A review by geowhaley
Year One by Nora Roberts

5.0

My Recommendation: WOW. I thoroughly enjoyed this even though it was darker and more violent than I thought it would be. I avoided reading it for a couple of weeks because I thought it would take a lot longer to read at nearly 420 pages, but it flew by! Now that it seems The Doom has settled I'm interested in seeing where the story will go with the anti-magic cult that's risen and the good and bad magical beings. I'm looking forward to it, but will probably space the next two books out over the next couple of months. And, one last thing, I'll probably look at Roberts' other non-romance novels as this was engaging and clearly, she knows how to write a story!

My Response: WHOA. So, I'm really glad I didn't read this book two years ago this time or I would've been freakin' the f*** out as coronavirus took over the planet! Thankfully, I didn't discover the fibercast Needles at the Ready (Instagram link) until late 2021 where one of the hosts, Ray, recommended this series.

It was bad enough when I read The Names We Take in May 2020 (or even Severance back in late 2019) where a virus wiped out huge swaths of the world's population, but Roberts takes it to an entirely different level! The opening chapter is gut-wrenchingly dark and I actually stopped reading it in bed the first night I started because it was seriously creeping me out.

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