ARC Review: The Seven Rings by Nora Roberts
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After Sonya, her boyfriend, Trey, and their friends are forced to hear, see—and feel—the suffering of the house’s many ghosts as their torment is reenacted by the evil presence, their bond only strengthens and their anger is renewed. Refusing to let her spirit be broken, Sonya searches each room for clues to her ancestors’ hidden story, putting the picture together, unearthing small treasures, and uncovering the moments of joy that existed among the sorrows. She’s determined to bring light to this haunted place—to fill it with people, with life and hope, once again.
But the enemy in the black dress continues to hover, to come at her in frightening forms. They may be illusions—but illusions can be powerful enough to wound and kill. She feeds on fear, and lies are her weapon. This dark-hearted witch wants to be mistress of Poole Manor, at any cost. And Sonya will need to fight a battle across two realms to finally take possession of the house on the clifftop—and of her own future…
I will admit that this has turned out to be one of the hardest reviews I've ever written. I've had ones where I was worried about saying too much but that's not why this one's hard. I think because when it comes down to it that this trilogy is just one long book broken up in three parts. I'm going to be honest with you I'm not sure when needed three years to have the whole story but saying that I'm still happy I read it.
I loved so many of the characters in this book. You want only good things for those that you've come to really like within the story. I loved the relationship between the main characters and also the ghosts. Sonya is a fantastic character that you'll come to love. She so cares about those around her. If you have already read the first two books in the trilogy then you know all of this. If you haven't you are in for a treat.
With all three stories out now, I think this trilogy will be a much better read. with the long gap of time between books doesn't make for an easy flow and causes us to get too much filler to make the books have enough of a word count. I think this is one of those trilogies that needed to be all published within one year.
Saying all that I still loved each page I've read and hated that it ended without a Christmas party in the ballroom. I was very much looking forward to that. I felt I lived through the ballroom being cleaned out for the party we should have gotten it.
If you haven't yet read this trilogy then I'd advise you to plan on reading all three back-to-back. One to keep up with the story and two so you can know what happens in the end. Speaking about the ending at first, I wasn't sure about it and then I really thought about it and decided that it was perfect. I think if Sonya didn't rush though it all (I'm not telling you what all is) then it would have felt to dragged out. This way worked perfectly. 
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