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A review by bringmybooks
The Forbidden Promise by Lorna Cook
5.0
Y'all know that feeling you get when you're perusing NetGalley, just looking to see if something catches your eye, and then something JUST GRABS YOU? And then you request it, and AMAZINGLY you're approved? And then you let it sit in your "Start Reading" tab until like 3 days before pub day because you're too scared to be disappointed by this book that, a month ago, looked fantastic? And then you finally download it because UGH ARCHIVED BOOKS ARE THE WORST? And then you read said book and whoa, hey, spoiler alert, YOU LOVED IT?? I mean, like, you loved it so much you immediately looked up other books by that author and downloaded another by her (The Forgotten Village, FYI) within moments of finishing the the book you got from NetGalley??
Okay, so now you're caught up with my experience reading The Forbidden Promise. Y'all, I love, love, LOVED this one. The premise ticked all my favorite historical fiction tropes: Dual Timeline, Mysterious Secret, WWII, & Star-Crossed Love.
The way it all comes together is so completely perfect, and even though I had a sneaky suspicion that I knew the sneaky secret, it was and wasn't what I was expecting. Not to mention, YAYYYY, both timelines were equally captivating and kept me totally hooked (hard feat for these books sometimes).
If you're into WWII Historical Fiction, I definitely think you'd like to add this one to your TBR. (I honestly loved The Forbidden Promise so much, I might even do a buddy read for The Forgotten Village someday!)
Thank you to NetGalley & Avon Books for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.
Okay, so now you're caught up with my experience reading The Forbidden Promise. Y'all, I love, love, LOVED this one. The premise ticked all my favorite historical fiction tropes: Dual Timeline, Mysterious Secret, WWII, & Star-Crossed Love.
The way it all comes together is so completely perfect, and even though I had a sneaky suspicion that I knew the sneaky secret, it was and wasn't what I was expecting. Not to mention, YAYYYY, both timelines were equally captivating and kept me totally hooked (hard feat for these books sometimes).
If you're into WWII Historical Fiction, I definitely think you'd like to add this one to your TBR. (I honestly loved The Forbidden Promise so much, I might even do a buddy read for The Forgotten Village someday!)
Thank you to NetGalley & Avon Books for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.