I love the opening lines of Nora Roberts' books. They're always so beautiful and captivating.

With Dark Witch, I liked the first two chapters set in the past with Sorcha and her children more than the rest of the story, which I found bland and like all of her other books. Once again, with Shadow Spell, I really enjoyed the opening chapters set in the past with Eamon, and I hoped the rest of the story wouldn't fall flat, because Connor was my favorite character from Dark Witch. Shadow Spell was better; more things happened and Cabhan attacked frequently, but for me it still came short of the mark.

The characters' dialogue bothered me because they would all say practically the same thing repeatedly (about passing on who they are to those who come from them, about being the three, about hurting Cabhan and that it wasn't enough.) For me, this became rather annoying.

I would've liked to have read Connor's perspective when Cabhan hurt Meara near the end of the book. I think it would've been neat to know in detail what he (and the rest of them) had to do to bring her back.

The last chapter also felt rushed. I think a lot more could've been done to stretch out the excitement and battles, but they were over rather quickly, which was disappointing.

I did like Connor's and Meara's story a lot more than Boyle's and Iona's. I could relate to Meara more and enjoyed Connor's personality.

I will read the next book even though I know it'll be like the other trilogies, because Branna's and Fin's love story will no doubt be fun. ;)