So this is the third book of Nora Roberts' Cousins O'Dwyer trilogy, about the family of good witches fighting the evil witch who is out to destroy them. I enjoyed the first two books, and I enjoyed this one too - but, as I've said before, Nora is just getting a little predictable and boring.
Each of the books in the trilogy focuses on bringing a couple together - along with fighting the evil witch Cabhan - and this third one focuses on Branna and Fin, who've loved each other since they were teenagers but can't be together because Fin carries Cabhan's mark, meaning he has Cabhan's blood, and Branna's ancestor Sorcha placed the curse on Cabhan's bloodline because he killed her husband before destroying her. Branna and Fin are interesting and attractive characters (are any of Nora's heroes/heroines not?), and they have great repartee, but let's face it, we all knew when we opened the book that they were going to wind up together, right?
I am generally a big fan of mystical realism and witchcraft and the power of three (Charmed is one of my favorite TV series), but this book was predictable, and the final battle with Cabhan wasn't really all that exciting. I think Nora has played this theme out.
Blood Magick
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