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A review by mkoehnke
Shattered Vow by Eva Chase
3.0
I think this series has so much potential but it currently fell a little flat and under expectations for me..
I decided to read this book after watching a TikTok that intrigued me, so I sort of already knew what would happen towards the end which may have influenced how I felt throughout the book leading up to that moment. I really liked certain parts of the book, the plot is intriguing and as a series it could seriously get better.
Overall it had good bones and I think it’ll turn into a good series but I struggled to like the male protagonists and at one point didn’t even want her to end up with them. The writing is solid and the world is fascinating enough to keep interest. I will definitely read the next one
SPOILERS:
I could not get over the fact that she did nothing wrong and was treated poorly by people she loved. Even with them having seen a fake tape of her committing the crime it seemed extremely unwarranted for them to want to kill her knowing that they should never trust the guardians and they didn’t even give her a chance to explain at first. I tried not to let it get to me but knowing the truth and then having to see the boys be so cruel when she actually didn’t do anything wrong was extremely difficult.
I also had a hard time understanding the character development of Jacob because he was dead set on being so mean and cruel to her the whole time. Even up until she runs in front of the train then all of a sudden his character switched completely and he was devastated and upset. While someone you care about being hit by a train is massively concerning he showed little to no affection or care for her through the whole book and then after that he believed her and everything was fine, it just didn’t make sense to me because up until then she still hadn’t proved her innocence and no one had even shown her the rape for her to deny it so it was 100% just a random decision to trust her. It honestly made me really upset and I could not get over how much I disliked him. The other boys were fine and I even liked Andreas but Jacob was difficult to like.
I also very much love groveling and a bit of heartbreak and I feel like those were two things that could’ve been really well done in this book and there was definitely space for them to occur after the train but it wasn’t there. I hated so much how that the thing that pushed them all over the edge and then not much was said after. This is dual POV so I was hoping we would’ve gotten to understand the boys more right after this happened but we only get one of their POVs and most of it is focused on saving her life not how any of them are feeling. The best we get is Jacob destroying some trees and being impatient, I think it would’ve been a great chapter to give him so as readers we could understand him better.
My hope is that Riva sticks to her word for a little bit when she said was done and ready to move on after their mission. If she stays true to her word and shows how they have to rebuild their relationships in the next book and there’s a bit of groveling and apologizing it could make up for what lacked in this one. It would also make more sense to me too about how they could be together after everything that they’ve gone through in this book.
I decided to read this book after watching a TikTok that intrigued me, so I sort of already knew what would happen towards the end which may have influenced how I felt throughout the book leading up to that moment. I really liked certain parts of the book, the plot is intriguing and as a series it could seriously get better.
Overall it had good bones and I think it’ll turn into a good series but I struggled to like the male protagonists and at one point didn’t even want her to end up with them. The writing is solid and the world is fascinating enough to keep interest. I will definitely read the next one
SPOILERS:
I could not get over the fact that she did nothing wrong and was treated poorly by people she loved. Even with them having seen a fake tape of her committing the crime it seemed extremely unwarranted for them to want to kill her knowing that they should never trust the guardians and they didn’t even give her a chance to explain at first. I tried not to let it get to me but knowing the truth and then having to see the boys be so cruel when she actually didn’t do anything wrong was extremely difficult.
I also had a hard time understanding the character development of Jacob because he was dead set on being so mean and cruel to her the whole time. Even up until she runs in front of the train then all of a sudden his character switched completely and he was devastated and upset. While someone you care about being hit by a train is massively concerning he showed little to no affection or care for her through the whole book and then after that he believed her and everything was fine, it just didn’t make sense to me because up until then she still hadn’t proved her innocence and no one had even shown her the rape for her to deny it so it was 100% just a random decision to trust her. It honestly made me really upset and I could not get over how much I disliked him. The other boys were fine and I even liked Andreas but Jacob was difficult to like.
I also very much love groveling and a bit of heartbreak and I feel like those were two things that could’ve been really well done in this book and there was definitely space for them to occur after the train but it wasn’t there. I hated so much how that the thing that pushed them all over the edge and then not much was said after. This is dual POV so I was hoping we would’ve gotten to understand the boys more right after this happened but we only get one of their POVs and most of it is focused on saving her life not how any of them are feeling. The best we get is Jacob destroying some trees and being impatient, I think it would’ve been a great chapter to give him so as readers we could understand him better.
My hope is that Riva sticks to her word for a little bit when she said was done and ready to move on after their mission. If she stays true to her word and shows how they have to rebuild their relationships in the next book and there’s a bit of groveling and apologizing it could make up for what lacked in this one. It would also make more sense to me too about how they could be together after everything that they’ve gone through in this book.