Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts
My rating: ***
Another one of Nora Roberts’ triologies. I tell you, it’s a guilty pleasure but I’m addicted to her books. For me, they are just such easy, indulging reads.
Blood Brothers is set in Hawkins Hollow, MA and it follows the lives of 3 men: Gabe, Fox, and Cal. The three are very different from one another, but are bound together forever by blood. On the night of their 10th birthday, the 3 boys visited the hollow where the mysterious altar stone lay filled with secrets. The boys had no clue that their birthday pact would turn into something much more: a tie for life to each other and to the town.
Every 7 years, strange things happen in Hawkins Hollow. The townspeople begin to lose their minds and do devious, dangerous, and even wicked things to one another and to themselves. It’s up to Cal, Gabe, and Fox to find whatever it is that causes these strange occurrences and stop it. If they don’t, their town will likely fall to ruin and worse… they may die.
I listened to this on my way out to Arizona. For me, audiobooks can sometimes be difficult because my attention is lost when I’m not focusing on the words on a page. Blood Brothers didn’t have that problem. As always, Nora Roberts did a fantastic job of creating characters that are vivid and loveable. She seems to have just the right balance of intrigue and realism. Though mysterious things were happening in this book (some very far-fetched), the humans seemed just that: human.
So far, this isn’t my favorite trilogy of hers, but I am looking forward to reading the next books in the series. I will warn you though, that this is another predictable story from Nora Roberts. She has a very set path that she takes with her books, and this is no different. If you are looking for something away from her norm, this isn’t it. If you are looking for a little romance, mystery, and science fiction then give this a try!
