Título em Português:-- Série: Os Primos O’Dwyer #3 Autor(a): Nora Roberts Editora: -- Páginas: -- Data de Publicação: --
Sinopse:
Branna O'Dwyer has a rich and remarkable life. Her little shop in County Mayo is thriving and her close circle of friends and family have found love and happiness. But Branna's own heart remains closed - to protect herself and the man she loves from a terrible threat. She reached out once to Finbar Burke - and it almost destroyed them both. Fin and Branna have both inherited a gift for magic, but Fin shares his blood with an old and terrible enemy. And so the two friends have kept their distance, both secretly yearning for the impossible. That distance has kept them safe - and unhappy. But as a final battle draws close, Branna and Fin are brought irresistibly together. And while they succumb to the heat between them, there can be no promises for tomorrow…
Opinião: Blood Magick é o último livro da trilogia dos Primos O’Dwyer e traz-nos a história de Branna e Fin, que em jovens tiveram uma curta relação até que ela descobriu que Fin era descendente do homem que era a causa de todos os seus problemas, um feiticeiro malvado que tentou seduzir Sorcha, de quem Branna, Connor e Iona são descentes.
Mas o que Branna não sabe é que Fin (que sempre lutou pelo lado da luz), não tem só sangue deste feiticeiro. Mas dizer mais seria um spoiler. É interessante ver o arrependimento de Sorcha pela maldição que criou, a luta de toda a família para terminar todo o processo para matar de uma vez por todas este homem/criatura que era um monstro.
É um livro que mostra a luta interior de várias personagens pela sua felicidade como indivíduos e como grupo, toda uma evolução que culmina com um final feliz. Um final apropriado para a série, com muita magia, sedução e romance, amizade e uma nova etapa que começa. Vão deixar saudades.
Title: Blood Magick Serie: The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy #3 Author: Nora Roberts Publisher: Piatkus Pages: 336 Publication date: October 30th 2014
Synopsis:
Branna O'Dwyer has a rich and remarkable life. Her little shop in County Mayo is thriving and her close circle of friends and family have found love and happiness. But Branna's own heart remains closed - to protect herself and the man she loves from a terrible threat. She reached out once to Finbar Burke - and it almost destroyed them both. Fin and Branna have both inherited a gift for magic, but Fin shares his blood with an old and terrible enemy. And so the two friends have kept their distance, both secretly yearning for the impossible. That distance has kept them safe - and unhappy. But as a final battle draws close, Branna and Fin are brought irresistibly together. And while they succumb to the heat between them, there can be no promises for tomorrow…
Review: Blood Magick is the last book of the Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy and it brings us the story of Branna and Fin, whom as young people had had a romance until she discovered that Fin bared the mark of the man she was doomed to fight, and the cause of all their problems: the evil witch that had tried to seduce Sorcha, from whom Branna, Connor and Iona descended. He was the person that had made them all come together to fight him and at the same time kept them apart.
But what Branna doesn’t know is that Fin (who has always fought on the side of light) doesn’t only carried this sorcerer’s blood – but telling you who he is also a descendant from would be a spoiler. It’s interesting to see Sorcha’s regret for her curse, the fight (both inner and exterior) that this family and friends have to do to end once and for all the malevolent man/creature that was this monstrous wizard.
It’s a book that shows how hard it is to let go of some ideas, and how hard you have to fight for happiness as an individual, but also as a group part of a family, with an evolution that culminates in a happy ending. An appropriate ending, with lots of magic, seduction and romance, friendship and new beginnings. I’ll miss them.
Título em Português:-- Série: Os Primos O’Dwyer #2 Autor(a): Nora Roberts Editora: -- Páginas: -- Data de Publicação: --
Sinopse:
With the legends and lore of Ireland running through his blood, falconer Connor O'Dwyer is proud to call County Mayo home. It's where his sister, Branna, lives and works, where his cousin, Iona, has found true love, and where his childhood friends form a circle that can't be broken....
A circle that is about to be stretched out of shape — by a long-awaited kiss.
Meara Quinn is Branna's best friend, a sister in all but blood. Her and Connor's paths cross almost daily, as Connor takes tourists on hawk walks and Meara guides them on horseback across the lush countryside. She has the eyes of a gypsy and the body of a goddess...things Connor has always taken for granted — until his brush with death propels them into a quick, hot tangle.
