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gemmalaszlo's review against another edition
3.0
This book was written before the author switched to inspirational (Christian) romance. So if you are a fan of her later works, don't read this expected a "clean" romance. While it's not a lust-soaked book, there are sex scenes in it (and not in the context of marriage).
PROMISE ME TODAY is part of a trilogy. It's obvious from the very beginning that Abigail's two sisters, Amelia and Anne-Marie, have their own stories, seperate from this book.
One thing that was irritating was how similar the sister's names were. Abigail, Amelia and Anne-Marie. I felt like I needed a cheat sheet to keep them all straight. I had a hard time remember which one was the heroine of this book until the sisters were seperated, each rescued by a different man.
The interactions between the hero and heroine were lively and funny. I loved watching the sparks fly between these two. Both of them were liars, and I should have hated them, yet for some reason, I didn't. I found myself cheering for both of them, even though they were very flawed. The heroine, especially, has made a life of conning innocent people. I should have hated her, but the author made me want to see her happy. Not many writers can accomplish that, so I applaud the author for a job well done.
My big complaint with this book is that there is no ending! All the plot threads are just left dangling, presumably to be tied up in the other books of the trilogy. No happily ever after, no commitment between hero and heroine (the hero is just starting to think about settling down with her when the book abruptly ends), no "I love you"s spoken! Argh! I read romance for the happily ever after and the "I love you", and it never came! Not only that, but everything else was left as loose ends. What would happen to the baby they'd rescued along the way? Would Abigail be reunited with her sisters? Would Barrett continue working as a Confederate spy? Nothing was answered! While I don't mind series books, I like each book to be able to stand on its own. I felt cheated that I'd read the whole book, but didn't get a whole story. And I wasn't satisfied enough with this book to bother spending my money seeking out the others in the trilogy.
Near to the end of the book, I felt that the hero's behaviour changed. He started out fine, but got more childish and selfish as the story went on. The way he acted toward the heroine got on my nerves after a while. The woman nurses him through a raging fever, and he never says a word of thanks. He won't offer her a commitment, yet he acts like a spoiled child when any other man even says hello to her. The first time the hero and heroine make love dances very close to the line of rape. It's not quite by force, as the heroine stops resisting from the first kiss, however, it did make me a bit uncomfortable. Some readers would call it "forced seduction". However, if you are sensitive to that sort of thing, I would recommend you pass this one by.
PROMISE ME TODAY is part of a trilogy. It's obvious from the very beginning that Abigail's two sisters, Amelia and Anne-Marie, have their own stories, seperate from this book.
One thing that was irritating was how similar the sister's names were. Abigail, Amelia and Anne-Marie. I felt like I needed a cheat sheet to keep them all straight. I had a hard time remember which one was the heroine of this book until the sisters were seperated, each rescued by a different man.
The interactions between the hero and heroine were lively and funny. I loved watching the sparks fly between these two. Both of them were liars, and I should have hated them, yet for some reason, I didn't. I found myself cheering for both of them, even though they were very flawed. The heroine, especially, has made a life of conning innocent people. I should have hated her, but the author made me want to see her happy. Not many writers can accomplish that, so I applaud the author for a job well done.
My big complaint with this book is that there is no ending! All the plot threads are just left dangling, presumably to be tied up in the other books of the trilogy. No happily ever after, no commitment between hero and heroine (the hero is just starting to think about settling down with her when the book abruptly ends), no "I love you"s spoken! Argh! I read romance for the happily ever after and the "I love you", and it never came! Not only that, but everything else was left as loose ends. What would happen to the baby they'd rescued along the way? Would Abigail be reunited with her sisters? Would Barrett continue working as a Confederate spy? Nothing was answered! While I don't mind series books, I like each book to be able to stand on its own. I felt cheated that I'd read the whole book, but didn't get a whole story. And I wasn't satisfied enough with this book to bother spending my money seeking out the others in the trilogy.
Near to the end of the book, I felt that the hero's behaviour changed. He started out fine, but got more childish and selfish as the story went on. The way he acted toward the heroine got on my nerves after a while. The woman nurses him through a raging fever, and he never says a word of thanks. He won't offer her a commitment, yet he acts like a spoiled child when any other man even says hello to her. The first time the hero and heroine make love dances very close to the line of rape. It's not quite by force, as the heroine stops resisting from the first kiss, however, it did make me a bit uncomfortable. Some readers would call it "forced seduction". However, if you are sensitive to that sort of thing, I would recommend you pass this one by.
missemmaj's review against another edition
2.0
Entertaining? Yes. But the main characters were a mess—just not a fan of either, honestly both were so immature and kind of drove me nuts. A little too much physical for my taste. I also have trouble reading any books that are for the south in the civil war. I get there were situations with this and that, but I can’t glorify pro-slavery in any way, and when he is fighting for “freedom” for the south, I find it downright misleading. No, it was not very believable, but yes, it was a quick easy read. Just really wouldn’t recommend it.
thepurplegiraffe's review against another edition
4.0
Some folk said they had it coming; others said it was a shame the McDougal sisters hadn't gotten their justice sooner.
Sisters who are con artists in the 1860s? Yes, please!
I couldn't tell you where I picked this up, but it's been on my TBR shelves for a bit, and when I wanted something short and hisfic, it called my name. And WOW did I enjoy that a lot.
Disgruntled-at-one-another to fake-relationship to taking-care-of-a-baby to one-of-us-is-dying to lovers is hands down one of my favorite romance plots, and it's in full swing here. I absolutely flew through this book, which is my first Lori Copeland, if I'm not mistaken.
Was it cheesy? Yes.
Was it weirdly paced? Kinda.
Does that change the fact that I loved it? Nope.
Abigail cracked me up, which considering she definitely had opportunity to annoy me instead, is a great thing. Barrett was the perfect "I'm grouchy and I don't care about you... wait oh no I care now" character. Baby Daniel was so precious (though I won't deny that "mmm whatcha say" was playing in my head through the entirety of the scene in which he's introduced xD)
I'm intrigued to read the rest of the series just to see what shenanigans the sisters got up to, but idk if it'll be any time soon. Overall, I enjoyed it very much, and I'm very glad I read it. 4.5 stars because my heart says 5 but my head says that's too much, lol.
Sisters who are con artists in the 1860s? Yes, please!
I couldn't tell you where I picked this up, but it's been on my TBR shelves for a bit, and when I wanted something short and hisfic, it called my name. And WOW did I enjoy that a lot.
Disgruntled-at-one-another to fake-relationship to taking-care-of-a-baby to one-of-us-is-dying to lovers is hands down one of my favorite romance plots, and it's in full swing here. I absolutely flew through this book, which is my first Lori Copeland, if I'm not mistaken.
Was it cheesy? Yes.
Was it weirdly paced? Kinda.
Does that change the fact that I loved it? Nope.
Abigail cracked me up, which considering she definitely had opportunity to annoy me instead, is a great thing. Barrett was the perfect "I'm grouchy and I don't care about you... wait oh no I care now" character. Baby Daniel was so precious (though I won't deny that "mmm whatcha say" was playing in my head through the entirety of the scene in which he's introduced xD)
I'm intrigued to read the rest of the series just to see what shenanigans the sisters got up to, but idk if it'll be any time soon. Overall, I enjoyed it very much, and I'm very glad I read it. 4.5 stars because my heart says 5 but my head says that's too much, lol.
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