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Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy #1)

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As a storm rages, the tale of a powerful vampire's lust for destruction-and of the circle of six charged by the goddess Morrigan to stop her-begins. One of the chosen is a medieval sorcerer whose quest will take him through time-and into the arms of a woman courageous enough to link her destiny to his own.

Mass Market Paperback, 400 pages

Published September 30th 2006 by Piatkus (first published August 29th 2006)

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May 03, 2013 Amanda rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: crap, book-rape

Take one dead sexy vampire
+ one dead sexy sorcerer
+ one dead sexy witch
+ one dead sexy queen
+ one dead sexy shapeshifter
+ one dead sexy vampire slayer
= one hot mess

This is just . . . well, indescribable. I found this book on my bookshelf the other day and couldn't believe that I had ever purchased a Nora Roberts book. A quick look at the back cover held part of the explanation: "A battle is brewing between the forces of good and evil--a war will be fought across the planes of time--as Lili...more Take one dead sexy vampire
+ one dead sexy sorcerer
+ one dead sexy witch
+ one dead sexy queen
+ one dead sexy shapeshifter
+ one dead sexy vampire slayer
= one hot mess

This is just . . . well, indescribable. I found this book on my bookshelf the other day and couldn't believe that I had ever purchased a Nora Roberts book. A quick look at the back cover held part of the explanation: "A battle is brewing between the forces of good and evil--a war will be fought across the planes of time--as Lilith, the most powerful vampire in the world, gathers her dark minions around her. The goddess Morrigan rises up to stop her--and with her, a circle of six . . ." Okay, maybe not high-brow literature, but it sounded pretty kick ass--I mean the Morrigan, the three-phased Irish goddess of battle? As I was reading, the other part of the explanation became evident when the receipt from Sam's Club fell out. I apparently only shelled out a couple of bucks for this when I bought it. I like to think that, if I had paid more, I would have investigated a little further as to what exactly I had in my hot little clutches. Oh, sweet irony, I've managed to book rape myself.

I'm all for a little mindless brain candy; after all, I willingly admit to enjoying Sookie Stackhouse novels. The problem with this is that Roberts has thrown in every fantasy stereotype and stock plot available to her. We have time travel, we have locales that lend themselves to fantasy (Ireland--both 12th century and modern day--and New York), vampires and wizards, unspeakable evil versus unbelievable good, alternate worlds, a final battle pre-ordained by the gods, and the list goes on and on and on. And so do Roberts' descriptions. Never, not once, did I have to wonder about what the quilt on the bed looked like or the glass from which a character drank. Her color descriptions read like paint swatches from Sherwin Williams. For all this excitement, the plot basically boils down to the following repetitious cycle: train with medieval weaponry, cook a meal, train with medieval weaponry, discuss magic, train with medieval weaponry, and have mind-blowing sex. This is, apparently, all that's required to stave off the apocalypse.

And who has instigated this apocalypse? Lilith, the world's oldest and most powerful vampire. However, her motivation for this apocalypse is standard issue power-hunger with only nebulous explanation as to what she actually plans to do with the world once she has it. She spends her days skulking around the caves off the coast of Ireland, wearing sumptuous clothes (oh, except, for when she's lying around bare-breasted in bed) while preening, whining, and bitching about how, damn it, she can't see her beautiful self in the mirror.

And Morrigan? She just pops in every now and then like a good-natured fairy godmother wanting to check on the fate of our heroes.

Will I be able to resist reading the rest of the books in the series? That would be a hell yes. Now please excuse me while I trot on over to Swaptree to hopefully swap this piece o' trash.

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Mar 31, 2009 Kat Hooper rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature.

Toss in a dozen fantasy clichés and stir for 352 pages

Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robb), as you probably know, is a prolific award-winning (and best-selling) author of romance novels. Not being a romance novel reader, I had never before read any of her work. But, when I found that I could read her fantasy trilogy (The Circle) on audiobook, I decided to give it a try.

First, let me say that authors don't get to be award-winning best-sellers for writing poorly, s...more

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Jun 25, 2008 Kathrynn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Time Travel Fans

Shelves: own, romance-paranormal, romance-timetravel, 2008, reviewed

I thought this story was exceptionally well written. There was a lot of humor with both the character's dialogue and expressions. The book was similar to a roller coaster ride for me with extreme ups and downs. There was love, deep sadness, humor, time-travel, bloody fighting with vampires, magic, shape-shifting, suspense and few neat surprises. I like that. I thoroughly enjoyed this book!

