Name: Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island Trilogy)
ISBN: 9780749932824

Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island Trilogy)

Paranormal Detective falls in love with one of the witches he is studying. Who happens to be the Island sheriff and denies herself of her powers because she is too scared of hurting the ones she loves. I really enjoyed seeing the parallels between the original sisters and Nell, Mia and Ripley. 

 I really enjoyed this story and thought it was a great addition to the series. I only gave it a 4.5 because I felt the first book was more deep and well developed. Ripley could be a bit annoying at times too but I get the reason she acts the why she did. I pictures her as 

Leah Diaz 

Paranormal Detective falls in love with one of the witches he is studying. Who happens to be the Island sheriff and denies herself of her powers because she is too scared of hurting the ones she loves. I really enjoyed seeing the parallels between the original sisters and Nell, Mia and Ripley. 

 I really enjoyed this story and thought it was a great addition to the series. I only gave it a 4.5 because I felt the first book was more deep and well developed. Ripley could be a bit annoying at times too but I get the reason she acts the why she did. I pictures her as Ilona Maher! 

Colleen

4 Stars

Heaven and Earth is definitely my favorite of this series. The push and pull between Ripley and Mac was so much fun. Ripley is the tenacious deputy sheriff on Three Sisters Island who is determined to ignore her magical ability. Mac is the adorable genius scientist determined to unlock Ripley's heart. I loved that the romance did not follow the typical damsel in distress / dominant hero troupe. Not that Mac was wimpy or anything; he just used his brain power first and foremost. And really, who doesn't love a charming, hunky scientist? 

What I did not like about this book and the series in general was Mia's character. She is just too damn perfect. Too effortlessly amazing at everything she does. Too powerful. Too gorgeous. So gorgeous that every male with a pulse drools after her no matter how committed they are to their own relationships. She is an ultimate Mary Sue. I don't feel the need to reread the third book in the series since it focuses on her, and I remember it well enough. But aside from Mia's attention-stealing moments, the story was charming. This is definitely a fun beach read.


RATING FACTORS:
Ease of Reading: 4 Stars
Writing Style: 4 Stars
Characters and Character Development: 4 Stars
Plot Structure and Development: 4 Stars
Level of Captivation: 4 Stars
Originality: 3 Stars

Nora Roberts

"Ripley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and happy, and she has no trouble finding men when she wants them--which, lately, isn't all that often. She's perfectly content, except for one thing: she has special powers that both frighten and confuse her--and though she tries hard to hide them, she can't get them under control. Distraction soon arrives in the handsome form of MacAllister Booke--a researcher who's come to investigate the rumors of witchcraft that haunt Three Sisters Island. Right from the start, he knows there's something extraordinary about Ripley Todd. It's not just her blazing green eyes and her sultry smile. There's something else. Something he can detect, but she'll never admit. Fascinated by her struggle with her amazing abilities, he becomes determined to help her accept who she is--and find the courage to open her heart. But before Ripley and Mac can dream of what lies in the future, they must confront the pain of the past. For Three Sisters shelters centuries of secrets--and a legacy of danger that plagues them still.."--

Heaven and Earth

Renee Delcourt

I wont lie, I think that Nell's story was much more fleshed out than Ripley's story. I still really enjoyed reading it but there was definitely more things that took me out of the story because they are awfully dated. I hate that Ripley loses some of her badassness purely because she finds a guy she falls in love with. It's not like a you soften my edges way either... It's more like pigeon holing someone feeling. That a woman must want a husband and kids kind of way.

I think that the romance was a little lacking. It feels weird how one moment they are bickering and then BAM Ripley and him are in a relationship and confessing love and it just didn't quite feel believable. 

I am still excited to read the last book to see how it all wraps up.

b.andherbooks

I'm a closet Nora Roberts aficionado, and I love to binge sometimes, especially in the summer. I believe I read this series a way long time ago, but we received these gorgeous new editions at my library so I'm giving it another go.

I also recently finished her Cousin's O'Dwyer series, set in Ireland, and man do these two series share a lot of plot points (even magical incantations). I'm pretty over "so mote it be." BUT, that said, I vastly prefer this series as Roberts spends far less time with the old Salem witches the modern women are based off of, and a lot less time on the magic. Roberts excels when she focuses on characters.

Of all the Roberts I've read, Ripley and Mac may be my favorite couple. I mean, come on, the guy's name is Mack Booke (hah), and he's a super sexy, ripped, clutzy, absent minded professor, historian, and all around sweet guy who is dynamite in the sack because he studied it. He's also perfect for snarky, sarcastic, fire brand Ripley who needs an easy going guy who isn't going to take shit from her. 

I think these two had the best moment of "break-up" in any romance novel I've ever read (you know, the point where you worry that your people aren't going to have their HEA). Ripley decides to dump Mac to protect him from herself, and he just pretends to go along with it, and it lasts about one page before they are on each other, and figuring out the other drama of the book. Perfect! Just what I like.

Huzzah.

Joy Bush

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Shay Henrion

Michaela Lee

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London Lynn

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Carol Bailey

Mia, the proprietor of the island's small book store and the local witch, discovers the key to her own destiny, in a novel which captures the lives, loves, and fortunes of three young women enmeshed in the legends, romance, and magic of a mysterious island off the Massachusetts coast.

Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island Trilogy)

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