Review: Zzz...Zzz...Zzz...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
Not my favorite KA book. At around twenty percent I had to put it down for a few days because I was so bored. The best part of Frankie and Benny's story was told in At Peace. And that was the trouble with The Promise. Their drama was already put to rest. Benny already made his decision to make Frankie his so there were no crazy exes, no more kidnappings, no drama, no real concept. The book would have benefitted if it were cut in half. Too long + Too descriptive over mundane things = Snoozefest.Even Frankie and Benny themselves did not live up to what we were expecting of them. Yes, Benny was annoyingly alpha and sweet at the same time. But he was not the hot-headed Italian he was described as. He was responsible and kind of dull. I'm not familiar with Chicago style but the way Frankie was described she seemed stereotypically Jersey to me and she forgave way too easily.But since I think Kristen Ashley s***s gold I carried on, hoping for a kick*ss epilogue to save it. It did pick up a little with all of the craziness at Frankie's workplace. Plus, Ashley always does a great job with incorporating characters from other series'.We got a peek at what we're in store for in the final book of the 'Burg series. I've got to admit I wouldn't have paired them together but I'm intrigued.Ashley will never lose me as a fan. I was just majorly disappointed since we've been waiting for-freakin-ever for Frankie and Benny's story and it was a rare miss.