The rest of the trilogy was set up in this book and I can't wait to read them.

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May 03, 2013 Lydia Perversius rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: circle

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. "All I see is you, all I want is you. I think if I have to live five minutes in a world without you in it, it would be eternity. I can’t face eternity without seeing your face." - Hoyt MacCionaoith

Oh, I think I found my breath again! After the disappointment of reading Heart of the Sea, I was more than eager to get my hands on Morrigan's Cross. Words cannot describe how fascinating and amazing this book was - or the story that only just begun in it and is waiting to be continued in the others. I...more "All I see is you, all I want is you. I think if I have to live five minutes in a world without you in it, it would be eternity. I can’t face eternity without seeing your face." - Hoyt MacCionaoith

Oh, I think I found my breath again! After the disappointment of reading Heart of the Sea, I was more than eager to get my hands on Morrigan's Cross. Words cannot describe how fascinating and amazing this book was - or the story that only just begun in it and is waiting to be continued in the others. It has me so hooked, I'm that close to just saying a few words and then rush to the next book!

The Circle Trilogy is a kind of story that reminds you of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or other group stories of this kind. It mixes different times and places, even different races of beings. Hoyt MacCionaoith is an Irish sorcerer in 12th century, who witnesses his younger twin brother being turned into a creature that is undead and with a craving for death and blood. He has no name for it yet, not until the Celts' Goddess of War, Morrigan, comes to him in a vision to name it herself - Cian is now a vampire, same as the demon who sired him, the one who answers to the name Lilith. But that is not all. Hoyt is now called to gather forces against a Vampire and Demon Apocalypse, planned by Lilith herself, in order to save his and all worlds, a quest given to him by the Gods themselves. Before that, he must form and lead the Circle of Six, a group consisting of him, a witch, a warrior, a scholar, the one of many forms and the one who was lost. And to do that, he must travel to the future, where the one who was lost, his own Vampire twin, is now a rich, centuries-old pain in the ass, and the Witch, Glenna Ward, is more than he bargained for. He may be a powerful sorcerer, but he's gonna need more than power to get his forces ready for battle before Samhain - in less than three months!

Morrigan's Cross is so much better than I expected when I read the plot! It's not just about a group of people who have to learn to live with each other in a mere daily basis. It's about six very different beings, who have to accept each other not only in order to put up with each other's presence, but also in order to survive a war in which they're seriously outnumbered. The odds are against them, and they have some real trouble with patience, so the situations throughout all the book were hilarious. They mustn't train to be survivors, they must do so to be winners, and that sucks for all of them.

So, wanna know what happens when you put a 12th century Sorcerer with serious leadership issues and blind honor, a modern-day Witch who acts like a new-to-all-this mother, a thousand-or-so-years old Vampire with a sharp tongue and rude manners, a badass Demon Hunter who leans towards extreme violence most of the time, a flirty Shape-shifter that acts like a Golden Boy from another world, and his cousin who is one step of being said world's Queen and is a Scholar with a mind that certainly surpasses her own small height in the same house, and have them live together? Chaos, that's what happens! And if you have a taste for such things, like me, then you're gonna love every second of it!

It didn't have as much romance as other books written by Nora Roberts. Action and suspense were more important factors in this story, and yet, she somehow made it and and put the love story of Hoyt and Glenna into the mix, without leading the whole purpose of it all away. It was fun, and full of sarcasm - courtesy of Cian who is such delicious treat *licks lips* - and the fact that Moira, Larkin, and Hoyt were from another timeline (even if the two former ones were even from another world), made it all the more hilarious, as they couldn't catch on with the slang that Glenna, Cian, King and Blair were spitting out most - if not all - of the times. Hoyt was so serious and so obsessed with duty and honor, that Glenna made him seem like a sweetheart when he had to balance this and his love for her. It almost looked like he was a teenager, making his first hesitant steps towards love, and then, he was really an honest and sweet man in love. Glenna was funny in the way she tried to bring everyone together, somewhat like an offensive peacemaker, because she herself had little patience with the group acting out instead of just unite and be done with it. Cian was so sarcastic, so cynical, so negative, I just had to fall in love with him! I had to! He was funny, he was supposedly indifferent both to his brother and the world's fate and the group in general, and yet he always acted in a way that would protect them all, without making him seem like a hero. He prefers to be the bad boy of the Circle, or to be called demon and not a man, but in fact, he craves for some understanding and emotional warmth, too.And if Chapter 10 wasn't any indication that he will end up with Moira, I don't know what else can be! All in all, whenever he opened his damn sexy mouth, I just knew I would laugh my ass off. Larkin is such a Prince Charming, it makes my teeth ache from the sugar dripping from his tongue and pores. Sure,he was raised as a royal's relative should be, but he doesn't have to be so overprotective when it comes to the women of the group. He eats like a legion, and while he doesn't get most of the things the modern characters say, he never misses the meaning of the sexual ones. Who wants to bet the guy is a real perverted Casanova underneath all this knighty attitude? Oh, oh, I know, me, ME!

