Review: Amazing Debut Novel!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
Shattered Promises is the debut novel of JR Grant and it was amazing!! I was hooked from the beginning and I couldn't turn the pages quick enough. J.R. really knows how to put emotion into her words. It was pouring off the pages. My emotions were all over the place.Shattered Promises is told in dual POV and in past and present tense. Which I really enjoyed. I love flashback's in books. It gives you a better idea of who the character was before and who they are now. Lani has loved Kade since she was 12. She is a stay at home mom with two kids and from the outside she has a perfect life. But as the story goes on, we find out that its the opposite."I’m the one who fixes everything in our home. I’m the wife, the mom, the healer, the protector"One night Lani receives devastating news about her husband and her whole world shifts. The lies of the past start to come out and she comes to realize that she may not even know who her husband really is."The hurt in me was so visible. My crushed soul was extremely evident. And each day that I wake up, the perpetual pain continues sucking me dry. I just want to be happy. I just want to be free"Parker and Lani have been best friends since before they could walk or talk.  They are each other's rock, its obvious that they love and care for one another. After the accident, Parker helps Lani in every way he can. And soon he starts to realize that he doesn't know anything about his best friend. He is the one that discovers Kade's secret."For once in my life, I just want to be loved. I thought my husband loved me, I thought I was his one and only, his pride and joy. But I was wrong, dead wrong. And now because of my stupidity and blindness, every ounce of hope I had left within me is demolished"This is when my heart starting to ache for Lani. She has been through hell and back and it doesn't seem to get any easier. She starts to think that nothing will get better for her. And her poor boys. He didn't understand why their daddy, their hero was acting the way that he was.After everything was out in the open, the emotions running through my mind were intense. It felt like I had become Lani and I was experiencing her pain right along with her. I was reading through tears and I just wanted to jump into the book and just hug Lani and her boys. And Parker has been with her every step of the way. Gosh, I LOVED him. Its so clear that him and Lani belong together. They way he treats her and the boys is how every woman deserves to be treated."I know it hurts, Princess. I feel like I’ve just been stabbed in the chest myself. But we’ve got each other now, I know you’re all I need. Just hold onto me, Lani. I’ll catch your every fall"There were also so many times I wanted to slap Kade. I won't lie, at first I did like him. But that was because I didn't really know him. And once I knew him I just felt sorry for him. He made the mess of things and it could have been prevented but it wasn't.There is NO cliffhanger. But brace yourself for an emotional journey!This was a beautiful and amazing debut novel. I would recommend this book to anyone! If you haven't one clicked yet- do it now! This may have been her debut novel but she has a natural talent. I can not wait for her next book!