Promise Me

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Lou's relationship with her best friend, Sammy, and his older brother, Remy (who she's been harboring feelings for since their younger days) was one of the highlights of the story. The story was fun and you get pulled in quickly but there isn't nearly enough interaction between H/h and there isn't the usual sparkling dialogue or the chemistry between them. Handsome and charming, with women falling at his feet, Lou is determined that she will not become another notch on his bedpost.

Promise Me by Jill Mansell | Hachette UK

Lou is needing to start over, her husband (although not a very nice one) has died, she has just lost her job and been turfed out of her home. Promise Me is a story of friendships, finding love and realising some people aren't worth wasting time, love or money on. Op zoek naar een baan, woonruimte en wat rust in haar leven, loopt ze per toeval tegen de brompot van het dorpje Foxwell aan wanneer ze haar beste vriend Sammy bezoekt. Het verhaal is niet mega uniek ten opzichte van andere feelgood verhalen, waardoor de beoordeling wat aan de lagere kant ligt. This was getting silly now; she’d got herself into a situation with a truculent pensioner who was a stranger to manners.

Een heerlijke plek, waar toevallig ook nog Remy woont, de aantrekkelijke oudere broer van Lou’s vriend Sammy.

Promise Me by Jill Mansell: Book Review - That Happy Reader Promise Me by Jill Mansell: Book Review - That Happy Reader

Lou is een weekend op bezoek in het pittoreske dorpje Foxwell als ze op de parkeerplaats van de supermarkt kennismaakt met de chagrijnige Edgar Allsopp, die, nadat hij haar heeft beschuldigd van een poging tot beroving, nogal wat dringende verzoekjes voor haar heeft.Jill Mansell is a incredibly talented author who has delivered flawless books over and over again and her latest novel Promise Me is no exception. The story moves just at the right pace and the author knows when to add something to laugh or to build a tension. He is not available so another distraction is on the way, is the object of her desire doing the same thing? He located a tube of Superglue in a drawer, then sat down at the scrubbed oak table to fix his broken spectacles.

Promise Me By Jill Mansell |The Works

Hierdoor blijft het verhaal afwisselend, wordt het geen moment saai en worden de verschillende perspectieven mooi met elkaar verbonden, al had ik over enkele elementen en achtergronden graag nog uitgebreider willen lezen. Er gebeurt van alles en over het algemeen sluit je de meeste personages ook zonder enige moeite in je hart. Her effortless ability to create an engaging, amusing set of characters, entwined with a delightful narrative in an easily visualisable small town setting is truly incredible. She starts with a single loveable character and gradually pulls in others, some to root for, some to dislike, some to wonder about…all equally interesting. She has since written over twenty Sunday Times bestsellers, including Should I Tell You, And Now You're Back, It Started With A Secret, Maybe This Time, This Could Change Everything and You And Me, Always, and her books have sold over 13 million copies around the world.Lou thought her life was going well after building up her life after an abusive marriage ended in tragedy.