"The conclusion to the Gallagher trilogy"
Darcy is the youngest of the Gallagher siblings and the
only one still looking for happily-ever-after. She is a
small town girl with big city dreams. She swears she will
only marry a rich man who can give her the exotic life she
has always longed for. She believes in fate and magic and
faery legends, but who wouldn't when living a life in the
small Irish town of Ardmore, where legends are a matter of
course? Trevor Magee is an Irishman who was raised in the US by his
exceedingly practical parents. He comes to Ardmore to build
a theatre, and learn more about his family history and what
caused them to abandon their roots. He is happy to meet the
Gallagher clan and is brought into their fold. When he
first sees Darcy in a window, he is fascinated by her
beauty and is determined to get to know her. Trevor and Darcy are mutually attracted and agreeable to
having a fling. Darcy has no interest in love, only money
and fame; Trevor doesn't believe in love, but is willing to
shower Darcy with riches and adventure. The more they are
together, the more they are drawn to each other, until
their agreement is no longer enough. With the help of
Carrick the faery prince and his lady love who is now a
ghost, maybe Trevor and Darcy will come together and
realize their real dreams are in fact each other. This conclusion to the Gallagher trilogy is definitely not
the best of the three. It is in fact, extremely
disappointing. Darcy is very shallow, caring only about
money and fame and flaunting them both. When she was a
minor character in the other two books, this was tolerable,
when she is the heroine, it is annoying. All through the
story, she made it very clear to Trevor that was all she
wanted from him, nothing more. Until she started to fall in
love with him... Then suddenly she gets angry when that is
all he is giving her, though she never told him her
feelings had changed and that she now wanted more. She
expected him to be a mind reader and got mad when he
wasn't. Her only saving grace is her love for her family.
It is obvious how much she cares about them and is evident
she would do anything for them. Trevor tries hard to meet
her desires, even when he comes to realize he wants more
then her gratitude. He goes out of his way to accommodate
what she had originally desired and is confused when she
isn't happy with that anymore. Trevor is seen for the good
man he is, all the way to the end, but Darcy never redeems
herself, in this reviewer's opinion. Also disappointing was the conclusion of the underlying
story woven throughout the entire trilogy...the story of
Carrick and Gwen. They both only played minor roles in all
three books, but the reader comes to love them both and
hope for the curse placed by Carrick, in a moment of sorrow
and anger, to be broken. Much build-up to their story's
conclusion was given, and more was expected then was
granted. Their saga's end is brushed over, added almost as
an afterthought, where this reviewer would have liked to
see a better climactic ending. c. Kelley A. Hartsell, August 2002. All rights reserved.
Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Courtesy Love Romances
Posted August 25, 2002
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