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Summary: An amazing conclusion
Review: Reading some of the reviews about this book, i noticed some disliked darcy as a main character because of her obsession with wealth. I on the other hand saw it from a different angle. To be it seemed that Darcy loved Trevor from the beginning before she even knew who he was. The attraction was there from the start. Later on she realized that love was the only thing she wanted compared to what she craved before. I enoyed this book as much as the previous two if not more. This book adds so much more when revealing further updates about Brenna and Jude. This trilogy touched my heart unlike any other book I've ever read because each story has a moral to it. All these books are truly enchanting! Highly recommended
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Summary: Padraig Pearse died for this???
Review: This book, along with the other two, are beyond generic Ireland. They're an insult to the Irish people. Ms. Roberts makes a big thing about her love for the country but it's obvious she has never been more then a weekend tourist. The entire trilogy is built on a shaky foundation shot full of holes that could have been plugged with just a day or two of internet research. I'm especially turned off by the way she has ignored anything negative in Irish history and skirted the English Occupation like it never existed. The pub in the book was built three years before the start of the Great Famine yet she never addresses how the Gallagher family dealt with it and managed to pull the pub through.
I'm all for love winning the day but this is formula romance badly researched with stock characters I could care less about. You want a good love story with some REAL Irish culture? Go read Morgam Llewellyn.
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Summary: Here it is. The last leg of a beautiful journey.
Review: Back to Ardmore we go. Two couples down. One more to hitch. If it can be managed Prince Carrick and Lady Gwen Fitzgerald will finally be able to spend eternity together as they were meant to, basking forever in the love that first touched and ignited their hearts 300 years back (YAY! :) )
What more can be said? Aidan is more in love with Jude than ever and Shawn and Brenna finally realized their own happiness together. These two couples show that it's really wonderful that love can be so strong, last for such a time, and make lives so rich as it grows stronger day by day. All the humor and scenic color and flavor of the other two books in this series is back in Heart Of The Sea. The spice is back with a vengeance too. (Keep your tongues in your mouths! :D)
When we last left our band of merry heroes and heroines there was discussion of expanding Gallagher's pub. Now that plan gets put into full action. Enter Trevor Magee, a New York businessman who goes RIGHT after whatever he wants and pulls no punches to get it. He is, unlike his grandfather, very sentimental about his roots in Ireland and wants to go back to Ardmore to build a theater. Gallagher's pub and Trevor's theater seem like a match made in Heaven, and so they are.
Naturally after seeing her two happy go lucky brothers fall willing and happy victim to love's sweet embrace, Darcy begins to wonder "Where's mine?" (Don't worry sweetheart, he's flying in from New York today at 10. :D)
Another reviewer mentioned that she loved that Lady Gwen spoke more in this book. I have to agree. It was nice to get her opinion on things and have her tell her story. I love the fact also that through MUCH debate and heated discussion with some good-humoured banter thrown in, we learn that despite being materalistic Darcy Gallagher is in fact a much deeper and very tender woman that really only wants to be loved for who she is as a woman and a person. I love how both she AND Trevor are able to go after thier dream but through their passionate "battles" and talks and more they learn that love is FAR more important to life than ambition. I was really struck by Darcy's line "Do you think I'm so small of heart that I can't love where there isn't gain". VERY powerful stuff. Kudos.
I love and adore the fact that this book (and this entire series) shows the world that love indeed can and does conquer everything, that it barrels right through obstacles, even if it has to chip away at them bit by bit to get the job done. The job WILL and DOES get done. The final reunion between Prince Carrick and Lady Gwen Fitzgerald warmed my heart and brought a smle to my face, along with tears to my eyes.
In short this is a lovely story and a fitting conclusion to a great trilogy of books. A love story with lots of spice but not too graphic. It is more poetic than lewd or explicit. It just makes you feel good to pick up and read. It transports back to a place and time where love really is the strongest "magic" that exists. I loved this book and series, and I hope you can grow to love it too. Peace. God bless you.
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Summary: Sooo romantic
Review: Love it love it love it love it
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Summary: Magically, wonderfully fabulous
Review: Everything NR writes is excellent, but particularly when she writes her trilogies. This one is no exception - one of the most enjoyable books I've ever had the pleasure of reading.
