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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Talk about ANGST! This one had it off the charts. Payton’s story was heartbreaking. She is so young. Mason needed to feel needed. He couldn’t just settle. He felt his connection to Deaton & Payton from the very beginning. I loved baby Deaton. He played a role in bringing them together. I loved this one.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
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
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Oohhh my flipping gawds!
Promise Me Not was one of my most anticipated reads of the entire year, and is book two in Boys of Avix series - following Payton (who you meet in Defenseless Hearts) and Mason (who you meet in Fumbled Hearts). And let me just tell you ... You aren't ready!
Payton may have lost her first love, but Mason will give ANYTHING to be her second. Payton is trying to navigate her new life of being a young mother, and trying to hold herself together. Her life was irrevocably changed when she ran away from home, pregnant at sixteen. She was young, scared, and had no idea what she was going to do.
Mason only ever had one dream in life - to go to college with his best friends, and get a starting position in football. But the moment he laid eyes on Payton that dream changed. And Mason falls in love with someone who is in love with someone else. Someone he can never compete with. She was strong, brave, and beautiful, and Mason never had a chance against her. But how can Mason compete with the ghost of the father of Payton's unborn son?
So like I said, this has been one of my most anticipated reads of the year. I absolutely couldn't wait to dive in to Payton and Mason's story. And when I say you aren't ready, I mean it. This is an emotional angst filled book, filled with love, heartbreak, grief, sweetness and hope. This book had me crying over Payton and Mason's story, but not able to put it down. Their story was heartbreaking, and beautiful and so much more, and I loved every second of it. If you loved the emotional rollercoaster of Say You Swear, buckle up because Mason and Payton's story bribgs you through the ringer, but I didn't want it to end. If you love angst filled sports romances you are not going to want to miss this!
5 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐.
2 🌶️ out of 5 🌶️.
Tropes:
• Contemporary romance
• NA romance
• sports romance
• football romance
• he falls first
• single parent
• found family
• love after loss
• forbidden/off limits
• older brother's friend
• Posessive/protective Hero
• slow burn
• angst fest / emotional read
5 ⭐ out of 5 ⭐.
2 🌶️ out of 5 🌶️.
Tropes:
• Contemporary romance
• NA romance
• sports romance
• football romance
• he falls first
• single parent
• found family
• love after loss
• forbidden/off limits
• older brother's friend
• Posessive/protective Hero
• slow burn
• angst fest / emotional read
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail