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Title: Key of Light (Key Trilogy, 1) by Nora Roberts, Susan Ericksen ISBN: 1-59086-319-4 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 7 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.99 (71 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Where Was the Light?
Comment: Anybody who knows me or has read my previous reviews for Nora Roberts's books knows that for the most part I am a loyal fan of Ms. Roberts's books. When I found out that a new trilogy was about to be published, I couldn't wait to buy the three books and read them one after the other. Unfortunately I was tremendously disappointed in the first book, Key of Light, and imagine it will be some time before I pick up the second title, Key of Knowledge.
Three women with very different backgrounds are summoned to a party at a mansion. Mallory has just been fired from her job at an art gallery while Dana's hours at a local library have been cut dramatically. The third member of the group, Zoe, is a single mother who years to open up her own beauty salon. Once at the house the women find they are the only guests. And as the evening progresses they meet two rather unusual people who make each of them a proposition that may ultimately reward them with a large sum of money. Their tasks are complicated and while they may work together to solve each puzzle, in the end they are responsible for each of their own assignments. And they must all succeed or the monetary offer will not be given to any of them. Now these three ladies are set on a wild adventure as they must find three keys to unlock three boxes that hold three women's spirits which are locked in the boxes by an ancient curse.
This book, like the Three Sister Island trilogy is filled with similar element like camaraderie, loyalty, romance, an ancient curse and mystical happenings. But unlike her other trilogies, Key of Light failed to interest me in any of the characters or care about the curse. And while her other books had mystical and magical elements, this time these elements just seemed a bit forced and over the top at that. At times I even wondered if somehow I was reading Stephen King novel and the authors name was a misprint. Not that I haven't liked Mr. King's works in the past but that's not what I expect to read when I choose a Nora Roberts book.
I have often thought and written that of all of the genres Ms. Roberts writes, it is her pure romances which captivate me the most. Having read Key of Light, I now long for Ms. Roberts to return to writing trilogies like the Born In series or books about families like the Mackades, MacGregors or Quinn brothers. I am sure I will read the next two books in this trilogy to see if I enjoy either Key of Knowledge or Key of Valor more. I hope that I will be pleasantly surprised and can write a glowing review afterwards.
Rating: 5
Summary: Celtic Lore, American Style
Comment: Fabulous Nora begins another satisfying trilogy with "Key of Light," the story of three very normal American women who suddenly find themselves on a quest worthy of King Arthur.
The plot is not that much different from Roberts' "Dancing" trilogy, but no matter. Three celtic goddesses had their separate souls stolen several millenia ago, and their three human Pennsylvanian counterparts, Mallory, Dana and Zoe, must find the keys or the curse will last forever. Yeah, right--that's the initial reaction of the woman AND the reader--until, after tons of research and the help of three incredibly sexy and gorgeous men (necesary to any Roberts novel), they start to believe. And so does the reader. Only Nora Roberts could pull off such a ridiculous plot and make it not only believeable, not only perfectly normal, but make the reader stay on the edge of her seat unable to put down the book. Perhaps that is the key to HER magic. I often wonder if there is more than a bit of the fey in Nora!
At any rate, "Key of Light" is Mallory's story, as she is the first who is chosen to find her key. Does she do it? And, more importantly, is there even such a thing as this key? Read and find out--and prepare, as always, to be enchanted.
Rating: 2
Summary: A Little More Romance, Please?
Comment: Key of Light was a very, very quick read for me, probably because I skimmed most of the stuff about the quest and the other demi-goddess/goddess bits because they didn't interest me. If the book had just been about Malory and Flynn then I probably would have skim read even more because I did not like them very much and it was the characters of Dana and Jordan that really kept me hooked.
Malory was in places irritating and high handed. I'm afraid to say that I turned against her from the first when she said that the money she'd needed to spend on her car had gone on a pair of shoes instead. To me that is simply irritating and immature. Flynn was all right, although I never really found him that sexy or masculine.
I must confess that I don't like the girly chats that go on between the women in these sorts of trilogies either as they always come across as fake, with all the women liking each other too much and acting like sisters five minutes after meeting one another. Call me old-fashioned, but in a romance I'm looking for a little bit more time spent between the lead female and lead male character. If I want a chat with a girlfriend I'll pick up the telephone.
There were high points in the book - the humorous dialogue that Nora Roberts is so good at, the energy around the pairing of Dana and Jordan (I can't wait to read Key of Knowledge), and the down-to-earth grittiness of Zoë. I must say that I agree with a few of the other reviewers who say that the trilogies are becoming like 'cookie-cutter' versions of the ones before. I suppose this was bound to happen as you can only have so many different scenarios, character types and storylines. I guess it's true that the Heaven and Earth trilogy is eerily similar to this one, both in terms of character types and storylines.
Overall this book was all right and although I wouldn't recommend it to others I'll try the other two books in the trilogy.
JoAnne
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Title: Key of Valor (Roberts, Nora. Key Trilogy, 3.) by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0515136530 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Remember When (ROBERTS, NORA) by Nora Roberts, J. D. Robb ISBN: 0399151060 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 15 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Divided in Death by J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts ISBN: 0399151540 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 26 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Temptation by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0373218974 Publisher: Silhouette Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Imitation in Death by J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts ISBN: 0425191583 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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