Review: A good read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2014
Jen's review3.5 StarsI enjoyed From Lies To Promises, the story had me intrigued where I couldn’t put it down because I need to know what was going to happen and what secrets were being held. There was an element of mystery surrounding it and that had me curious. The prologue was intense and at that point I had to keep reading because I needed to know. However, I have to admit, I didn’t love it. There were things for me that could have been touched on more. I wish we could have seen more to their back stories so I could understand more why they acted the way they did at times. Some of things the characters went through I wanted to experience more and not just be told it happened. I really wanted some conversations to happen about those things, but I never got them so I’m still wondering why weren’t they especially after the secrets were out in the open.Katrina left her home town to start a new life where no one knew who she was or what had happened to her . She is determined to leave her past buried behind her and try to live as normal of a life as possible. Her fears and secrets run deep that she learns early on that the best way for her to protect herself if to keep her secrets close and fake it. When Ryder comes into her life slowly she starts to let go of some of the things that have hindered her from really having a relationship.“I have worn my mask for so long. I only allow people to see me the way I wanted them to see me.”“I’m just not ready to tell you about some things. I’m just not sure what I would do if you couldn’t handle knowing and turned your back to me too.”Ryder is this gorgeous caring man who comes into her life after a night where she goes to let loose with some friends. He’s great, honestly the man tries really hard with Kat and only has the best of intentions where she is concerned. I really wanted to learn more about him on a deeper level. He has his issues too and I really wanted to know where they stemmed from. More of an explanation on why did acted the way he did at times. I get his home life wasn’t always the greatest but there was one particular part where he did something and I was left saying that’s it? I mean I wanted more of a story there then just what he gave us.There were moments in the story that had the emotions running so high that should have gutted me but I wasn’t as connected to the story as I wanted to be . And honestly I wanted so bad to connect because the plot was really good. I just think some moments were lost on me and I’m not sure if it was the way it was told, maybe the fact that this was an ARC and not edited. I don’t know. I’m’ still sitting here trying to process it all. I wanted to love this story after reading the prologue I was expecting this emotional roller coaster of a ride but it just didn’t hit me like I was hoping.