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The Pagan Stone (Sign of Seven, Book 3)

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I have been a long time Nora Roberts reader, but this trilogy has not been very good, and this last book in the trilogy is just plain bad. My two favorite characters in the series have been Quinn and Gage, so I was hoping NR would redeem herself by giving Gage a good story. Didn't happen. I have never had to skim a NR book, but I did this one. Thankfully I read the series from the library, so I'm only out time, and not money.

I think it might be a good idea for Ms. Roberts to stay the hell away from trilogies for a while and either take a long vacation or stick to her stand-alone novels. In my humble opinion, her best trilogy was the Sisters Island trilogy, and they've been going downhill ever since.

I didn't think much of the first book in this series, but the characters were okay. The second book was more of a stretch, and I finished it because I'd paid for it.

In this last book, however, the characters were unlikable and the romance was so forced as to be ludicrous. In my daughter's pithy phrase, it blew harder than a Force Five hurricane.

Nope. I really think that a moratorium on these trilogies is in order.

I never thought I would say this about one of Nora Roberts's books. But I found myself skipping several pages at a time. There is just too much conversation between the 6 main characters. A lot of the talk is on the nature of the relationships between them. If you read her Circle trilogy, there is probably what amounts to a page towards the end of Book 3, where Cian muses upon the destiny of the 6 of them. I would say a good chunk of Pagan Stone is devoted to that particular exercise.

Some portions of the book also reminded me of the comedies from the B/W era, where every cliched situation the makers could possibly think of would have been employed. All three of the women turning up pregnant and that too supposedly after conceiving on the same night?! Adding Gage's blood to the water supply to innoculate the town?

I was actually looking forward to Gage's story since he reminded me of my other favorite NR characters, Cian and Roarke. I am very disappointed.

I'm a huge Nora Roberts fan, as well as JD Robb, love that series, this series, really bad, this last book, omg, please make it end. I'm really surprised that Nora would even writen something this awful, the story was boring, same old same old, with all the 3 couples, same issues, same love screens, etc. I story line, I kept hoping it was going to get better. This series really would have been better if it had been rolled up into just 1 book

sunbeach

Well, Nora, here we are again. I took you off of my "automatic buy" list when you wrote "Angels Fall". I just didn't like that book at all. I began checking out your books from the library. Then, you went and wrote the Circle Trilogy and, low and behold, you were back on my automatic buy list. In fact, after reading "Morrigan's Cross", I pre-ordered "Dance of the Gods" and "Valley of Silence" right away. "Valley of Silence" to me was one of the best books you had ever written.

So, of course, I was so excited when I saw that you were coming out with The Sign of Seven trilogy. But, frankly, it was awful. "Blood Brothers" felt forced and my favorite character was the dog. Seriously. "The Hollow" was just that. Hollow. Lacking in character development, just like the first. However, I was really excited for "The Pagan Stone". After all, Gage and Cybil seemed to me from the first book to have the most potential for a great love story. They both were afraid of commitment and had the most baggage.

It was obvious to me when I bought they book that Gage and Cybil would hook up. But, what I can't believe is how obvious you made it to them. There was no anticipation. Just endless conversations between the two of them of how they were not going to fall in love. Boring. That's not plot building. That's having your characters talk about the plot so that you don't have to develop it.

This book is awful. It is the first Nora Roberts book I skipped pages in. I actually had to skip the third conversation that these two characters had about how they're not going to end up together. Did she just copy and paste to write each chapter?

Sorry, Nora. You're back on the library waiting list.

For the first time ever, I couldn't finish a Nora Roberts book! I've tried for months to read this book and couldn't get more than a few pages at at time... I finally skipped to the last chapter to end it. The book was repetitive, boring and (I'm sorry to say) stupid. I just didn't care enough to see what happens to the characters.

I truly hope her next book is better.

I am just now finishing the third trilogy and if this had not been written by Nora Roberts, I wouldn't have even finished the second book but did. I was hoping this third one would bring the other two together and tie it up but it fails. Too much repeated dialogue and no direction just guess work on what to do to put the demon away. It just didn't make it worth the read. I hope this is an aberration in her writing career.

Ok, so... Let me start off by saying I love Nora Roberts. She has to be one of my all time favorites to read, but this book was missing something (a lot of somethings) for me. At times it seemed like it wasn't even her work. Everything seemed forced to me; the story, the couples and the pulling of all the open ends together. In my opinion it was like she was trying to end this Trilogy the best (and quickest)way she could. So before I get nasty comments please consider I've never given this fine lady less than 3 Stars. Yes I was disappointed...Yes I had to force my way through this final (and much anticipated)book and yes I still love this great and historic author.

By far the best book in the series, The Pagan Stone tells the story of the last couple, Cybil and Gage. Both can see the possible future, most notably the outcome of the battle between the good and evil that the entire group now knows is inevitable. As the Seven draws closer, things get more and more sinister around Hawkins Hollow, and the former adversaries must learn to combine their power. Gage, ever the wanderer, is reluctant to create any ties to Cybil, while she in her turn doesn't want to be defined by a relationship. However, as they join forces with each other and the four others--Cal and Quinn, Fox and Layla--they realize that their purely sexual desire is about to become something more and that there is nothing they can do about it. Good luck with that, guys.

At first I couldn't really get into Roberts' latest trilogy. The first couple of chapters in the first book, Blood Brothers, were slow and it took me awhile to plow through to see the point of the setup. As a relative newcomer to the Nora Roberts scene, I wasn't sure I liked her style, but it grew on me and I now quite like it. It is very open and engaging, but still formal enough to showcase her talent as a writer. The characters in this book could have been more developed, but overall it was a very enjoyable read.

Well, I was all so excited to get into this new trilogy and man, did it suck!!! I cannot believe Nora is writing this junk! I swear I don't even know what the hell happened....so much conversation, it was like Who? What? Where? I'm telling you, the last few of her books have been really slipping...hmmm I wonder, could she have a ghostwriter???