Three Fates (Nora Roberts)

Ahhh...what to say about this utterly brilliant book? There are many, but I'll try to keep it short...The "New Age" Nora is no way even close to the her older works. It's sad to think the younger generation will brush this great author off after reading her recent novels and will miss out on her greatness. I really think it's going to be rare in a couple of years that anyone under the age of 25 will even consider picking up something like "Three Fates" to just pass the time. (Sorry...didn't mean to get into all that)... Stories like these are so few and far between, and should be read by anyone who enjoys getting lost in a book, a good long romance and of course writing at it's best. She could have made a Trilogy from this but she didn't...Nora gave us 3 books in one, and let me tell you it was great! Here's my favorite line from the book...I don't think I'll ever forget it..."You spend your life getting walked on, you learn to recognize the tread" Don't you love that? I think I'... Read more

Well my future wife was very excited when she found this book. The listing says UNABRIDGED. To our surprise when it comes in the mail after the money has already been transfered it's and abridged version with no information on how to return the product to the people. This is the first time Amazon has ever disappointed me. Change the listing!!!!!!

Loved this book. I'm new to Nora Roberts- this represents my third read. I thought the characters, suspense and dialogue were all very entertaining. This was a relaxing, heart-warming escape. Clever turns, lots of variety of locale & action but it all was sewn together very well. Ultra-romantic too. Thanks Nora!!! I really enjoyed.

I read Three Fates for the first time when it came out. Since then I have read it about three times (4 in total) and it gets better each time I read it. It is the story of the 3 Sullivans (Mal, Gideon, and Rebecca) and the three people who fall in love with them (Tia, Cleo, and Jack), each of whom have a line on one of the three legenday statues known as the Three Fates. Since one of the Sullivan ancestors had stolen the first of the statues just before the Lusitania sunk, the Sullivan family has kept the statue, never searching for the others. That is until Mal takes their statue to Anita Gaye, who steals it from him. Now the chase is on. First, Mal goes in search of Tia, whose ancestor had owned theirs before it wa stolen. Then Gideon goes looking for Cleo, whose ancestor is believed to have the second statue. That is where the trail ends until they meet Jack, who has a surprising connection to their past. Together, the 6 of them work together to get the first statue back fr... Read more

This is not the best effort from NR. I had trouble getting involved with the story revolving around Greek mythology and the three fates. The story started out well explaining how the first fate spins the thread, the second measures it, and the third cuts it, but it fell apart after that. I didn't feel the compulsion to reunite the statues. Part of the problem is that the story felt rushed, as it really is a trilogy compacted into one book. Six people meet - Cleo and Gideon, Tia and Malachai, Rebecca and Jack fall hard, and build their lives together. Sorry, I didn't find it believable. The characters were not as finely tuned, as I would expect.