Moira is my favorite of the females, just like Cian is my favorite of the males - maybe because they'll end up together? Hmmm, food for thought for later... Anyway, no, it's because she's such a shy and cute little thing, quiet when it suits her, and demanding when the Queen in her awakens. A major bookworm, and yet she doesn't live in her own little bubble, instead she seeks new experiences, and is far from innocent. Somewhat close-minded at first, but at least, she learns faster than Larkin and Hoyt, and she doesn't mind working hard in order to become stronger or cooking in order to be useful. And she's not as fragile as her cousin thinks, which only Cian and Blair seem to understand at the moment. Blair is rough around the edges, and full of sassy femininity on the inside, with just the right dose of badass chick in the mix to make her an even tougher nut to crack. Her manners are nearly as bad as Cian's with only her nature being somewhat of a difference between her and her great-great-something Vampire uncle. That's right! What I loved the most about Blair - apart from the fact that she kicks some serious vamp ass on her own - was that she wasn't just a relative to Hoyt and Cian - she was in fact Nola's descendant! That was a nice twist to that point. So you see, all the people in the group are different and yet loveable in their own way, and it's hard to leave them and their story once you begin. This is the first book of Mrs Roberts that focused more on the action than the romance, and I find it spectacular - the woman seems to have a knack for almost everything! I think, if she was to write a medieval fantasy story - even with no romance at all - she would pull it off more than just nicely.

Even Lilith was a well-thought villain. Probably the first villain I found not just interesting, but also wonderful. I liked her a lot, not in a sense that had me wishing she is to be saved in the end - oh, no, I want her dead alright - but in that she almost seems...well, 3D(does that make any sense?). She's powerful, she's alluring, she's smart and cunning - the woman seems invincible, so it only makes sense why she sounds like the perfect villain. In many legends - mainly religious ones - Lilith is said to be a female demon with great wisdom and slyness. I'd say Roberts's Lilith fits the description to a T.

Another character I enjoyed was King. He was like the mascot of the team, and really, even I was fooled when it came to who was the real Warrior. He sure looked like the one to me. I understand that he had to be taken and then turned in order for the group to find the real Warrior, Blair, but I would have loved if they had managed to help him survive even as a Vampire afterwards. The fact he was like a son to Cian only served to break my heart even more...

If you're looking for a book that has great descriptions concerning both the characters and the places they're in, you need to read Morrigan's Cross. Its story really sweeps you off your feet with its fast pace and slow-building suspense, and the small but rightly-placed doses of romance in it are a great breather.(less)

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Oct 16, 2012 Talya rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-fantasy

I absolutely loved this trilogy!

Then again, I really like Vampire lore.
Cian was my favorite guy, he was the most complex, wonderfully drawn character of the bunch. He and Moira made a wonderful pairing, my heartstrings tugged at the moments where they knew they deeply loved each other, but knew they couldn't have a life together with him as a vampire who will live forever and her as queen of an ancient world. My favorite lady was Blair, she and Larkin made a very close second in the couples/ro...more

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Jul 28, 2008 Rebecca rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Nora Roberts fans

Recommended to Rebecca by: Terri

Shelves: fantasy

I suspect that Nora Roberts has devoted fans everywhere, much like my husband is a fan of Walker, Texas Ranger. Hmmm. I found the vampires in this novel to be about as scary as a villain from an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess or maybe even Beastmaster. In fact, the novel was just as campy. I found all of the elements of fantasy to work too conveniently. There was never any true sense of conflict or romance for me (maybe I'm prejudiced). Moreover, having Hoyt, the sorcerer, travel through time...more

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Feb 05, 2009 Jamieson rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

There is an evil that hunts during the night. An evil so terrible that it would feast upon the flesh of humans. There are stories of these beasts, these demons; they are called the Vampyre. Hungry for flesh and the blood in our veins. Lilith, the darkest vampyre of them all, is preparing for war. And she’s very hungry.

