Title: Heaven And Earth
Author: Nora Roberts
Published: Piatkus
Year: 2001
“A hidden secret old as the elements themselves…”
Deputy Riley Todd is the focus of book two, she is a no bullshit, straight up bad ass. Riley is the sister of Zack, love interest of Nell from the first book. Riley and Zack are the officers on Three Sisters, their family has lived there for decades. Our other main character focus is MacAllister Booke or Mac for short. New to the island, his profession of studying the impossible and the strange, has brought him to Three Sisters. One of our other recurring characters, the beautiful Mia Devlin, is the subject of his interests that brought him to the island. Extensive research has showed she is the current island witch. Deputy Todd’s initial reaction to Mac is not so favourable, only time will tell on that one. One thing Riley is adamant against is anything to do with magic. She just wants to live a quiet, peaceful life as deputy sheriff but her powers hiding beneath her tough exterior are even more powerful than she can imagine, and her control is constantly slipping which scares her to death.
Book two didn’t grip me the way the first did, i think i just couldn’t relate as well to Ripley as i immediately did to Nell. Still a very enjoyable book, suspenseful where you need it to be, frustrating in others. Ripley’s constant denial of her powers gets a bit exhausting (for her and the reader). The book does it’s job and furthers the story of the other characters to get you ready for the big finale that is book three. Nora writes exquisitely as usual, i truly cannot fault her as an author. I’ll be posting a review on book three shortly.
You can find book two here: Heaven and Earth
Rating out of 10: 7.5
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This book lead to a tendency in Nora Roberts’ Series for me – great first book, meh second one, and a BANG for the third. The last one is probably my favorite. And the first. This one got meh, nice enough but no thrills, no bangs, no greatness in it. I enjoyed the main characters better on the last book but their story? Seemed rushed, no fireworks unless on demand.
Like I said it tended to set the rule for me in Nora’s series 😉
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So true! Not that it’s a bad thing, but at least we know what to expect with her series, don’t expect a good second book lol!
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