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Oct 29, 2011
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 em More...
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Nov 28, 2008
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 togeth More...
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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 togeth More...
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Nov 28, 2008
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 w More...
The Pagan Stone continues/ends the tale of Hawkins Hollow, which has been plagued for twenty-years by a nasty evil demon w More...
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Jan 12, 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 wa More...
"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 wa More...
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Jan 07, 2009
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
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Dec 01, 2008
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 Th
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Jan 01, 2009
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 09, 2009
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 More...
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 More...
Jan 15, 2009
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Dec 13, 2008
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 suffer More...
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 suffer More...
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Dec 20, 2008
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
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Jan 12, 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
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.
Mar 11, 2009
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
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 m
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Jan 05, 2009
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 mon More...
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 mon More...
Dec 23, 2008
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Nov 30, 2008
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.
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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.
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May 23, 2011
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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 More...
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.
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Apr 06, 2010
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.
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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.
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Mar 14, 2010
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Oct 18, 2009
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
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Mar 08, 2011
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07.07.1977 – drei Männer verbindet dieses Datum unwiderruflich. Fox, Caleb und Gage wohnen in Hawkins Hollow und befreien am 07.07.1987 einen Dämon bei einer Blutsbrüderschaft. Drei Frauen stehen ihnen im letzten Teil der Nacht-Trilogie weiterhin zur Seite…
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Roberts‘ bekannter, leichter und schöner Schreibstil findet sich in jedem ihrer Bücher unverkennbar wieder. Leicht ironisch oder sarkastisch, dann wieder liebevoll und voller Leiden More...
07.07.1977 – drei Männer verbindet dieses Datum unwiderruflich. Fox, Caleb und Gage wohnen in Hawkins Hollow und befreien am 07.07.1987 einen Dämon bei einer Blutsbrüderschaft. Drei Frauen stehen ihnen im letzten Teil der Nacht-Trilogie weiterhin zur Seite…
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Roberts‘ bekannter, leichter und schöner Schreibstil findet sich in jedem ihrer Bücher unverkennbar wieder. Leicht ironisch oder sarkastisch, dann wieder liebevoll und voller Leiden More...
Nov 25, 2009
My rating of this book stands for my overall opinion of the series as well. This was my first venture into the world of Nora Roberts, and will likely be my last.
I'm sitting here gaping at the computer because I just don't know how to put into words the conflicting feelings I had over these books. Some parts were fairly decent, some were so mind numbingly ridiculous that it was like taking a shot of Novacaine to the frontal lobe. That's what my People Magazine is for, not my fiction. More...
I'm sitting here gaping at the computer because I just don't know how to put into words the conflicting feelings I had over these books. Some parts were fairly decent, some were so mind numbingly ridiculous that it was like taking a shot of Novacaine to the frontal lobe. That's what my People Magazine is for, not my fiction. More...
Jul 23, 2011
To begin, an explanation. This book was published in late 2008 and is the third in the Sign of Seven Trilogy. I read the first book, Blood Brothers, the month it was released, and the second book, The Hollow, six months after its release date. I purchased The Pagan Stone two months after it was released and only just this month read it. That's two and a half years! Subconsciously I must have been aware that this is not my favorite Nora Roberts trilogy, but because I consider Nora my "wa
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Jan 12, 2010
I had read many mixed reviews about this series and was uncertain I even wanted to read them but I have to say... I am glad I never listen to other peoples opinions and decide for myself because I enjoyed the trillogy completely! They were just magic.... romance and typical Nora Roberts writing all the way and I liked them. No they are not probably ever going to be considered classics but what the heck... neither am I!!!! Just laugh.
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Jul 27, 2011
Definitely a great finale to another Nora Roberts three book trilogy. When I started reading it, (and from reading some NR books in the past) I sort of new what to expect. I knew that our couple would end up together no matter what (which annoys me a lot, wouldn't it be such a shock if one of NR heroes/heroines actually DIED? GASP!) But anyways, it was still super engaging and really exciting. The dynamics between Gage and Cybil were awesome, and pretty realistic...why would Gage want to be with
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Dec 29, 2008
This trilogy wasn't my favorite of hers, but it had it's moments. I listened to the 1st and the 3rd books on audio, and read the 2nd one in paperback. The reader isn't my favorite, so I'm sure that had an impact. But the story was good. A little mystical, but with enough character and heart to draw me in, and the story was pacy enough. The friendships are well crafted, and that makes all the difference. Overall, it's a fun read. I wish I had taken my sister's advice and waited to read #1 unti
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Dec 07, 2008
What can i say. Alittlemoreparanormal very predictable book. I really used to love a Nora Roberts boo... a little break from reality but she has really gone to far. All of her characters are all the same and the plots..... much to be desired. But I had to finish it...
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Mar 03, 2010
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