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Summary: Great ending to a Great trilogy
Review: This is the final book in the trilogy revolving around the Gallaghers of Ireland and it was fabulous. The story between the beautiful and flirtatious Darcy and the american businessman Trevor is fresh and fun. I also have truly enjoyed the subplot of Gwen and Carrick, prince of the faeries, which was finally resloved in this final installment. It was great to watch Darcy grow as a person and realize that finding a man with money was not going to be the answer to her happiness - that she would rather have love than riches. Trevor was a well-developed and enjoyable hero. All-in-all, this is a great read, as were the other two books in the trilogy, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Wonderful conclusion to trilogy..
Review: "Heart of the Sea", the conclusion to Nora Roberts' Irish Trilogy, is a great read. I have to admit, I didn't like it as much as the first two ("Jewels of the Sun" and "Tears of the Moon"), but I still enjoyed it and read it in one sitting. As with the first two, the story revolves around the Gallagher family, particularly Darcy, the youngest of the three. The first two siblings, Aidan and Shawn, have been married off respectively and have started families of their own. That leaves the vivacious and flirtacious Darcy. What Darcy doesn't know is that she is the third and final key to the tragic story of Lady Gwen and her faerie prince Carrick. Gwen and Carrick must wait 300 years for 3 loves to blossom before they are reunited in love. The two eldest Gallagher's have fulfilled the first two, will headstrong Darcy allow herself to be the third?The story also introduces us to Trevor Magee, a wealthy businessman from America who comes to Ardmore, Ireland to build a theater next to Gallagher's Pub. He has moved into the cottage on Fairy Hill, once occupied by Jude and Shawn. When he sets his sights on Darcy, he falls head over heals. Darcy herself, is also attracted to Trevor, but also to his money and power. She isn't searching for a love at first, just sex and money. But along the way she begins to feel things for Trevor that she never felt for another. Can she find it in herself to let go of material items and value the heart of a man more? Of course, you can expect Carrick and Gwen to lend their matchmaking skills on these two lovebirds. I suggest this book for those who've already read the first two. It's a wonderful conclusion to the trilogy. If you're a first time reader of Nora Roberts, I don't suggest you read this one first. Work on the other two first. Gennie Bailey-Rogers
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Summary: Gallaghers are wonderful - Heart of series is great
Review: I am a large fan of Nora Roberts books. I enjoyed the first two books in this series and loved the third one. I felt that Nora Roberts provided wonderful descriptions of Ireland. Reading this book left me wanting to go there and see for myself the magic. I appreciate how every romance in the trilogy is different and does not follow a formula. The Darcy and Trevor romance was a fun romp for me. Reading this book was like returning to visit old friends as many of the people in the firt two novels of this series are also in this one. I wasn't dissapointed. I felt this book lived up to the first two in quality, romance, and fun.
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Summary: Circle of Love
Review: Nora Roberts seems to do her best writings thru her trilogys. She takes you so deep into the family and the "circle of love" that you become a vital link of that family. The characters, especially that of Darcy Gallagher, in 'Heart of the Sea' are so real and so to heart that you have a need to continue on reading to envision how the life and all that surrounds it continues. The enchantment of her settings in Ireland, complete with an emotional tourguide and descriptions so bright and inviting, make you feel as tho you are there listening and tapping your foot to the music of its life. I most respectfully recommend this Irish Trilogy tho those who enjoy the real and the fantasy of a land that draws you into its Circle of Love.
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Summary: Roberts' Ireland Trilogy Part 3
Review: Nora Roberts' talent for writing dramatic, exciting romance novels resurfaced in *Heart of the Sea*, the final installment in the Ireland trilogy. The male Gallagher siblings' have already been paired off in books one and two, leaving sister Darcy wide open for the next lusty affair. But Darcy, a sharp minded and sharp tongued waitress, expects more than a kiss and some flowers: she desires a man of wealth, adventure, and well, more wealth. Enter Trevor Magee, the rich American who has plans to build a theater next to the ever popular Gallagher Pub. Magee's goals in Ireland are simply to do his job and do his job well. Romance is not in the cards, however, for Trevor has only recently split up with his fiancé back in New York. But the moment Darcy and Trevor see one another, sparks fly. With the interfering assistance of Carrick, the fairy prince once refused by the beautiful maiden, Gwen, Darcy and Trevor search for a future together. But only those in the heavens know if they will truly find happiness.
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