Today’s post is on Blood Magick by Nora Roberts. It is 304 pages long and is published by Berkley. It is the third in her Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy and as such you need to have read the first two novels to understand the story. The cover is lavender with dog and a house on it. The intended reader is someone who has read the first two, likes urban fantasy, and romances. There is mild foul language, mild sexuality, and mild violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the characters moving from one to another as the story goes. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- County Mayo is rich in the traditions of Ireland, legends that Branna O’Dwyer fully embraces in her life and in her work as the proprietor of The Dark Witch shop, which carries soaps, lotions, and candles for tourists, made with Branna’s special touch.
Branna’s strength and selflessness hold together a close circle of friends and family—along with their horses and hawks and her beloved hound. But there’s a single missing link in the chain of her life: love…
She had it once—for a moment—with Finbar Burke, but a shared future is forbidden by history and blood. Which is why Fin has spent his life traveling the world to fill the abyss left in him by Branna, focusing on work rather than passion.
Branna and Fin’s relationship offers them both comfort and torment. And though they succumb to the heat between them, there can be no promises for tomorrow. A storm of shadows threatens everything that their circle holds dear. It will be Fin’s power, loyalty, and heart that will make all the difference in an age-old battle between the bonds that hold their friends together and the evil that has haunted their families for centuries.
Branna’s strength and selflessness hold together a close circle of friends and family—along with their horses and hawks and her beloved hound. But there’s a single missing link in the chain of her life: love…
She had it once—for a moment—with Finbar Burke, but a shared future is forbidden by history and blood. Which is why Fin has spent his life traveling the world to fill the abyss left in him by Branna, focusing on work rather than passion.
Branna and Fin’s relationship offers them both comfort and torment. And though they succumb to the heat between them, there can be no promises for tomorrow. A storm of shadows threatens everything that their circle holds dear. It will be Fin’s power, loyalty, and heart that will make all the difference in an age-old battle between the bonds that hold their friends together and the evil that has haunted their families for centuries.
Review- This book is a very satisfying conclusion to this trilogy. We have watched as evil stalked each of the couples in turn, working his way to Branna and Finbar. They are not ready to really deal with what is between them but time is not their side and they must make a choice. I have been pulling for this couple from the first book and I am very happy for how their story turned out. Branna and Fin have years between them and they work together to make it work. Their love is oldest and strongest and with them all the story of the past is revealed. The evil is stopped forever, love and light wins the day. That is point of romance novels, love and good wins in the end.
I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and borrowed this book from my local library.
I give this novel a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and borrowed this book from my local library.
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