Plenty of women have found their way to Connor's bed, but none to his heart until now. Frustratingly, Meara is okay with just the heat, afraid to lose herself — and their friendship — to something more. But soon, Connor will see the full force and fury of what runs in his blood. And he will need his family and friends around him when his past rolls in like the fog, threatening an end to all he loves....?
Opinião:
Começo por dizer que gostei menos deste livro que do primeiro – mas gostei dele na mesma.
O que me ficou a faltar neste livro foi o romance de Connor e Meara – pareceu-me um pouco fraco. Gostei das viagens aos antepassados e de toda a magia, mas o romance ficou um pouco aquém. Talvez porque para mim eles estavam melhores como personagens individuais e solteiros do que como casal. As amizades entre as várias personagens continuam a ser das melhores partes, assim como todo o companheirismo.
Apesar disso, foi um bom livro, que nos deixa a querer mais e me deixou ansiosa pelo terceiro livro!
Title: Shadow Spell Serie: The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy #2 Author: Nora Roberts Publisher: Berkley Books Pages: 338 Publication date: March 1st 2014
Synopsis:
With the legends and lore of Ireland running through his blood, falconer Connor O'Dwyer is proud to call County Mayo home. It's where his sister, Branna, lives and works, where his cousin, Iona, has found true love, and where his childhood friends form a circle that can't be broken....
A circle that is about to be stretched out of shape — by a long-awaited kiss.
Meara Quinn is Branna's best friend, a sister in all but blood. Her and Connor's paths cross almost daily, as Connor takes tourists on hawk walks and Meara guides them on horseback across the lush countryside. She has the eyes of a gypsy and the body of a goddess...things Connor has always taken for granted — until his brush with death propels them into a quick, hot tangle.
Plenty of women have found their way to Connor's bed, but none to his heart until now. Frustratingly, Meara is okay with just the heat, afraid to lose herself — and their friendship — to something more. But soon, Connor will see the full force and fury of what runs in his blood. And he will need his family and friends around him when his past rolls in like the fog, threatening an end to all he loves....?
Review:
I’ll start by saying I liked the first book better than this one – but I still liked it.
What was missing in this book, for me, was the romance between Connor and Meara – it seemed a bit weak. I liked the travels to meet ancestors and all the magic involved, but the romance lacked. Maybe because, for me, they seemed better as individual characters than as a couple. The friendship and companionship is still one of the best things about this book.
Still, it was a good book, that left me wanting more and it left me anxious to read the next one!
Título em Português:Caminhos do Amor Série: Os Primos O’Dwyer #1 Autor(a): Nora Roberts Editora: Edições da Chá das Cinco Páginas: 320 Data de Publicação: 14 de Julho de 2017
Sinopse:
Iona Sheehan sempre ansiou por devoção e aceitação dos pais, mas foi só na terra da avó que recebeu os dois: Irlanda, país de florestas exuberantes, lagos deslumbrantes e lendas centenárias, onde o sangue e a magia dos antepassados fluem há gerações.
Iona chega à Irlanda apenas com as indicações da avó, uma atitude otimista perante a vida e um talento inato com cavalos. Perto do castelo luxuoso onde está hospedada, encontra os seus primos, Branna e Connor O’Dwyer. E como família é família, eles convidam-na para a sua casa e para as suas vidas.
Quando Iona arranja emprego nos estábulos locais e conhece o dono, Boyle McGrath, todas as suas fantasias se reúnem num só homem. Será que com ele vai conseguir viver a vida com que sempre sonhou? Infelizmente nada é o que parece. Um mal antigo espalhou-se na sua família e tem de ser combatido. E quando família e amigos lutam entre si, será possível encontrar os caminhos do amor?
Opinião:
Já sentia saudades dos livros da Nora Roberts! É verdade que a estrutura das suas histórias é sempre semelhante, mas isso não faz com que goste menos delas. Descobri este livro e os restantes da série numa ida à biblioteca, por acaso, e foi uma óptima leitura.