Having lost his brother Cian to Lilith’s kiss, Hoyt Mac Cionaoith is charged by the Goddess Morrigan to gather his own forces. He must gather five others: The witch, the warrior, t...more There is an evil that hunts during the night. An evil so terrible that it would feast upon the flesh of humans. There are stories of these beasts, these demons; they are called the Vampyre. Hungry for flesh and the blood in our veins. Lilith, the darkest vampyre of them all, is preparing for war. And she’s very hungry.

Having lost his brother Cian to Lilith’s kiss, Hoyt Mac Cionaoith is charged by the Goddess Morrigan to gather his own forces. He must gather five others: The witch, the warrior, the scholar, the one of many forms, and the one he’s lost.

Together, with Hoyt as the Sorcerer, the circle will be complete. Morrigan takes Hoyt to The Dance of the Gods, where he is to meet his fate. There, traveling through time, he is thrust from the mythical town of Eire, in the region of Chiarrai, in the year of 1128 to modern day New York, in the year 2006.

There he meets Glenna, the fiery Witch with red hair. He also meets his brother, the long dead Vampire and Larkin his sidekick and protector. They also save Moira and Larkin, royalty from Chiarrai.

Together, they form a circle that stands together against the most evil Vampire of all time. Lilith is bent on world domination and will stop at nothing until Morrigan’s Circle is all dead…

If this sounds a bit far fetched, that’s because it is. This is the first book in the Circle Trilogy and Robert’s first stab at all out fantasy. Though she’s had fantasy and paranormal elements in her novels before, this is the first time she’s strayed completely into that territory.

And boy does it show. That’s not to say that Morrigan’s Cross is a bad novel. Far from it. Once the novel finds it’s feet somewhere after the first two hundred pages, oddly enough once Roberts leaves the fantasy setting. But rest assured, once the story gets going you’re going to be hooked.

Morrigan’s Cross has all the trademarks of a Nora Roberts novel that you’ve come to expect: Great characters, snappy dialogue, wonderful sub plots and well written sex scenes hot enough to make the pages damp. And the plus is that, once the story has found it’s feet in Morrigan’s Cross, there’s no turning back. The next two books in the trilogy, Dance of the Gods and Valley of Silence, are incredible books that make you wish they went on forever.

But every trilogy has to start somewhere. And, for the Circle Trilogy, its starting point is Morrigan’s Cross. If you don’t like it at first, keep reading. It gets better, I promise.

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Jan 21, 2008 Becky rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Really fast paced read about Vampires! It's more of a story about a group of six beings than a romance. Although they do touch on it. This is the first book of the circle trilogy. Basic gist of the firzt book is that there is going to be a war between a newly forming circle of six and a Vampire army. The group strugglesa to prepare. Each one is brought to the group at the charge of the goddess Morrigan. They all have their own skills. There is a sorceror, a witch, a scholar, a shapeshifter, a wa...more

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Apr 19, 2008 Katie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh my Gosh!!! One of the best series I've ever read. Love love LOVE these books!! My husband was in Iraq when I started this book, and I told him, "honey, I read this book and I know you'll love it. It's got vampires and witches and princesses and war and sex and everything else you can imagine. The only problem is it says NORA ROBERTS really big on the front and I know you're out there with a bunch of tough soldiers, and you might not want them to know you're reading romance novels." He told me...more

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Mar 01, 2010 Lisa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010

A 2.5 really, in which a sorcerer, his undead brother, a witch, a scholar, a shape-shifter and a warrior (cough, slayer, cough!) must join forces to battle an evil vampire and her army who are planning on bringing about the end of the world(s).

With a lot of emphasis on the romance, and all conflicts and obstacles easily resolved and overcome, I prefer a little more meat on my story (and on the characters), but as this was only really the joining together of the group we might get a little more a...more

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Apr 20, 2008 Laura rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: vampire, romance

I've read tons of Nora Roberts books - love them for a quick brainless read. However, they're all pretty much exactly the same, only with new character names, locations and twists. Morrigan's Cross sticks to the formula; the twist involves the ubiquitous vampire. (I know vampires are popular, but it’s too much when even Nora Roberts is writing about them!) Even though the book felt like deja vu, I still liked it and, of course, will devour the next two. What can I say? I'm a sucker! (Not in the...more

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Dec 10, 2012 StrangeBedfellows rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I just read the latest review of Nora Roberts "Morrigan's Cross", and I must say I agree with the poster. Roberts has become tired and boring for me, anyway, but her paranormal novels go so far as to be annoying.

