Shannon's Thoughts
PROMISE ME ONCE was everything I loved in the connected books, Promise Me series. It had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen next.
PROMISE ME ONCE happens around the same time as the first two books in the series, except this story focuses on Cash's life before he met up with Ryder, Maddie and Gavin. We discover Cash was a quiet man before the attack. Someone who was content with living a simple life on his family's farm. But his quiet life started changing the minute he met Cat. She sparked an interest in Cash that he couldn't fight, even though he really tried. Cash discovers he's willing to do just about anything for this woman that drives him crazy.
Despite Cat making it easy to not like her, I found myself liking her. I understood why she pushed people away and acted the way she did when she first met Cash. She was using sex and alcohol to dumb her feelings, but you saw how much she feels in the way she takes care of her brothers or even her breakdown when the world changes. But Cat steps up when she needs to and becomes fiercely protective of her little family. It's hard not to like her.
Cash and Cat spend a fair amount of the book apart, but I loved how they were never far from each others thoughts. Despite what both of them have had to endure after life as they know it changes, you know the explosive chemistry they had when they first met was going to be something that helped carry them through the rest of their lives. I can't wait to see what happens with them and their little clan as they continue on their journey home in the next book.
If you haven't read the first two books in the Promise Me series, that's ok when it comes to PROMISE ME ONCE. Although happening in the same period of time and featuring a few characters, this is a stand alone (although I do recommend reading them) that I highly recommend. This was a page-turner I had a hard time putting down.
This review was originally posted on Cocktails and Books.