– Customer review on 23/10/2006 This is the second in Roberts’ ‘The Circle Trilogy’, and it is wonderful. The first book, ‘Morrigan’s Cross’, was good, but not hold-your-breath, edge-of-the-seat stuff. This is. Like most of Nora Roberts’ works, this is a multi-layered novel, and if you’ve only read her early works you’ll find ‘Dance of the Gods’ has much more depth. You really should read ‘Morrigan’s Cross’ first, because the whole premise behind the trilogy, and the main characters, are introduced here. In ‘Dance’, the circle of six has entered Geall through the portal, to start training an army to battle vampire queen Lilith and her vamp army. Yes, I know, sounds so stereotypical, doesn’t it, but it’s not. In this novel Roberts writes more like her J. D. Robb pseudonym, underscoring the intricate and exciting plot and dialogue with her Nora Roberts lyrical flair. The plot is much tighter, concentrating on Blair, the 21st century vampire slayer, and Larkin, the laid-back shapeshifter from Geall, with a subplot introducing the theme for the third novel, ‘Valley of Silence’, starring Cian, the vampire, and Moira, about-to-become Queen of Geall. And then there’s Lilith, the vampire you love to hate, beyond evil, and yet at the end of ‘Dance’ she’ll be, for a moment at least, the vampire you hate to love. This is powerful stiff, not in the league of Ward or Hamilton, but a much better vamp novel than you’d expect from Roberts. A recommended read.
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