The Becoming – Book 2 of the Dragon Heart Legacy by Nora Roberts
Series Intro and a book summary are below the review.
I love me a good light fantasy with all the expected pieces – a big bad, a reluctant heroine, and a dashing, slightly-truculent hero, especially when they go in for the I-wasn’t-looking-for you-and-I-don’t-really-want-you trope. It’s extra fun when you get stunning settings and Nora* never disappoints when she lets her characters flourish in Ireland. Talamh is a like an Ireland without all the technology and pollution.
As a middle in a trilogy, this book is exactly what you’d expect. You need to have read the first to not be lost, but even coming out a year apart, it was easy to fall back in love with Breen, Keegan, Marco, and Bollocks. And while the big bad has been beaten back, they just aren’t fully gone.
I only have one real question. What happened to the pot roast?**
Disclaimer: If you find Irish distracting, and you don’t like having to get out a translator to know what’s been said, you might find this series annoying.
*I’ve read so many of her books, I can call her that, right?!
** I think there was a continuity error. Maybe I just need to read it again to see.
Series Intro: “In the realm of Talamh, a teenage warrior named Keegan emerges from a lake holding a sword—representing both power and the terrifying responsibility to protect the Fey. In another realm known as Philadelphia, a young woman has just discovered she possesses a treasure of her own…”
Book summary (per Goodreads):
The world of magick and the world of man have long been estranged from one another. But some can walk between the two–including Breen Siobhan Kelly. She has just returned to Talamh, with her friend, Marco, who’s dazzled and disoriented by this realm–a place filled with dragons and faeries and mermaids (but no WiFi, to his chagrin). In Talamh, Breen is not the ordinary young schoolteacher he knew her as. Here she is learning to embrace the powers of her true identity. Marco is welcomed kindly by her people–and by Keegan, leader of the Fey. Keegan has trained Breen as a warrior, and his yearning for her has grown along with his admiration of her strength and skills.
But one member of Breen’s bloodline is not there to embrace her. Her grandfather, the outcast god Odran, plots to destroy Talamh–and now all must unite to defeat his dark forces. There will be losses and sorrows, betrayal and bloodshed. But through it, Breen Siobhan Kelly will take the next step on the journey to becoming all that she was born to be.
Everyday Sisters 