Review: Promises Promises
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2013
First off, I have trouble categorizing these books. At first they seem to have a mature theme to them, since the Young Ancient series deals with some very mature themes, but then the actual characters are mostly children. In the first several books, the story revolves around one teenager in the first person as he begins to enter adulthood, but then in a later book the author switches protagonists. The author also assured that the two novels that didn't spotlight the main character would not heavily impact the series. This was patently untrue. This novel appears to pick up where 'A Simple Darkness', the novel staring the protagonists sister, left off.I found the main character of these books to be fascinating, compelling, and was able to suspend my disbelief accordingly for the first six novels. In the seventh, the author takes a 12 year old village bakers boy with the maturity level and ability to cope of a 30 year old and places him in a grueling and harsh society unlike anything he had previously experienced and has him deal with it better than most seasoned military professionals, I'm sorry, I can no longer give him a positive review. The character of the eighth book is simply unlikable in my opinion, and while author reverts back to the primary character in this latest installment, you'd be completely lost if you didn't read the two books that had nothing to do with the main character.So I'm sorry, I'm sorry I bought this book. I'm sorry I have to give it a single star, and I'm sorry that I couldn't enjoy this story.