A review by elspethm
Forbidden Promises by Katee Robert
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
This is book 4 in the O'Malleys series that Robert is re-releasing.
I didn't find it as good as the previous books but it did keep the story going and lead up to the last 2.
In this book, Sloan O'Malley has left the family with Teague's help and is on her own in OR. She meets her neighbor who happens to have lost his entire family to Calista's father and has been trying to get back at him for his whole life.
Jude McNamara has been trying to get revenge for Colm Sheridan having killed his whole family, except his mother who was pregnant with him when it happened. I thought we were going to hear his back story, which was eluded to but never explained (why the McNamaras were not as perfect as he was led to believe, and maybe their entire family deserved to be killed?!)
Anyway, they get together, they all figure out who is who. Dmitri Romanov comes back into play, leading into Kira's book where she'll clearly end up with him. Jude and Sloan are gone (ugh, his back story will never be told - I need to lower my rating for this book), and having a baby.
It's worth reading to get through the series and keep up with the characters but Sloan clearly was a throwaway character that barely got a book.
I didn't find it as good as the previous books but it did keep the story going and lead up to the last 2.
In this book, Sloan O'Malley has left the family with Teague's help and is on her own in OR. She meets her neighbor who happens to have lost his entire family to Calista's father and has been trying to get back at him for his whole life.
Jude McNamara has been trying to get revenge for Colm Sheridan having killed his whole family, except his mother who was pregnant with him when it happened. I thought we were going to hear his back story, which was eluded to but never explained (why the McNamaras were not as perfect as he was led to believe, and maybe their entire family deserved to be killed?!)
Anyway, they get together, they all figure out who is who. Dmitri Romanov comes back into play, leading into Kira's book where she'll clearly end up with him. Jude and Sloan are gone (ugh, his back story will never be told - I need to lower my rating for this book), and having a baby.
It's worth reading to get through the series and keep up with the characters but Sloan clearly was a throwaway character that barely got a book.