Key Trilogy Box Set [Mass Market Paperback]

Nora Roberts (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 1 pages
• Publisher: Jove (September 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515138681
• ISBN-13: 978-0515138689
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #41,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great trilogy of strong women and magic, May 17, 2005

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This review is from: Key Trilogy Box Set (Mass Market Paperback)

I love when Nora Roberts blends romance and magic. This series deals with three women who have solve a mystery to save a mystic world. If you loved Nora Robert's Three Sisters Island Collection: Dance upon the Air/Heaven and Earth/Face the Fire you will enjoy this series.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but far from exciting - Key of Knowledge was the strongest in the bunch, April 7, 2009

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This review is from: Key Trilogy Box Set (Mass Market Paperback)

Plot Summary: A seemingly innocent dinner invitation summons three different women to Warrior's Peak, a castle-like estate near Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania. Our triumvirate includes Mallory, an art gallery manager, Dana, a librarian, and Zoe, a hair-stylist. Their hosts tell them a legend of three sisters, demigoddesses, whose souls are trapped by an immortal sorcerer, and they offer Mallory, Dana, and Zoe an eye-popping cash prize to search out the keys that will unlock the sisters' prison. Before swallowing this outlandish tale hook, line, and sinker, all three women had conveniently fallen on hard times career-wise, and were desperate for a change. Each book follows the quest of one woman in her quest for a magical key.

I had to make a conscious decision to accept this plot, which felt contrived as all get out, but once I let go it was a nice ride. In each book, the heroine in question gets a new job, a new man, and a new house, all while looking for this mystical key and fending off a pissed-off sorcerer. It's exhausting watching someone go through so many life changes, and then to watch it happen three successive times, all I can say is, whew!

The first book, Key of Light, was the weakest of the bunch, romance wise. Mallory is an uptight, neat-freak paired with Flynn, a boy trapped in a man's body. With Nora Robert's trilogies, I've come to expect that she likes to start slow, and build up to her best romance, so I was patient.

The second book, Key of Knowledge, featured a much hotter pairing in librarian Dana, and famous fiction writer Jordan. Their past relationship, in which Jordan stomped on Dana's heart and blew town to find fame and fortune, adds a lot of pent up steam to their current situation. I liked Dana's character the most within this trilogy, and maybe it's because I have a soft spot for anyone who lives to read, and isn't ashamed to be a tad nerdy. Compared to man-boy Flynn in book one, Jordan is all man, with a keen mind that revved my imagination.

The third book, Key of Valor, was supposed to bring this baby home, and tie up all the loose ends. Unfortunately, the romance between stylist Zoe and filthy-rich, big box store baron Bradley was just ho-hum. The evil sorcerer comes into play, and starts to fight dirty, so that livens things up. Zoe herself is highly admirable as a plucky single mother, and it's impossible not to like her. I just wish the heat hadn't fizzled out in the home stretch.

I recommend The Circle Trilogy if you're a Robert's fan and looking to read a series that builds up beautifully from book to book, while packing a serious paranormal punch.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun reading!, May 16, 2007

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B. Holton "moonravyn" (Surprise, Az. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Key Trilogy Box Set (Mass Market Paperback)

I am only into the second book of the set but I know that I will enjoy the entire set. It has been really fun reading, hard to put down. I am really enjoying the characters and the story line. Mortals handed a challenge by a couple of Gods? A great escape from the day to day routine of life. Love it!