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Promise Me Not

Meagan Brandy

3.55 AVERAGE


This book was 100 pages too long. I struggled with the characters and their ages and decisions. I didnโ€™t like the back and forth timeline. It just didnโ€™t work for me. 
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

1 โญ for Noah & Ari (they where secondary character with a few lines but they had so much more impact than the rest of the book) 

The most insufferable FMC to have ever lived.

-The narrators (Erin Mallon & Chase Brown)were wonderful and did the best they could with a god awful story.
Iโ€™m not sure what happened after book 1  but the author dropped the ball with these characters, such a waste! 
-95% of the story is about 2 people a***t. The last 2 chapters felt as if the author had forgotten she was supposed to be writing a romance novel and she hurriedly tacked on some s***e๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ
-An epilogue could've helped with my star rating but the author seemed to have decided (for whatever reason) it wasnโ€™t necessary ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ (audiobook version anyway)

If you enjoy extreme whininess from the FMC this is right up your alley. the story was painful to read and not in a good way.
slow-paced

pointless and a waste of time 
emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional informative reflective slow-paced
challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

5 โญ๏ธ
2 ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

โœจ "๐˜”๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ?" I push on. "๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉรฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต.โ€ โœจ

This book had me ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ, so I could read it without any disruptions. Whenever I had to put it down, my mind constantly went back, thinking about it. And when I wasnโ€™t thinking about it, I was talking about it. ๐Ÿฅบ

Payton and Masonโ€™s story is ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ, ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ , and ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  all at the same time. I felt the pain, the heartache, and longing deep in my core and in my heart, as I cried with them. It's a tragic story that turns beautiful, with found family, a protective ๐˜”๐˜”๐˜Š, and a single teenage mom (๐˜๐˜”๐˜Š) who finds love after loss. I know it will stay with me for a long time, and even as I write this review, I'm having a hard time finding the ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ . It left me speechless and has impacted me greatly.

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž ๐๐จ๐ญ is a strong reminder that without stepping outside your comfort zone and risking getting hurt, youโ€™ll never truly experience what love has to offer. This is not just a book, it's perfection.

๐Ÿ’˜ "๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ, ๐™‹๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š. ๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.โ€ ๐Ÿ’˜

๐“๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ’ญ Angst fest
๐Ÿ’˜ He falls first
โœจ Found family
๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ Love after loss
๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿผ Single parent
โฃ๏ธ Protective Hero
๐Ÿˆ College football

๐’๐จ๐ง๐ :
๐ŸŽถ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด - Kane Brown

I swear if I hear โ€œpretty littleโ€ one more time Iโ€™m going to rage. It took until 91% for her to finally get her crap together and I couldnโ€™t even enjoy the last 10%. 

jalialynn's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 66%

i could no longer put myself through finishing this book. I am learning i donโ€™t love Meagan Brandyโ€™s writing as much as i used to. I will forever love The Brayshaw Series, they have such a special place in my heart forever. But sadly i think this is the end of my Meagan Brandy journey, her writing feels so unserious to me, i couldnโ€™t take anything in this book seriously. I didnโ€™t enjoy any of the characters or anything else about this book, iโ€™m surprised i even got 60% in