Average Customer Rating: (49 votes)

#fitting end to a wonderful paranormal series! (2004-06-21) Key of Valor is fitting end to the Key trilogy. It lacks the wonder of new of the first book, and does not back the emotional pack of the second, but it sustains the series end ends it with style. The thrill of paranormal books is being able to set your own rules and boundaries, and Roberts handles this with skill and fun. They three books really need to be read together and in order, for it s very clear Roberts presumes you have read the book(s) that came before with each. But they are fast reads, enjoyable reads, and you are coming late to the series, as I have, you have the chance to read them all at once instead of waiting between installments. This is some of the best writing Roberts has done this decade, and it s exciting to see Roberts venture in to the paranormal element so strongly based on Pict-Celt lore and myths as the foundation. In the final tale, the quest to find the third key falls to Zoe McCourt, the mother. It s clear to us, if not to Zoe, that her ability to finding the third key, to release the demi-goddesses from their imprisonment by the evil sorcerer Zane, is her ability to find love with Brad Vane. It s not easy for Zoe, a girl raised in a trailer park. Her father left her and her three siblings to be raised alone by her hairdresser mother. It was a rough beginning leaving a young Zoe to yearn for finer things in life. The path to that better life seemed to fall apart when at sixteen Zoe became pregnant. Once again, the man in her life deserts her, leaving her to make a life for her and her son, Simon. That the father of Simon was a rich boy only makes it harder for Brad ¯ a very rich man ¯ to convince Zoe he truly wants a role in her life. Brad is determined to be at Zoe s side as she searches for the key, but Zoe s past experience with men sees her expecting Brad to bail one the quest is over and she doesn t want to be hurt again, doesn t want her son hurt. This book sees Rowanne and Pitte taking a stronger role in the outcome. Since Zane has failed to abide by the rules of the Enchantment, Rowanne and Pitte risk their chance to return to the magical kingdom, in order to protect Zoe and her son. It s a super ending to the trilogy. So if you like paranormals, don t miss this very fresh and vital tales!

#super ending to a great paranormal series! (2004-06-21) Key of Valor is fitting end to the Key trilogy. It lacks the wonder of new of the first book, and does not back the emotional pack of the second, but it sustains the series end ends it with style. The thrill of paranormal books is being able to set your own rules and boundaries, and Roberts handles this with skill and fun. They three books really need to be read together and in order, for it s very clear Roberts presumes you have read the book(s) that came before with each. But they are fast reads, enjoyable reads, and you are coming late to the series, as I have, you have the chance to read them all at once instead of waiting between installments. This is some of the best writing Roberts has done this decade, and it s exciting to see Roberts venture in to the paranormal element so strongly based on Pict-Celt lore and myths as the foundation. In the final tale, the quest to find the third key falls to Zoe McCourt, the mother. It s clear to us, if not to Zoe, that her ability to finding the third key, to release the demi-goddesses from their imprisonment by the evil sorcerer Zane, is her ability to find love with Brad Vane. It s not easy for Zoe, a girl raised in a trailer park. Her father left her and her three siblings to be raised alone by her hairdresser mother. It was a rough beginning leaving a young Zoe to yearn for finer things in life. The path to that better life seemed to fall apart when at sixteen Zoe became pregnant. Once again, the man in her life deserts her, leaving her to make a life for her and her son, Simon. That the father of Simon was a rich boy only makes it harder for Brad ¯ a very rich man ¯ to convince Zoe he truly wants a role in her life. Brad is determined to be at Zoe s side as she searches for the key, but Zoe s past experience with men sees her expecting Brad to bail one the quest is over and she doesn t want to be hurt again, doesn t want her son hurt. This book sees Rowanne and Pitte taking a stronger role in the outcome. Since Zane has failed to abide by the rules of the Enchantment, Rowanne and Pitte risk their chance to return to the magical kingdom, in order to protect Zoe and her son. It s a super ending to the trilogy. So if you like paranormals, don t miss this very fresh and vital tales!

#very enjoyable! (2004-06-19) leave it to me to go on a long drive and pick up the third book in the series instead of the 1st. HAD to read something so I went ahead and read it. And really joyed the premise. Very fresh tale from Roberts. Going back to start over and I am sure I will enjoy it more once I have read the first two

#A Trilogy where the last book was the best book (2004-06-02) Roberts truly saved the best for last when writing this book. Zoe McCourt is a strong yet fragile character, and the final quest for the key was the strongest. After finishing this series, I wish there was more to read about them, as they were truly interesting women. A must for any fan of Nora Roberts!

#Not so perfect ending (2004-05-28) Key of Valor was actually my least favorite of the trilogy. In this novel Zoe McCourt s turn has come to find the last and final key to unlock the demigoddesses soul and outwit the evil Kane. Zoe herself is an interesting person. At times seemingly prim and proper, she turns out to be quite the protective mama bear that won t accept help. The only reason why I honestly disliked this book was the hap dash ending. Having watched her two friends go thru the same struggles, Zoe had a relatively good grasp of what was required of her as did we the reader. In her quest to find herself and confront her past, she omitted the biggest aspect, that of her child s father. At a very young age Zoe became pregnant and left in shame. While she returned back to confront her mother who felt Zoe wouldn t amount to much, she never confronted her child s father as if to say look at me now. He was mentioned a number of times, but nothing materialized. Zoe also had to overcome her prejudices against Bradley Vane. Deeming him a snob on first encounter, she refuses to have anything to do with him, for she is embarrassed of her roots, afraid that he will look down upon her or she won t do the right thing. Isn t that rather oxymoronic and ultimately defeatist? A self-fulfilling prophecy waiting to happen? The Goddess Rowena deemed Zoe the one that she cared the most about, the warrior mother, and yet this mother had a lot to learn and not enough pages to do so in.