Customer Reviews

Key Trilogy Box Set

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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.

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.

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!

I love a good book series that keeps you up till well past bedtime on a work night! If you like mildly erotic mysteries with no desire to pull anything meaningful from a book - this is the series for you!! Purely endulgent reading with unreal hunks and heroins - send the kids to a sitter and your husband to the bar. Sit back in the tub with a glass of wine and enjoy!

If you like Nora Roberts, especially the paranormal stuff you will love these books. I was so into them it took me less than a week to read all three.

Norma Roberts is able to write so that you get a clear picture and although paranormal books are not my favorate, I find this set to be able to hold my interest, and leaves me wondering if there is a real truth in paranormal writing. Ofcourse she writes the best romances on the market.

This is a wonderful series. I am so glad I read it!!!! I am now hooked on magickal romance!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED the trilogy. All three women, mere mortals, were able to out-do the evil character and free the 3 locked up souls. It was great. hope all enjoy it as much as I did.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of magic with my romances so I was hesitant to start reading this trilogy. My mom insisted I try this. I'm glad she did!

The character development was great and I was really drawn to the storyline. I read all three books in two days. I couldn't put them down!

As with her other trilogies, I recommend that you read these novels in the order they were written. While I believe the Circle trilogy is better, I enjoyed the Key trilogy also. Book 2, Key of Knowledge, was the least enjoyable and most predictable. The characters, while not thoroughly developed, were likeable enough and I wanted each to complete their task. If you have read the Circle Trilogy, then this is a decent read. If not, I recommend it over the Key Trilogy.