Blood Brothers

Sign of Seven, Book 1

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the first novel in a compelling trilogy about three brothers bound by fate, blood, and a timeless enemy.

In the town of Hawkins Hollow, it’s called The Seven. Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen. It began when three young boys - Caleb, Fox, and Gage - went on a camping trip to The Pagan Stone...

It is only February, but Caleb Hawkins - descendant of the town founders - has already seen and felt the stirrings of evil. Though he can never forget the beginning of the terror in the woods twenty-one years ago, the signs have never been this strong before. Cal will need the help of his best friends Fox and Gage, but surprisingly he must rely on a stranger as well.

Reporter Quinn Black came to Hawkins Hollow hoping to make its eerie happenings the subject of her new book. She too can see the evil the locals cannot, somehow connecting her to the town - and to Cal. As winter turns to spring, they will shed their inhibitions, surrendering to a desire that will grow and form the cornerstone of a group of men and women bound by the fight against what is to come from out of the darkness…

Don't miss the other books in the Sign of Seven trilogy:

The Hollow

The Pagan Stone

©2007 Nora Roberts (P)2007 Brilliance Audio

Critic reviews

"Phil Gigante gives a spirited performance of the first book in Roberts's new trilogy. Fans of her storytelling will revel in this new series, which weaves romance with supernatural events." ( AudioFile)

Oh, Dear! Such A Narrator ...

The story, in and of itself, was a good one. If you aren't into listening to sex scenes, however, you might want to get ready to toggle your MP3 player forward at times.

I suppose that my biggest problem with this book, and the reason I gave it 4 stars, is the narrator. He has a fine resonant voice, however when he attempted to voice the ladies, he sounded like Nathan Lane in "The Birdcage". Or, for those of you of the younger persuasion, he sounded very much like Chris Crocker of YouTube fame during his rant to "leave Britney alone!".

My husband and I did laugh at the voices, though. One character in particular sounded like Liberace. LOL!

If you're concerned, be sure to listen to the snippet provided.

Disappointing end

I enjoyed the majority of this book, however after all the build up of the story, over many hours, the finale was over so quickly it was very disappointing. If you blink, you’ll miss it.

Narration

Narration of the book was good. It really need a female voice to do female parts. The male voice doing female voices was a bit distracting. Fabulous story!! I love Nora Roberts writings.

Very well told!

I am a huge fan, I love how you brought the story to life! Cant wait to start the next one!

Great story

Really enjoyed the story line. The narrator was good, but it was hard to follow the women’s tone because, well it was a man creating women’s voices and it just didn’t flow great. All and all though great story as always and was enjoyable.

Blood Brothers (Unabridged)

I highly recommend this book it was the best that I have read in a long time.I loved the main character and was hooked from the first page.This book made me laugh,cry and scared me out of my wits.
Was a bit disappointed with the end until I found out it had 2 more books to it.Can't wait to read the other books.Loved it!

Cool story

As a guy I can’t say that Nora Roberts is my fav or has always captured my interest considering most of her stuff is Romantic and mushy. That goodness for reviews.... after Year One the Chosen One and Blood and bone I took a great interest in her fantasies. I very much enjoyed this story and look forward to the other two. The narration could have used a little more personality and acting. He sounded more like an instructional video narrator. But overall great read.... or listen...

Enjoyed, got to get the other books

Love the book. Wish there was a woman doing the women’s speaking parts (sort of sounds like a smoker sometimes especially for the older women).

Re-Do with Suzanne Ericksen!

Good Fantasy Story. I enjoy fantasy stories. Narrator was AWFUL. The voices for the females were horrible and distracting. very disappointing. I'll not purchase the other two audible books of this Trilogy. Trilogy needs to be redone!!!!

I love love the story.

I loved the story. I just really would've like a women doing the parts. I really still loved the story. it is very suspenseful. So ready for the other parts.