Blood Magick by Nora Roberts - 322 pages
The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy #3

Branna O'Dwyer and Finbar Burke have been in love their whole lives.  They assumed they would be together forever.  Then the mark of Cabhan appeared on Fin marking him as the demon's descendant.  Still, they work together trying to defeat Cabhan.  Will they allow themselves to acknowledge their love?

This is the third book in the Cousins O'Dwyer trilogy by Nora Roberts.  It did a good job of tying up all the loose ends of the trilogy while focusing on the romance between Branna and Fin.  I would recommend listening to this series rather than reading it.  Each book is narrated by a different actor.  The narrator of this final book probably did the best job with accents and differentiating between the different characters.

The Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel by Melissa de la Cruz

The Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz - 314 pages
A Descendants Novel

This book is the prequel to the Disney movie The Descendants.  All of the evil villains of Disney movies have been banished to the Isle of the Lost.  There they are trapped under a dome that does not allow them to leave or to use magic.  The children of these villains are now teenagers and trying to live up to their parents' evil deeds.

I thought this was an interesting premise.  I had seen the Disney movie and wasn't too horribly impressed with the movie.  However, I thought the book was much better.  I think it is because the book allows for more time for character and plot development.  I did have a few issues with how a couple of the characters in the book were portrayed versus the movie but it wasn't too big of a detraction.