Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Review of The Hollow (Sign of Seven trilogy #2)



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Ronda Tutt's Review
Paranormal Romance

Another great enjoyable read, my excitement grew as I read this book because of all the close calls on their lives, the suspense of how Fox and Layla's romance was going to play out kept me turning the page to find out. After reading the first book in this trilogy and now this second one, I know I will keep this trilogy on my shelves so I can indulge into them again.

One more step is made in finding away to stop the evil madness that happens every 7 years for 7 days. The demon is getting stronger and stronger to the point where he is attacking the six in the group at one time. The demon is using their greatest fears against them in hopes of killing them off one by one or them killing each other. But with the strength of their friendship and love, the demon is loosing the battle.

The romance between Fox and Layla grows through out the story and in the end they finally commit to each other their love when she decides to take Fox's advice and open up her own boutique for women and share her life with Fox.

The six, Caleb, Quinn, Fox, Layla, Cybil, and Gage figure out how to get the blood stone back together by holding a ritual at the pagan stone at midnight with the full moon. They circled the Pagan stone with salt to protect themselves from the evil forces, then they poured water into a bowl with the herbs Cybil looked up to use in rituals and then they lit 7 candals and while chanting their ritual words, they used calebs boy scout knife, the one he used with his friends back when they first did their pact and one by one they cut their hands and dropped the blood into the bowl repeating their pact.

The forces around the Pagan stone got stronger and fire burst all around them where they had no place to go and it looked like their end but the ritual works and the fire dies and with everyones shock, the blood stone is whole, glowing like it is full of life and power. Now they have a weapon that can destroy the demon, however, now they have to figure out how to use the weapon.

The third and last book in this trilogy is called "The Pagan Stone" where we find out how they defeat the demon or do they? Now there are two couples in the group of six, will Gage and Cybil end up as a couple? I guess I'll find out when I read the next book.
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Book description
In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, three best friends who share the same birthday sneak off into the woods for a sleepover the evening before turning 10. But a night of pre-pubescent celebration turns into a night of horror as their blood brother oath unleashes a three-hundred year curse.

Twenty-one years later, Fox O'Dell and his friends have seen their town plagued by a week of unexplainable evil events two more times - every seven years. With the clock winding down on the third set of seven years, someone else has taken an interest in the town's folklore.

A boutique manager from New York, Layla Darnell was drawn to Hawkins Hollow for reasons she can't explain - but the recent attacks on her life make it clear that it is personal. And though Fox tries to keep his professional distance, his interests in Layla have become personal too.

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