Three Stars

I can't believe I am actually giving a Nora Roberts' book only three stars but to be honest I didn't really like the Key Trilogy. The plot seemed a little hard to believe that a God and Goddess living in a valley in Pennsylvania (so were they living in Pennyslvania for 3000yrs?) and ask three women they've never met to complete a quest to save the souls of trapped demigoddesses? And that the "keys" are somewhere around Pennsylvania? What are Celtic Gods doing in Pennyslvania?
They seemed out of place not very believable.
I don't mind despencing with reality (in fact that's why I read) I like myths a lot but it just seemed to be asking a too much to believe.
Usually the plots and the charactors are weaved together so well but in this one it seemed forced. I had to force myself to finish each book because it all felt too forced and the endings unbelievable.
Malory, Dana, and Zoe each had to find the key and yet it felt like that even to them the quest wasn't that important.
They would spend forever on their business or the romance and then jump suddenly to the quest.
I agree with the review who pointed out the bad name Pitte? A warrior-God with the name Pitte? Could he not of had a better name? They never were really fully explained. Like they say they were fighting Kane with there "powers". Yet you didn't really see them do much of anything except constantly tell the women what they couldn't do.
The charactors just never seemed to come alive to me as they did in the Three Sisters, Cheaspeake, or the Irish trilogies.
It felt like their were too many charactors in the books.
I liked how they built their business with their own hands instead of being all wimpy.
The only thing that kept me going was reminding myself that this was Nora Roberts.
I've never been disappointed by one of her books as I was with the Keys trilogy which is why its such a surprised. Hopefully I won't be again.

Supernatural Nonsense

This book did have some strong points - three great female leads with a strong, developing friendship, three manly men with a lot to offer, and enough romance to keep you turning the pages. However, I really feel as though the strong points were not enough to make this a stellar read. The book is about the quest to find a key that is linked with the past, gods, demigoddesses, etc. Roberts asks a bit much of the reader to suspend reality so much and imagine people reaching through paintings, appearing in middair, living to the age of 500, etc. - the realism just wasn't there. This was definitely a supernatural story moreso than a romantic one. This is the first book in the trilogy, and the first key of three that the women have to find in order to "win" 1 million dollars. I think, though, that the remaining two books will be almost identical to this one, and not really high caliber writing or romance.

Don't Miss This Trilogy!

I am not a Nora Robert reader, but was told these books were very good and that is not an understatement. It just makes me now want to pick up more of her books and start reading.

The Key's Trilogy reminds me of the Charmed Ones (Piper, Pheobe, and Page on Charmed).