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| The Hollow (Sign of Seven) (Sign of Seven) | 
 enlarge | Author: Nora Roberts
Creator: Marie Caliendo
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged Lib Ed
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  111 reviews
Sales Rank: 2680569
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Library
Number Of Items: 9
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.1 x 2.2
ISBN: 1423337743
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781423337744
ASIN: 1423337743
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
For Fox, Caleb, Gage and the other residents of Hawkins Hollow, the number seven portends doom - ever since, as boys, they freed a demon trapped for centuries when their blood spilled upon The Pagan Stone…
Their innocent bonding ritual led to seven days of madness, every seven years. And now, as the dreaded seventh month looms before them, the men can feel the storm brewing. Already they are plagued by visions of death and destruction. But this year, they are better prepared, joined in their battle by three women who have come to The Hollow. Layla, Quinn, and Cybil are somehow connected to the demon, just as the men are connected to the force that trapped it.
Since that day at The Pagan Stone, town lawyer Fox has been able to see into others’ minds, a talent he shares with Layla. He must earn her trust, because their link will help fight the darkness that threatens to engulf the town. But Layla is having trouble coming to terms with her newfound ability - and this intimate connection to Fox. She knows that once she opens her mind, she’ll have no defenses against the desire that threatens to consume them both…
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 The Hollow May 30, 2008
40 out of 40 found this review helpful
This second book picks up the story two weeks later. Fox tries to help Layla hone her senses, so they can present a united front, and be as useful as Cal, Quinn, Sybil, and Gage is with their gifts. Since they sense things in the present, he knows how important it is for them to be at full strength when the demon next makes an appearance. Fox felt fortunate for the two-week lull in activity, but knew that had come to an end when he and Layla were attacked by a swarm of crows in the middle of Main Street. Layla got to see first hand the healing powers Fox possessed when his pecking wounds healed almost instantly.
As the group tries to figure out more about the puzzles from the past, the demon escalates the attacks. Instead of just focusing on one person, they are all in jeopardy at any given time. They realize that his strength is nothing like anything that they have ever encountered in the past, but that makes sense now that they know this cycle of seven is the final showdown.
The creepiness just gets better with each book. I enjoyed this second installment in the trilogy, and don't like having to wait until the end of the year for the conclusion with Gage and Sybil though. This book was Layla and Fox's story, but again as in the last book, all characters had a strong presence, which really adds a strong element.
 The Same-Old, Same-Old-Again! May 7, 2008
36 out of 51 found this review helpful
I don't like giving Nora Roberts a negative review, but I think it is only fair to let other readers know that this book is just not a very good read. It is basically a waste of time for anyone wanting to read a truly good, entertaining novel. I think I can say this fairly since I have read everything I could ever get my hands on of Roberts. She has written some great stories and I especially love her trilogies, but this one-even though I had been excited for it to come out-is so dull. The story lacks care and heart. The first in the series set us up so nicely for what I thought would be an interesting story, but the two main characters in this book take away from the overall story. They are so boring and zerox copies of a million other of Roberts characters (to the tee) and I actually have no feeling for them-I kind of dislike them actually which really puts a damper on the book, obviously. I like the other characters much more and really think this one is nothing but filler to continue the story, which could have been told in one book and done much better, I think. I think that this will be the last time I get excited for a Roberts book, maybe the last time I read her because all of her work has become the same story with the same characters.
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood. - Friedrich Nietzsche May 10, 2008
26 out of 32 found this review helpful
When they were ten years old 3 best friends set out on a camping adventure and inadvertently unleashed a demon. Since that time, every 7 years on July 7th and for 7 days, that demon wreaks havoc on their small town; creating chaos, madness and destruction. When those 7 days are done, not everyone comes out alive.
Gage, Fox and Cal have spent those periods trying to help the town, save lives, restore order, in anyway they can. Now they are joined by 3 women, Layla, Cybil and Quinn. The six are linked by love, bloodlines, friendships and now the common goal; to see the final destruction of the demon on this July 7th.
