Review: Fighting to live and love.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 19, 2013
Perilous Promises is a refreshing realistic romance, full of imperfect characters with real life problems.The opening of the story really had me in shock and I had to stop and think, put myself in Perri’s shoes and ask how I would deal with a horrible decease like breast cancer and a suffocating husband.  What really broke my heart was how much her husband Noah loved her.  He loved her so much that he was able to see there was a problem, he just couldn’t figure out how to fix it, so of course he blames himself.Now don’t get me wrong I loved both these characters though at times I could just throttle Perri.  She obviously is a very independent well educated woman, but her stubbornness really got in the way of her love for Noah.  She loves him so very much but I think the cancer took a good part of both of them in the fight to survive it.  This I can relate to.  My husband currently has stage 4 cancer and is facing a long battle ahead.  We are only 2 months into his treatment and the effects although may not be visible now to just anyone, I can already see a difference in my husband.  It is heartbreaking and the feeling of not being able to help or cure him just rips my heart out.So in many ways it was very easy for me to relate to Noah’s character and understand his side.  This is what made the book work for me.  I have never been able to relate to the male character in a book so closely.  Author Christi Williams did an absolutely fabulous job at expressing what a spouse goes through during the fight for your loved ones life.But wait, there’s more.  Not only do we get deep, complex characters but also a story outside their romance.  This is where you get to see the more protective side of Noah and Perri’s struggle to allow him to protect her.  And let’s face it this woman needs the protection for the loony protesters at the mining cave. Whether she wants it or not.Perilous Promises takes readers on a long, and sometime frustrating journey but one that shows the emotional fight against cancer.  But most importantly that yes there is answer to the “What now?” after you have won the battle.[...]