum, which Eleanor donated to the Literacy Volunteers of America.

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