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Summary: Can Hardly Wait Until I'm finished!
Review: It's very difficult for me to "get into" this story since I don't like the reader. I know I am supposed to write on the content of the book, but the reader takes away from the content. I keep thinking it will get better, but it doesn't. I think I would like the story, if it were read by someone else. Very disappointing.
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Summary: Nora, You've done it again!!
Review: Nora Roberts continues to amaze me with her writing! This book was probably one of the best books she has written. It combines mystery, romance, murder, and mythology all under one cover. The plot never stalls, it is fast moving. I started reading the book and didn't want to put it down. Three Fates will not let you down! I'm so glad that her kids got on her nerves back on that snowy Western Maryland day so she would start to write and keep me spellbound on the days my kids are doing the same. Read this book!!!
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Summary: Good things come in threes
Review: Malachi, Gideon and Rebecca Sullivan are siblings with a mission. They are the owners of a small silver figurine, one of a trio of figurines that, apart are merely valuable, together are priceless. The Sullivans had a dream of reuniting the pieces. However a miscalculation on their part, resulted in the theft of their own figurine by an unscrupulous and greedy antiques dealer. It becomes a race against time and a battle of wits between the Sullivans and the very dangerous Anita Gaye to locate the other two pieces. Along the way the siblings encounter adventure, murder and love.This story unfolds itself in three acts. The first act is merely the setting of the stage, the meeting of the players. Malachi, the oldest of the Sullivans attempts to tracks down one of the Fates through Tia Marsh, a neurotic hypochondriac who is tougher than she looks. Gideon the middle Sullivan son tracks down Cleopatra Tolliver, a tough, free-spirited stripper who just might know something about one of the figurines. And Rebecca Sullivan, the youngest daughter with a talent for hacking gets surprised by Jack Burdett, a security expert who knows a lot more than about what is going on than anyone else. We also get to meet the nefarious and beautiful Anita Gaye. The second act brings all the players together. The six people with an abiding interest in the Fates form an uneasy alliance. Not altogether trusting, they squabble and keep secrets until a shocking act of malice forces them to realize that Anita Gaye is more dangerous than they thought and they need to band together to defeat her. Things really get enjoyable in the third act. It reads like an old fashioned caper where MISSION IMPOSSIBLE meets OCEANS 11. The band of six each use their own unique talents to trap a spider in her own web. This was a fun book. Being a Nora Roberts, it of course is well written and full of sexy romance. In that sense the book will hit some very familiar notes for Roberts fans, especially the first two-thirds of the book. If the whole book had run on the same vein, then this would have been a 3-star book. But in the last third she kicks it up a notch and it gets really fun. I liked the art of the con and the understated humor. My only quibble with this book (and this is why it is a 4-star and not a 5-star) is the character of Anita Gaye. She was a boring villain. Too villainous, too black not enough grey. For those Roberts fans who've read PRIVATE SCANDALS you will recognize the doppelganger of Angela Perkins.
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Summary: Robert's is at the top of her game!!!!
Review: I could not put this book down. It was an extremely entertaining book. It just goes to show that you can have many main characters and make it work. Roberts gift though is making you feel for all charcters involved. Tia is my favorite because she grew and overcame the most. Although she had some help it made me feel that we all make our own choices and it is up to us to make the most of what we have.
I love all of Roberts books. Three Fates is a keeper I am looking forward to more from this talented author.
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Summary: Nora's done it again !
Review: Nora Roberts has done it again, weaving characters and story together so that I was unable to put it down. The bad guys are really bad, and the good ones? Heavenly !
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Summary: Not her best, but not the worst either
Review: Ms. Roberts books are becoming a bit predictable, 3 siblings meets 3 loves-of-their-lives and everyone ends up happily everafter. Well it is fiction. I'm worried about the formula of characters that Ms Roberts seems to follow recently; Women #1 not sure of herself, needs showing how valuable she is. Women # 2 is on the wild side and needs to discover she's worth loving, # 3 is practicle, no nonsense, can't pull the wool over her eyes, yet falls hard and fast for the man of her dreams. Mix up the numbers but the descriptions fit Born in... series, ...the Dream series, or the Ardmore series.I did appreciate the low key sex, I thought the really graphic stuff of recent books was leaning toward pornographic. And, as always, the concept of family figures prominently. I love the Irish connections, I'm as enamoured with the emerald isle and the perceived romance of it's inhabitants as anyone else is.
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Summary: ROBERTS THREE FATES
Review: Nora's latest book was great. This is one of my favorites. She did a great job of letting you get into the characters feelings and thoughts and made you feel right along with the character, which ever one was the main focus of at the time. Very vivid descriptions of all events especially the sinking of the ship and the description of the room you can picture the exact look of it through her words. A definite read for any nora robert's fan.
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Summary: Thrilling Romance
Review: Nora Roberts is at it once again, turning out another thrilling novel complete with a satisfying story line and sensuous romance. In 1915, the LUSITANIA sank off the coast of Ireland, ostensibly taking with it the first of the Three Fates, small silver statues collectively worth a fortune. But Felix Greenfield, a thief, had the fortune to steal the Fate from collector Henry W. Wyley and survived the sinking of the ship. Fast-forward to the present when Felix's Irish descendant, Malachi Sullivan, attempts to recover the first Fate from Anita Gaye, owner of Morningside, a New York antiques dealer, who duped him of his treasure. In this quest, he pursues Dr. Tia Marsh, mythology expert and an heir to the Wyley fortune. With Tia's knowledge concerning the three female Greek statues, Malachi thinks she just might help his search for the remaining two Fates. Tia's fragility is craftily combined with her brilliance to highlight her strong characteristics, which continue to emerge when Malachi follows her back to New York. Brother Gideon Sullivan embarks on his own Fate-seeking quest when he locates Cleo Toliver in Prague. Cleo, a down-on-her luck dancer working at a strip club, just happened to have an ancestor who supposedly owned the second Fate. Even as Gideon and Cleo embark on a wild affair, some men that think that Cleo may have something they want, chase them through Prague. Enter Jack Burdett, owner of a multi-million-dollar security agency, who takes a trip to Ireland and visits Rebecca Sullivan, sister of the biblically named brothers. Is Jack's interest in Rebecca of a business nature as he enjoys a pleasure tour in her family's boat? When the Sullivans, along with Cleo and Jack, descend upon Tia's New York apartment, the three couples must combine their efforts to locate the Three Fates and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. As the romance heats up, the pairs find that their past and futures are inextricably linked to the Fates. Fast-paced adventure enthralls the reader following the fascinating players as they travel across Europe and back to New York again in this sizzling romance. Ms. Roberts' ability shines as she creates six unique and appealing characters whose differences accentuate their strengths.
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Summary: Consistently Entertaining
Review: Three Fates by Nora Roberts is another really good story. I love Nora's weaving of families together into a tapestry that is the heart of this book. She is so productive and consistently entertaining.
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Summary: my favorite Nora Roberts book
Review: I don't know why some people don't like this book that much. It is my favorite out of the all the ones I have read. The group of six, Cleo and Gideon, Tia and Malachai, and Rebecca, and Jack, are great as a group, believable as couples, and completely independant and able to hold there own as individuals. You truly hate Anita Gaye by half-way through the book. It as Jack says - "you have the classy blonde (Tia,) the sexy brunette, (Cleo,) and the gourgeous red-hed (Rebecca.) The story takes place in Ireland, and New York for most of the book. And has a thrilling end.
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