Neste livro temos romance e magia, a combinação ideal. Da série de três livros, este foi o meu favorito porque me identifiquei completamente com a personagem principal. Iona é uma mulher incrível, forte e corajosa, desejosa de agradar mas sem deixar de ser ela própria, sempre pronta a ajudar e com uma sede de conhecimento fantástica, sendo também uma romântica incurável. E adora cavalos, como eu.
Iona sempre ouviu da avó as histórias de magia ligadas à sua família, com base na Irlanda. E para aqui que ela vai à procura de descobrir mais sobre si mesma. E aqui encontra amigos, família.
Há toda uma história de luta à centenas de anos como fundo para a história actual, eu não quero desenvolver muito porque é interessante ir-se aprendendo os pormenores do enredo ao longo do livro. Muito geralmente, é um feiticeiro que quer forçar uma bruxa a juntar-se a ele, utilizando todas armas ao seu alcance. Ela, como acto final para proteger a família acaba por morrer, amaldiçoando-o até que alguém da sua linhagem o consiga matar. E é aqui que Iona, Connor e Branna são importantes.
Connor e Branna são irmãos, e primos de Iona, e são eles que a acolhem e lhe ensinam a desenvolver a magia que lhe corre nas veias. Connor trabalha com falcões e num estábulo, onde arranja trabalho para Iona. Aqui ela conhece Boyle e acaba por se apaixonar por ele. É uma relação um pouco estranha no início porque ele passa o tempo a achar que vai correr mal e que eles não deviam estar juntos, mas no fim lá resolvem os seus problemas.
É um livro sobre família, amizade e companheirismo, e lê-se a uma velocidade enorme pois estamos sempre ansiosos em saber o que vai acontecer a seguir. Recomendo verdadeiramente tanto aos actuais fãs de Nora Roberts como as que estão agora a descobrir a autora- não ficarão desapontados!
Title: Dark Witch Serie: The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy #1 Author: Nora Roberts Publisher: Berkley Pages: 342 Publication date: 29th October 2013
Synopsis:
With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends.
Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations—and where her destiny awaits.
Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses. Not far from the luxurious castle where she is spending a week, she finds her cousins, Branna and Connor O’Dwyer. And since family is family, they invite her into their home and their lives. When Iona lands a job at the local stables, she meets the owner, Boyle McGrath. Cowboy, pirate, wild tribal horseman, he’s three of her biggest fantasy weaknesses all in one big, bold package. Iona realizes that here she can make a home for herself—and live her life as she wants, even if that means falling head over heels for Boyle. But nothing is as it seems. An ancient evil has wound its way around Iona’s family tree and must be defeated. Family and friends will fight with each other and for each other to keep the promise of hope—and love—alive…
Review:
I missed reading a Nora Roberts’ book! It’s true that the structure of her stories is always quite similar but that doesn’t make me like less than other books. I found this one and the rest of the series at a library, by complete change, and it was a great book.
In it, we have magic and romance, the ideal match. Of the three books that make this series, this one was my favourite because I identified myself with the main character a lot. Iona is an amazing woman, strong and courageous, eager to please while still being herself, always ready to help, with a hunger for knowledge. She’s also a hopeless romantic who also loves horses, like me.
There’s a background story which I’ll only talk about in general: hundreds of years ago, an evil sorcerer wanted to force a light witch to join him, using every means possible to attack her. As a final act to protect her family, the witch ends up dying and cursing until someone of her lineage can kill him. Here’s where Iona, Connor and Branna are important.
Iona’s grandmother told her the stories of magic connected to her family, which was based in Ireland. And so, Iona travels to Ireland to find more about herself. Connor and Branna are siblings, and Iona’s cousins, and they are the ones that welcome her to Ireland. They teach her how to develop the magic that runs in her veins. Connor works with hawks and on stables, and he finds a job for Iona there, where she meets his friends, Boyle, and ends up falling in love with him. It’s a weird relationship in the beginning because he’s quite convinced that anything between them is going to end badly and ruin the group of friends, but in the end they sort out their problems.
It’s a book about family, friendship and companionship. And you can’t stop reading it because you’re always excited to know what’s going to happen next. Truly recommend it both to older Nora Roberts’ fans as well as the ones who are just starting to read this amazing author – you won’t be disappointed!