I was slightly disappointed in the first book of this series, Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy, Book 1), this one more than made up for that. Where Blood Brothers lacked character development and moved a little slowly for me, this one was the opposite. The characters really stand out. Although this is Fox and Layla's story, I got a huge sense of Gage and Cybil, and even felt like I got to know Cal and Quinn a little better. I now feel invested in the characters and their stories.
In this second book, the six have figured out a lot about the past and what happened at the Pagan Stone way back when. They know a little more about their ancestors and are now developing a plan to fight back and put the demon to rest, for good.
There are some terrifying moments as the demon preys on their fears and weaknesses in some very chilling ways. I have to admit when the demon decides to show his face as that that creepy little boy, it gives me the willies. I will probably have nightmares about that little freak tonight, possibly for the next couple of nights.
This was a fast paced and thrilling second installment. It gave plenty of background and insight into the past, while they plan for the future. Highly emotional and cover to cover entertainment; just what I love about a Nora book. I am as antsy as can be and filled to the brim in impatience as I eagerly await Gage and Cybil's story in The Pagan Stone (The Sign of Seven Trilogy).
Cherise Everhard, May 2008
Much better effort May 8, 2008
25 out of 37 found this review helpful
I was as harsh I can bring myself to be to Nora about the first book of this trilogy. I felt that the first one really shortchanged Quinn & Cal by getting bogged down in the history and set up of all three couples. (See my review for a full explanation.)
Now that the set up is out of the way, lo and behold, we have a full story about Layla & Fox! Hooray! We barely even get foreshadowing for the third book - an even bigger HOORAY! This really focused entirely on the current couple, which I dearly appreciate.
Even with the first book, I praised her normal (for her) excellence in dialogue and likeable characters, but I was annoyed by the lack of a full story for the opening characters.
I still don't feel like her heart must be in the trilogy paperbacks anymore. The hardbacks and JD Robbs give us much better and "full" stories. But, this was much better than the first in that respect.
I will continue to read any and every new book she puts out, but I'm glad that this was more vintage Nora. Don't give up if you were with me on the first of this trilogy. I think you'll be rewarded by sticking with it.
 Pointless ritual and mindless superstition June 18, 2008
16 out of 24 found this review helpful
I didn't much like the first book in this trilogy and said so in an Amazon review. So why did I bother to read the second volume? Because I hoped it would be better, because I know that Ms. Roberts is capable of better. Or perhaps I'm a glutton for dumbness.
The story is lame and unconvincing. Six supposedly educated and supposedly rational adult yuppies see blood, giant slugs, ghosts, destruction, snakes coming out of shower drains, millions of spiders, a laughing imp, fires that aren't fires, etc. etc. And they react and talk seriously and at excruciating length about these paranormal events. There are but two explanations: (1) They have lost their collective sanity and need to go to the funny farm or; (2) They have all had too much wine and are experiencing the DTs.
The setting isn't any better or clearer. The story is ludicrous, e.g., divining the location of the lost jourals in the side of a stone shed. The characters are one dimensional--a writer, a lawyer, a gambler.... The dialogue is stiff and unconvincing. The writing cried out for a good editor. "Prune, Ernest, prune," as Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway. Nora Roberts has done better.
Paranormal stories can be fun, but the premise doesn't work here, not at all. Robets has used witches and ghosts before in much better novels. I enjoyed the movie "Betelgeuse" and the cumputer game, "Myst." Harry Potter books use demons and witches, but in a light vein that works. Anne Rice vampire books are engaging. Ditto for Bram Stoker, some of Stephen King, and others. However, "The Blair Witch Project" was downright stupid and insulting, and the current Nora Roberts trilogy is but a slight cut above that.
A wise man said that the two things that separate mankind from the beasts are pointless ritual and mindless superstition. I would add to that, endless, boring talk.
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