A review by fazila
A Promise of Return by Rebecca Crunden

5.0

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DISCLAIMER : Thank you Rebecca for sending me an ARC of this book. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

A Promise Of Return by Rebecca Crunden is the third book in The Outlands Pentalogy Series. This series is a fantasy/science-fiction set in a dystopian world. I am so thankful to Rebecca for her patience because this book has been sitting on my shelf for some time now. I planned to read this book as soon as I finished A History Of Madness. Unfortunately, I had a lot of books that I had committed before this book and so I scheduled it for August. I have been dying to get back to reading this book and I am so happy to say I finally finished it. Boy oh boy, what a ride it was. With each book, this series keeps getting better!!! It is so goooodddd!!
We follow Thom's journey after he gets caught by the guards and we follow him through his entire journey up until the point when Nate meets him. That climax in the second book was so good but it left us in a bit of a shock. But I am so happy to see that Thom is safe or at least as safe as he can be considering the situation he is in. Thom will go through the most rigorous tests of his life and he has to fight for his life not just with his wits and intelligence, but also physically. He trains regularly to keep his strengths and skills honed. He finds himself finding a new family and being a support system and helping them as well. We get to see him find love and having to fight for his life.
I have to say my heart broke for Thom and everything he had to go through to even be free of the Kingdom. His experience with the Kingdom, their rules, and the Outlands were just as traumatizing as it was for Nate and Kitty. Their experiences shape them and it haunts them. The PTSD and panic attacks they suffer through makes things even more difficult for the group to find some peace. We see them struggle to be who they were before everything went haywire. Their group is still tight-knit, having more people helping them out, exploring new things. I love that despite his negative experiences, he is open to new beginnings and hope for a better future. This book was just as amazing as the last book, if not more.
If you haven't picked this series yet, what is wrong with you?? Just kidding.