As I read The Circle Trilogy, I realized that Roberts -- a very talented writer no matter how formulaic her books have gotten -- simply doesn't know how to write paranormal. Not if you're used to reading true writers of the fantasy genre, like Anne Bishop and Patricia Briggs. Writers li...more

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Dec 07, 2008 Lela rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is my first time reading Nora Roberts and I have to say I love her writing. Bit smutty sometimes but I love it nonetheless. Cian may be bossy with that whole I-don't-want-you-around-so-I'm-just-doing-this-to-get-rid-of-you-again sort of attitude but I love him! Hoyt is great. But his lack of knowledge of modern life is annoying at times. But he has a good excuse for it so I can let him off. Glenna seems to be the almost motherly figure. She takes care of everything and doesn't take any crap...more

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Feb 28, 2013 Nancy Ellis rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I deliberately avoid contemporary vampire stories due to the tripe that currently passes for "vampire" lore, but this trilogy has been taking up space in my bookcase for a few years and it just seemed to fit my mood lately for end of the world supernatural kind of fare! Surprisingly I enjoyed this first book very much. It has everything to suit my current "mood" -- a sorcerer, a witch, mythic warriors and locations, and, of course, a vampire, but NOT the nauseating type of vampire found in curre...more

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Feb 25, 2013 Lizabeth S. Tucker rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal, romance

Part one of the Circle trilogy. In the 12th Century, Hoyt of Mac Cionaoith was a wizard, more interested in the pleasures of knowledge than trolling with his twin brother, Cian, through the pleasure palaces of his Irish homeland. Then Lilith, Queen of the Vampires, kills Cian, turning him into a vampire, thrusting Hoyt into a war that could result in the destruction of multiple worlds.

In less than a month, Hoyt must gather an army to fight Lilith and her cadre of vampires, beginning his search f...more

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Jan 06, 2013 Lauren rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

About the book "Morrigan's Cross" by Nora Roberts. The book brings you into a intimate,fiery,love strung,and hardship the brings 6 special beings together to unite into a battle against one how is out to get control over the world for her vampires, her lover, and her young child(immortal child)in which she will do anything for. As Cian(the immortal-vampire) brother to Hoyt the Sorcerer from a different time period. Hoyt watched his brother get turned and go after him on the cliff and regretted n...more

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Jan 01, 2013 Kelley Ross rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-romance, high-fantasy, medieval-fiction, historical-fiction, paranormal-romance, celtic

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Dec 19, 2012 Kara Jorges rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It’s unsurprising that Nora Roberts branched out into the paranormal again in her latest trilogy, since her last several trilogies have each delved more deeply into that vein than the last. This one stars the Circle of Six, who must fight an apocalyptic battle against vampires in order to save the worlds. The story begins on a fateful night when Hoyt MacCionaoith battles his newly-formed vampire brother Cian on a cliff in twelfth century Ireland. Hoyt is a sorcerer who is soon after called upon...more It’s unsurprising that Nora Roberts branched out into the paranormal again in her latest trilogy, since her last several trilogies have each delved more deeply into that vein than the last. This one stars the Circle of Six, who must fight an apocalyptic battle against vampires in order to save the worlds. The story begins on a fateful night when Hoyt MacCionaoith battles his newly-formed vampire brother Cian on a cliff in twelfth century Ireland. Hoyt is a sorcerer who is soon after called upon by the goddess Morrigan to form a circle of six, an army to do battle against Lilith, queen of the vampires, and her underlings. Hoyt travels nearly a thousand years into the future through the Dance of the Gods, landing in his vampire brother’s living room in present day Manhattan. Cian has been a vampire for nearly a thousand years now, and has acquired wealth and properties around the world. One of these is Eternity, the nightclub under his apartment. Cian quit feasting on humans several hundred hears back and now dines on frozen packets of blood he heats in the microwave. He and Hoyt are soon joined by Glenna, a witch who healed Hoyt in his dreams. Cian’s friend, a huge black man named King, offers to join the three when they travel to Ireland to begin readying themselves for battle. After settling in at Cian’s home, which happens to be his ancestral family residence from the twelfth century, two more travelers from the land of Geall arrive, the scholar Moira and her shape-shifting cousin Larkin.

As the six train for battle, they learn about each other and begin forming a deep friendship. Hoyt and Glenna also fall in love while they work on magic spells together. Though the group faces stark tragedy and often skirmish amongst themselves, they nonetheless form a cohesive unit. Nora’s deft hand with interpersonal relationships shines through, between battles with vampires and sorcery. The romance between Hoyt and Glenna is a minor part of the story, more of an excuse to write the book in a familiar genre than anything, but even that is skillfully woven into the rest of the story. I would expect nothing less. With this trilogy and her last, Nora has made the books almost incomplete without each other. The romance between Hoyt and Glenna reaches resolution, but the main, driving story has just begun.

I’m not much of a reader of fantasy or vampire novels and can’t give an accurate judgment of the “realism” of those aspects, but as a general work of imaginative fiction, it flows nicely and fuses its elements well. It also stars a diverse cast of characters, all of whom we get to know somewhat. Nora went out on a limb with this trilogy, treading new ground and giving her fans something a little different, and it was a success. Most importantly, the book left me wanting more, eager to pick up the next. For a satisfying taste of the unusual, the first third of the Circle Trilogy is a success.
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Jul 17, 2012 Sol Gonzalez rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, romance

Encontré que Isa había hecho una reseña del libro y se me antojó.

Nos proporcionó muchas risas mis apuestas por la que sería la pareja del segundo libro y sin embargo dieron al traste con mis esperanzas (gracias) y la convirtieron en algo pasablemente normal.

El libro sigue una estructura similar a la trilogía de El signo del Siete, en donde un pequeño equipo (6 personas) unen sus fuerzas para luchar contra una fuerza maligna, en este caso una reina vampiro.

Así tenemos a tres parejas, que se conve...more

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Mar 20, 2012 Juanitah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Após tantas promessas, eis que me decidi a ler um livro da conceituada Nora Roberts.
"A Cruz de Morrigan" destina-se aos fãs de NR do mundo fantástico, mas sem descurar a faceta romântica que tanto caracteriza esta autora.
Tudo começa com um narrador, um contador de estórias que nos relata este mundo novo...
O mundo está em mudança e o Apocalipse aproxima-se. Está na mão de seis pessoas escolhidas pela deusa Morrigan, deter a intolerável e cruel rainha dos vampiros, Lilith.
Hoyt e Cian, dois gémeos...more Após tantas promessas, eis que me decidi a ler um livro da conceituada Nora Roberts.
"A Cruz de Morrigan" destina-se aos fãs de NR do mundo fantástico, mas sem descurar a faceta romântica que tanto caracteriza esta autora.
Tudo começa com um narrador, um contador de estórias que nos relata este mundo novo...
O mundo está em mudança e o Apocalipse aproxima-se. Está na mão de seis pessoas escolhidas pela deusa Morrigan, deter a intolerável e cruel rainha dos vampiros, Lilith.
Hoyt e Cian, dois gémeos de século XII.. um feiticeiro, outro... vampiro, transformado pelas mãos da própria Lilith.
Hoyt é o primeiro a ser recrutado por Morrigan, que o transporta para o mundo contemporâneo.
A ele se juntam a bruxa Glenna, a princesa Moira, uma intelectual e destemida arqueira e o seu primo metamorfo Larkin, e Blair uma caçadora de vampiros que tem mais em comum com Hoyt e Cian do que seria de esperar.
São estes seis humanos e Cian que se preparam, pormenorizadamente para o maior e mais perigoso dia das suas vidas... ou morte!
Tenho a dizer que me encantei por todas as personagens deste livro.
Cian, o vampiro milenar é fascinante, tanto pela sua humanidade, como pelo seu lado sombrio e misterioso. Embora uma personagem cliché, um vampiro "romantizado" e atormentado ao estilo de muitos outros seres mitológicos que nos são dados a conhecer na actualidade, cativa pela sua imprevisibilidade e pela sua possível redenção.
Hoyt, embora mais sério que Cian, é claramente o mais "fraco", e não o digo de forma pejorativa, pois embora sendo menos interessante que o seu gémeo, não deixa de ser um elemento essencial na acção e dotado de um sentimento de dever enorme, assim como de um amor incansável por Glenna.
Glenna, a bruxa do mundo contemporâneo é a personagem mais divertida da trama. Consciente do seu poder e muito segura de si, cedo atrai a atenção do feiticeiro, e daí resulta uma bela estória de amor. Sendo deveras poderosa e a "mulher da casa", Glenna assume um papel de liderança, com a sua personalidade forte e carácter notável.
Moira, a princesa de Gaell, uma pequena mas capaz mulher! Embora pouco dotada na luta corpo a corpo, é intelectualmente muito avançada e dona de um bom coração. Não sendo uma personagem de grande destaque, não consegui identificar-me com a mesma, embora seja de uma ternura notória.
Com Moira, veio o seu primo Larkin. Larkin é um metamorfo, tem a capacidade de se transformar em seres vivos, desde que seja essa a sua vontade. Um grande guerreiro em evolução, pronto a defender os seus. De grande honra e muito interessante pela sua peculiaridade.
Após a morte de King, o protegido de Cain, e o que se pensava, até então, ser o guerreiro do grupo, surge Blair.
Blair vem de uma família de caçadores de vampiros, cuja origem remonta ao século XII, havendo uma relação com os gémeos Hoyt e Cian. Sendo a melhor no seu trabalho, Blair vem treinar o pequeno grupo, espetar umas estacas sem dói nem piedade!
"A Cruz de Morrigan" não é uma leitura inovadora e cai em diversos lugares-comuns, mas é divertida e cativante, tanto pela escrita brilhante de Nora Roberts, como pelo enredo fascinante, e pelas personagens intrigantes e cativantes.
Para os amantes de fantasia com romance q.b., este livro é perfeito!
E sendo uma leitura leve, não poderia ter começado melhor a primavera de 2012!
Uma estória bem elaborada, com personagens à sua altura, nada mais do que esperava de uma autora tão bem aclamada como o é Nora Roberts.(less)

