Forever Only Once (Promise Me, #1)

by Carrie Ann Ryan

[Canadian Girl Book Blog]

                

Cross does not trust his business partner anymore and is thinking that it is time to dissolve their partnership and go his own way. Chris convinces Cross to meet one of his clients at the bar which only frustrates Cross even more. Upon arriving at the bar, he sits with the only single female in the entire place assuming she is the new client. Hazel has had a past that horror movies are based on and she is ready to move on and attempt to start a new life where she does not need to live in fear. She agrees to go on a blind date set up by one of her best friends. When a handsome man sits at her table she assumes he is her blind date. After introductions, they both realize that neither is the person they were meeting and once they both find out that the people they were meeting had cancelled they decide to enjoy dinner together. After a good, accidental blind date they both decide to keep their connection going and move forward from their solitary lives until the past comes back to haunt them.

                             

Forever Only Once is an accidental blind date romantic suspense that had me back and forth throughout the whole story whether I was enjoying it or not. There were times that I laughed and was gripped by the book but there were also times where I was bored and felt like the story was kind of all over the place. The awkwardness between Cross and Hazel when they started communicating and texting was funny and when Hazel’s past comes back to haunt her that was suspenseful and had me glued to the pages. I struggled with Hazel and her constant “I am not good enough”. It will be interesting to see how the Promise Me series plays out as it follows Hazel, her group of friends and the Brady brothers.

*ARC was generously provided in exchange for my honest review*