Review: Promise Me by Barbie Bohrman

Did not finish Promise Me by Barbie Bohrman.

Promise Me starts out promising but as promises go, this one falls short of living it up. The story though written from first person account does not feel like one as the actions of the female protagonist is pretty much directed through her roomie who also happens to be her best friend. What irks me the most is that the heroine who, in her mid to late twenties, should be fully capable of making life's decisions for her ownself, needs to be led by the nose and reminded constantly by her bestie on what to do where relationships are concerned. As if this is not bad enough, we have an annoying and overbearing mother whose conversations with our heroine grates on my nerves.

As a debut novel, it is not too bad as the story flows and is well edited. Unfortunately the good ends here. The plot is too cliché for my liking and it feels very much like reading a young adult novel with characters that are very juvenile and a storyline that is too predictable. At 32% of the book, I decide that I have enough and throw in the towel. Out of sheer curiosity, I flip to the last few pages to get a gist of the ending. There I have it, no surprises, the ending I will have come to expect.

Publisher: Montlake Romance
Publication date: 17 Sep 2013

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Sabrina Chandler has had a rough go at love: just before her high school graduation, she found her boyfriend in the arms of her so-called best friend. Tyler Anderson, the town’s sexy bad boy, stepped out of the shadows then to save her pride. Drawing strength from him, she left everything behind and sought a new life for herself, far away from the pain and shame.

Fast forward ten years: Sabrina is settled in Miami, happy at last—until her best friend urges her to attend her high school reunion and face her painful past once and for all. And…maybe meet the mysterious Tyler once again.

Can Sabrina find the courage to face the demons in her past, let go of the pain, and move forward into happiness? Or will insecurity and self-doubt ruin her one chance to get the love she’s not sure she even deserves?

*Blurb from author's website*

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