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Summary: JOIN THE ULTIMATE QUEST FOR COURAGE
Review: Well, #1 New York best-selling author Nora Roberts has done it again, with a tell of the ultimate quest for courage. This is the 3rd novel in the Key Trilogy, they revolve around three strangers who become involved in a mystery about three keys that each unlock a box holding the souls of three goddesses. In the Key of Valor, Zoe must go on her quest for the 3rd Key, while finding the courage to trust her heart with someone again. Zoe must come to face her desire for Brad, and the relationship and bond he has with her son Simon. Could her destiny be looking her square in the eyes? Meanwhile Kane the evil sorcerer who imprisoned the three goddesses, does everything in his power to stop her from her quest of finding the third and final key. This is a wonderful ending to Nora Roberts Key Trilogy, it's wonderful to see good win over evil.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: If you like a book that can transport you for a while then this is the light read for you
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Summary: The Key To Courage: Making Your Own Family & Friends!!!
Review: Key of Valor is Nora Roberts last---and best---installment to the stunning Key trilogy. It is the best not just because of the successful conclusion in the journey of three new best friends to rescue their lookalike goddesses; best not just because Rowena and Pitt and Moe the Wonderdog (and a new sidekick!!) are present for the conclusion; best not just because Indulgence, the beauty salon/bookstore/art gallerly started by Malory, Dana, and Zoe together is such an overwhelming success (with phones literally ringing off the hook); but best because Zoe finally realizes the central theme not only of her quest, but of the entire trilogy. The theme goes something like this: If the world casts you down and out, if relationships desert you and employers no longer want to employ you, then success in life must be achieved through the family you choose and the friends you make. In other words, you are alone only if you wish to be. Before Zoe could figure out the final key's location, she must have the courage to go out on a limb and accept Bradley's love: only when that love is secure can she then find the key, right where it was waiting for her all along. (Hint: If you think it has something to do with Brad, and the home and family they will make together, then you're on the right track.) Oh, and how could I fail to mention Simon the Wonderkid? The scene where he grills Bradley about Brad's and Zoe's....well, intimacy....ranks as the funniest and most heartwarming scene in a trilogy that's full of them. Finally (speaking of someone who's full of it!), the evil god Kane is back to try to tempt both Zoe and Brad. And yes, it will take Brad, Rowena, Pitte, and Zoe at her most courageous to defeat him in the end. (Yes, the ending is a little corny, but the cob is golden and the corn is very tasty!) Please save room in your heart for Key of Valor. This trilogy could even help change your life, if only you have the courage to let it!
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Summary: Different and not quite typical
Review: Nora Roberts has fallen into the category of Danielle Steele and LaVyrle Spencer recently, basing all her books on a formula that, while enjoyable, it utterly predictable. However, in the "Key" trilogy, Roberts does venture into previously unexplored territory. Keeping with her supernatural flair but venturing away from wicca, she introduces Celtic mythology as a key element here. As always, the characters are well-developed and the relationships mature as one would expect them too. An enjoyable, easy read.
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Summary: Great Trilogy
Review: I really like this entire trilogy, it moved quick and kept me wondering what was going to happen next. They were great, breezy reads that didn't require a lot of indepth thought. I really liked all of the main characters and felt their personalities were developed well in the series -- it was as if I knew them. These are good books!
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Summary: fitting end to trilogy
Review: Fantastic trilogy with an ending that gains momentum through the third book. One of Nora Roberts' more touching stories. The great relationships between the six friends are further developed as well as the growing bonds between Zoe, Brad and her son Simon. Ms. Roberts continues her reign as the master of the romantic trilogy. I look forward to the next one.
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Summary: The Key Trilogy
Review: This was fantastic I read all three in 2 weeks I couldn't put them down!!!! I laughed, cried, It was the best!!!! I loved all the characters, the family they built. Just a wonderful series!!
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Summary: Weak
Review: I have read the three books in this line and I find them lacking.
Ms Roberts could have taken this series to a deep level with myths and stories, but she chooses to dump usless storylines on us. The books could have been richer, she has done this in the past. I feel that she threw this together.
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Summary: Excellent ending to a great trilogy.
Review: Ms Roberts excels herself and previous trilogies with the last in the series, Key of Valor. The storyline was witty, the interactions between Brad and Simon were a joy and the chemistry/conflict between Zoe and Brad was very touching and real. Add to the mix the deepening friendship between the three women and their respective men, the setting up of Indulgence and lets not forget Kane and the desperate race to get the final key and you have a recipe for some magical reading.
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Summary: A high end shopping trip
Review: Armani suits, Manolo Blahnik shoes, Harry Potter pj's, Play Station2, on and on. This story was like a virtual parade of high end products name dropping heavily scattered throughout most of the book. It was frustrating because the ongoing product reminders shift one's attention from fiction to reality and into focusing upon a shopping trip at Neiman Marcus rather than upon the story itself. I had trouble with Bradley's manipulation of Zoe through her kid Simon into a dependency mindset, and his nonstop pressure for sexual intimacy that forced her to compromise herself before she had even gotten a grip on how to find the Key of Valor. And this evolved into a benevolent domination and control in the guise of the men "protecting" their little women. In this final part of the trilogy, that theme particularly undermined the "woman of steel" image and dignity that Zoe lived and fought so hard scrabble to achieve on her own. Finally, the metaphysical theme of the majestic life and death power struggle between Zoe and Kane, mortal vs a god, got lost in the story somehow and the question was left unanswered. Albeit, there are reminders of the magical theme of this story when the otherworld king manifests through the veil on a ray of light into the form of a golden deer wearing a jewelled collar, and when Zoe asks the Divinity to grant a boon to Pitte and Rowena. My frustration with this book is that there was too much left dangling, particularly the aforesaid mystical impact, and it left this reader feeling adrift without closure.
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