![]() ![]() As much as I loved her, though, I never quite warmed up to Keegan, epic hero and intended love interest. It is there that Breen comes to understand the dual meaning of the book’s title, The Awakening, which refers both to her awakening from dreams of home and awakening to the true potential of her power and her destiny. just hidden, living out their lives in Talamh, a Celtic inspired land that’s home to fairies, elves, witches, dragons, and (yes) magical swords lying in lakes. Of course, as we soon discover, her extended family of aunts and grandmothers and cousins aren’t lost. Contrasted with Breen’s real mother and absent father, the found family there is absolutely wonderful. ![]() With these kinds of stories I’m usually itching to get into the fantasy realm, to put aside the contemporary world with which we’re so familiar, but here I was quite content to linger with best (gay) friend Marco, drag queen mother Sally, and the rest of the gang from Sally’s bar. This is a magical portal fantasy, complete with a Chosen One trope, but it’s more a story of family (born and found) than the romance readers may be expecting. In case there’s any doubt, she nails this just like everything else to which she puts her pen. Despite having read her Cousins O’Dwyer trilogy and a handful of Eve Dallas novels over the years, it was Chronicles of The One that put Nora Roberts back on my radar, leading me to The Awakening and my first experience with her as a fantasy author. ![]()
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