Review: Such Promise
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2013
I liked the premise of this story, but I found it hard to relate to the characters.  Lexie has been on the run from her awful abusive husband for months.  Her, her son and best friend Mollie finally settle in a small town and finally get a good feeling about the place.Lukas is a detective in the small town and catches Lexi's eye pretty quick in the story.  He is a man of few words and the ones he has are extremely bossy, which is where my problem starts. Lexie was just out of a bad relationship and there are red flags going off all around her which she constantly ignores.I think the that Lexie let Lukas take control way to fast and she never really followed that gut instinct that we all learned about when we were young. If it doesn't feel right, then don't do it.  She ends up doing everything he says, setting her up for a controlling relationship once again.I don't even want to bring up the new guy in town Eric, because he could have introduced himself as Red Flag and she still would have befriended and trusted him instantly.  I felt that Lexie was immature and didn't really learn a darn thing from her first abusive relationship.  You would figure a girl that had gone through what she did, would be on the edge and looking out for herself and her kids constantly.The premise was there, but I didn't feel like the characters really fit the story.