Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, #1)

by Nora Roberts

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the first novel in a compelling trilogy about three brothers bound by fate, blood, and a timeless enemy.

In the town of Hawkins Hollow, it’s called The Seven. Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen. It began when three young boys—Caleb, Fox, and Gage—went on a camping trip to The Pagan Stone...
 
It is only February, but Caleb Hawkins—descendant of the town founders—has already seen and felt the stirrings of evil. Though he can never forget the beginning of the terror in the woods twenty-one years ago, the signs have never been this strong before. Cal will need the help of his best friends Fox and Gage, but surprisingly he must rely on a stranger as well.

Reporter Quinn Black came to Hawkins Hollow hoping to make its eerie happenings the subject of her new book. She too can see the evil the locals cannot, somehow connecting her to the town—and to Cal. As winter turns to spring, they will shed their inhibitions, surrendering to a desire that will grow and form the cornerstone of a group of men and women bound by the fight against what is to come from out of the darkness…

Don't miss the other books in the Sign of Seven trilogy
The Hollow
The Pagan Stone

• ISBN10: 0515143804
• ISBN13: 9780515143805
• Publish Date: 27 November 2007 (first published 22 November 2007)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Jove Publications
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780515143805

Reviews

[mitabird]

I really wanted to like Blood Brothers, but I didn't. I did not like Quinn at all. She was too perfect and very pushy. Caleb was like a cardboard cut-out character; there was no substance to him at all, IMO. The plot started off okay, but started to get a little ridiculous as the story progressed. I can say that I will not be reading the next two in this series.
2.5 stars

[wyvernfriend]

With the rise of paranormal romance Nora Roberts seems to be carving a comfortable niche with this idea. Many of her earlier works had tinges of the supernatural but she seems to have broken into this area and made it her own. I have to admit to being a bit apprehensive after the circle trilogy (which wasn't one of my favourites by her) but this series has made me happier.

The story centers around three men, when they were 10 they released something while camping and celebrating their tenth birthday on the seventh day of the seventh month. Every seven years since, things have gone badly wrong in the town, and they have used the fact that they seem to be immune to it, and that they seem to have supernatural help, to combat it.

It's 21 years later. They are about to embark on another year of madness and three women are attracted to it. One is a journalist, Quinn Black, she's interested in the strange and wants to investigate. Caleb is attracted to her as well and wants to keep her safe. The evil that lurks is trying this time to escape Hawkins Hollow, and defeat it's only enemies.

I'm sure that the following two books will involve the other two guys and the other girls, following the Light trilogy pattern, but I found it fun, if a little drawn out occasionally. Still I'm looking forward to book 2.