Three Broken Promises (One Week Girlfriend, #3)
My Rating: four-half-stars
Published by: Random House Publishing Group on December 31st 2013
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
ISBN: 0804176817
Pages: 304
Series: One Week Girlfriend #3
Also by this author: His Reverie
Content Warning: sexual content, drug and alcohol use, and/or violence make this title appropriate for readers 18 and over.
Commitment. That’s what I really want from Colin. Ever since my brother, Danny, died in Iraq, Colin’s done so much to help me, including giving me a job at his popular restaurant so I can leave my crappy waitressing job at the strip joint. But lying in bed with him every night to comfort him from his horrible nightmares isn’t enough anymore. I know he feels guilty about Danny’s death, about not going to Iraq, but I can’t keep living this double life.
I love him desperately, but he’s got so many demons, and if he can’t open up to me now, then he’ll never be the real partner I need him to be. I gave him a month, and now I’m out of here. If he truly loves me like he says, he knows where to find me.
I was so excited to receive an ARC of Three Broken Promises by Monica Murphy. I loved “One Week Boyfriend” and I was sure I’d love this book too. And I wasn’t wrong. It was great.
The characters were wonderfully created. They had flaws, secrets, regrets that resulted in guilt and shame. These characteristics make characters relatable, believable. And Colin and Jen were characters that I was able to picture as people. A great accomplishment for an author.
Colin was a complex character. He had more depth than most male characters in new adult books. I liked his history and the secrets he carried and how they related to Jen. He is a guy who likes to take care of the people he loves—almost to a fault.
Jen had an interesting backstory, as well. Her secret caused her a lot of extra baggage that she had to work through. But not only did she have to work through the muddy water of her past, she had to trust the people she loved would love her enough to accept her regardless of the mistakes she’d made. It was a different story line and I could feel her pain, although there were times I wanted to hit her upside the head, but I still liked her character.
There were a couple of things I didn’t like about the story, unfortunately. There wasn’t much development of secondary characters. Maybe the author thought this wasn’t necessary because it was the third book in a series, but it is also a book someone could pick up and read without having read the first two companion novels. So character development was important and sorely lacking. I would have liked more of Colin’s dad. Drew and Fable were mentioned briefly, and Fable did pop up now and then because she worked at Colin’s restaurant, but I still think there was so much room for more.
The second thing that was an issue for me was the amount of exposition or internal thoughts of the characters. Rather than dialogue or action, a lot of the information was provided in internal thoughts of the characters and it was a little repetitive at times.
Overall, Monica Murphy has another strong book that I think fans of her Drew and Fable series will enjoy. Colin and Jen were great characters and the plot was interesting and well thought out. The pacing was great throughout the book. Although, I thought the ending was a little rushed, but it didn’t take away from the story. I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series, “Four Years Later.”
Bottom Line: Give it a go.
Happy Reading!
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