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Nov 15, 2010 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, sci-fi, part-of-a-series

Vampires. This series has vampires. Not my favorite Roberts series but still by her so they're pretty good. In this trilogy, a circle of six, the one who is dead, the witch, the sorcerer, the shape-shifter, the scholar and the warrior, must form in order to stop the evil Lilian from turning the world into vampires. Of course, since this is a Nora Roberts book, the six start pairing up. This book highlights the love of modern day witch, Glenna, and twelfth-century sorcerer, Hoyt. We learn the beg...more

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Nov 09, 2010 Fatuma rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, fantasy

I really love this novel and the the rest of the novels in the trilogy.

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The Circle Trilogy which consists of Morrigan's Cross, Dance of the Gods, and Valley of Silence is one of the best love stories of all time, in my opinion ( until I read something better that it =D) Nora Roberts's genius is clearly shown as she entertwines romance with fantasy, death and loss.

There is a powerful vampire by the name of Lilith whose only goal is to end humanity by Samhain Day (Hallo...more

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Jul 19, 2010 Loraine Alcorn rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really cant say enough about Morrigans Cross or the whole circle trilogy . I have read this trilogy 4 times , its really a great Trilogy and with the way its written you feel like you are living the story . This set has everything you could want, brooding vampires, sexy vampire hunters , werewolves,sorcerers, dragons and romance .
Morrigans Cross starts out in 1128 and continues through to present day with the help of the time traveling circle . So much goes on in these books I cant go into to...more

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Apr 21, 2010 Jamissmile rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action, adventure, england, magic, midevil, romance, vampires, favorites-of-the-favorites

Hey Vampire fans, here's another series you might be interested in. I just finished all three books and wow, I'm still dreaming about it!

Of course, Nora Roberts is known for her romance novels so with three men and three woman and three books, I hope you can see where this is going. But Roberts is also known for her many S-E-X scenes so stay away all you PG-13 viewers, or you could just skip over them, it is a book after all.

I really enjoyed this series and I thought that each book was better th...more

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Jul 29, 2009 X.kajol.x rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. A Paranormal romance book involving a witch (Glenna), a shape shifter (Larkin), a demon hunter (Blair), a sorcerer(Hoyt), a vampire (Cian) and a scholar (Moira). These six make up the magical circle, which on Samhain will go to war with Lilith, the queen of the vampires, and her enormous, terrifying and blood-sucking army.

For me personally this was a brilliant book. You wouldn't expect the amount of romance that it has but this makes it even better (for the romantics especially). Each book focu...more A Paranormal romance book involving a witch (Glenna), a shape shifter (Larkin), a demon hunter (Blair), a sorcerer(Hoyt), a vampire (Cian) and a scholar (Moira). These six make up the magical circle, which on Samhain will go to war with Lilith, the queen of the vampires, and her enormous, terrifying and blood-sucking army.

