BOOK REVIEW:
Promise of a Family
The cover of
this book, Promise of a Family, made
me believe it’d all be set on a farm… Entirely my own fault!
There are
some scenes that take place in an English countryside – and I wouldn’t know the
first thing about the “English countryside” – but that’s about it.
One thing I
do know is that this book’s heroine won my award for weirdest names thus far,
and I read The Selection by Kiera
Cass. The story starts off with Leyne Rowberry, our heroine, in the midst of
her babysitting task. She’s agreed to take legal guardianship of her niece
while her older half-sister goes on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure with a world
famous travel photographer.
So while big
sister’s off, Leyne has to deal with her 12-year-old niece’s newfound interest
in the father that never graced her young life. Leyne doesn’t know who fathered
the preteen either. She decides to do some digging that leads her to believe
that hero Jack Dangerfield is her wanted man.
I swear the
times that Leyne kept saying this guy’s full name: “Jack Dangerfield” this and “Jack
Dangerfield” that. Ugh! So annoying.
How could the author Jessica Steele stand it after typing it so much? Yeesh.
But to keep
it in the spirits of the work, I’ll try it.
Anyways, Jack
Dangerfield isn’t having any of that! He’s determined to prove Leyne wrong, but
before he does give her the DNA test she wants, he realizes he's pretty attracted to little Miss Good Girl Leyne.
Actually I’m
sorta making this part up. Promise of a
Family is written mostly from Leyne’s POV. There are snippets of Jack’s
thoughts and feelings peppered here and there, but yeah…
Overall I
thought the story was all right. It was an okay read. I didn’t like all the
Britishisms, but the story is set in
the UK. I can’t really complain, but there it is. It bothered me. Only because
it’s not the sort of speech I’m used to in North America. Cool?
Also I didn’t
really like what I imagined was supposed to be a “twist”; that is learning the
identity of Leyne’s niece’s father. (That was a mouthful!) I guessed it at the
start, but I was hoping it wouldn’t prove me right. Oh vey! Let me just say it
kinda spoiled the mood. Still… I do concede that it was “blended family” happy.
By which I mean that there are more and more blended families out there in the
world and it’s great to see it on page! I’m so-so here, but I recommend picking
up Jessica Steele’s Promise of a Family
if I might have interested you even a bit.
My verdict:
✮✮✮
(3 stars)
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