For me personally this was a brilliant book. You wouldn't expect the amount of romance that it has but this makes it even better (for the romantics especially). Each book focuses on two of the circle members, which gives you the chance to understand the characters and their past, their struggles, their sacrifices. It is predictable who would end up as the first couple but that's how many books are.

As well as romance, there is the never-ending battle training. They are trained by the best: Cian and King (Cian's friend and employee). You'd expect it of Cian as he has many thousand's of years on him, which i think should be enough to gain alot of experience. However, if it isn't then i say god help us. King, who is a susceptible human,is a big man in terms of muscle and has amazing skill with weapons. This makes complete sense for him to be a trainer. As well as that, in times of great melancholy, you realize the special bond between Cian and King, the father and son feeling. And it is always heartbreaking for a father to loose his son.

Traditional of Nora Roberts, the strained relationship between two twin brothers (the sorcerer and the vampire) is shown to the reader. From first nearly trying to kill each other (can't blame the nature of a newly born vamp), then century's later meeting again (yup there's time travel as well)and being told that your going to be part of a war, where with a slight possibility you could die. Who said meeting family was bad?

Then we have the Moira and her shape shifting cousin Larkin. When you meet them you realize they are quite close. Larkin truly loves his cousin and this is reciprocal with Moira. However, i was surprised at the closeness. I would have expected Larkin to be more teasing but this could be due to the fact that Moira is dealing with the death of her mother.

Blair Murphy. I absolutely love her entrance into this book. She is the girl with the troubled past who has been killing these monsters since she was little. She is a mystery to us which we want to unravel and know exactly what has happened to her.

There are many twists and turn to this adventure which i haven't even touched upon. But if you are fantasy lover and like a dose of romance with it, then this is the book for you.

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Sep 09, 2010 Photojim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-reads, fantasy-sci-fi, paranormal, jim-swap-shelf, romance

There was a time where I went through fantasy books like nothing. Group gathers together to tap formerly unknown powers to fight an ancient evil and save the homeland. I've read the same story hundreds of times. Different authors and different twists, but the same story none the less. After a decade or so I grew bored with that story. So what about Nora Roberts take on that story? I liked it.

Morrigan's Cross is the first book of the Circle Trilogy. Don't pick up this book and expect there to be...more

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Mar 21, 2013 Cassandra rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: challenge-2013, library, audio, pnr, romance, fiction, read-2013

I liked this book, but I think it was too much. I can handle Gods getting involved with mortal affairs, time travel and alternate worlds but all of those in one book was a little much. The magic in this book was a lot like the magic in the Three Sister's Island Trilogy (Heaven and Earth, Dance Upon the Air & Face the Fire), which I liked in those books and would have liked in this one if she hadn't also used glamours and charms. Please pick one form of magic and stick with it! I will be list...more

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Jul 09, 2011 Lainy rated it 4 of 5 stars

When I started this I was expecting a lot, again with a vampire in it your pretty much sure it is going to be good (if your a vampire fan). It starts pretty quickly establishing the relationship between our main character Hoyt Mac Cionaoith and his brother and the devastating events that turn them against each other.

Hoyt is a sorcerer and his brother is a vampire, turning brothers into enemies. There is much worse to come as Cian is turned by the vampire queen Lilith who is set on destroying our...more

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Feb 04, 2008 Rachel C. rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: supernatural, pop-fic-romance

Bit of a mishmash - one part Buffy, one part sappy romance, with an overpowering motif of Irish folklore and mythology.

The trilogy follows six characters as they train for battle with an Elvira-type vampire named Lilith. Unfortunately, this first book features neither of the two most interesting characters. I'll probably finish the series out, but my expectations for the next two are pretty low.

Sigh. I miss the quality of this author's earlier work.

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Jul 25, 2012 Sara Gonçalves rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: leituras-2012, trilogies-tetralogies

Já há algum tempo que um livro de Nora Roberts não me saia tão bem. E como eu já andava a suspirar por uma trilogia da escritora, foi juntar a fome com a vontade de comer.
Acabei a leitura deste livro deliciada com a história que Nora Roberts imaginou. É um excelente inicio de trilogia que me faz suspirar pelos livros seguintes.
É uma história que fala de família, mundos e tempos diferentes, muito romance, uma guerra contra o mal, um apocalipse. Adorei, adorei, adorei! Já tinha saudades dos livros...more

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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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