The Promise

Rating:
Summary: Skillfully written second installment
Review: "The Promise" is an intriguing sequel to "The Passion" which picks right up from where the first novel leaves off. This highly gifted author weaves the tale so as to lure and immerse the reader effortlessly.

The story is that of Brianna and Matise Devoncroix, supposedly brother and sister, and the children of the leaders of the world's werewolves. In the author's world, werewolves are the pinnacle of society possessing superior intelligence and abilities, and have lived among but unknown to humans for millenia. Both Brianna and Matise are beautiful, talented and highly intelligent. However, Brianna is unable to experience the Change, or Passion as it is called, to wolf form. Being a complete werewolf is the only thing that Brianna desires and becomes the crux of the story.

I particularly enjoyed the description of the joyous childhood and formative years of Brianna and Matise. So full of promise and talent, Brianna's life is crushed when she is brutally attacked and driven out of the pack during their coming of age ceremony when the pack discovers she cannot Change. Her parents, the pack leaders, stand and watch as Brianna is viciously humiliated. Thus, the arrogant and superior werewolves violate the Promise made to Brianna's true mother in "The Passion." Only Brianna's best friend, Freda Fasburg, stands by her as she is deserted.

Thankfully, the author gave us the character of Freda. Otherwise, there would not be a single werewolf that was truly honorable, compassionate and likable. Even Matise abandons his sister when she needs him the most although he regrets his choice in retrospect.

The author skillfully manipulates the reader with her depiction of werewolves to make us envious of them. We want to like them. We want to admire them. We want to be one of them. But I know that I was ultimately relieved and happy to be human and not one of them. Werewolves may be intellectually and physically superior to us, but their downfall lies in their lack of compassion, empathy and humility. When it is all over, it is the werewolves who are the base animals even though they never realize or admit it.

The story of Brianna and Matise is revealed to Nicholas Devoncroix as he recovers from an accident where it is read to him in his wolf form by a human who has found the journal in the wreckage. Even though the human saves the life of Nicholas, the new pack leader, and patiently nurses him back to health, she is repaid by being killed carelessly by werewolves arriving to rescue their leader.

Hopefully, the author will one day pen a new installment to this intriguing but distressing tale. Although we know little of Nicholas, I wonder if he will be the one werewolf who learns compassion or if he will continue to be the arrogant jerk he seems to be now.

The author is highly skilled and draws the reader deep into the story. Readers should be prepared to endure some disappointments as the author manipulates our emotions. Although I yield to the author's perogatives, I would hope that the next installment will make us feel better towards the werewolves. So much talent and promise is right within their grasp if only they can gently suppress their sense of omnipotence and attain the magnificience of which they are capable.

Rating:
Summary: Skillfully written second installment
Review: "The Promise" is an intriguing sequel to "The Passion" which picks right up from where the first novel leaves off. This highly gifted author weaves the tale so as to lure and immerse the reader effortlessly.

The story is that of Brianna and Matise Devoncroix, supposedly brother and sister, and the children of the leaders of the world's werewolves. In the author's world, werewolves are the pinnacle of society possessing superior intelligence and abilities, and have lived among but unknown to humans for millenia. Both Brianna and Matise are beautiful, talented and highly intelligent. However, Brianna is unable to experience the Change, or Passion as it is called, to wolf form. Being a complete werewolf is the only thing that Brianna desires and becomes the crux of the story.

I particularly enjoyed the description of the joyous childhood and formative years of Brianna and Matise. So full of promise and talent, Brianna's life is crushed when she is brutally attacked and driven out of the pack during their coming of age ceremony when the pack discovers she cannot Change. Her parents, the pack leaders, stand and watch as Brianna is viciously humiliated. Thus, the arrogant and superior werewolves violate the Promise made to Brianna's true mother in "The Passion." Only Brianna's best friend, Freda Fasburg, stands by her as she is deserted.

Thankfully, the author gave us the character of Freda. Otherwise, there would not be a single werewolf that was truly honorable, compassionate and likable. Even Matise abandons his sister when she needs him the most although he regrets his choice in retrospect.

The author skillfully manipulates the reader with her depiction of werewolves to make us envious of them. We want to like them. We want to admire them. We want to be one of them. But I know that I was ultimately relieved and happy to be human and not one of them. Werewolves may be intellectually and physically superior to us, but their downfall lies in their lack of compassion, empathy and humility. When it is all over, it is the werewolves who are the base animals even though they never realize or admit it.

The story of Brianna and Matise is revealed to Nicholas Devoncroix as he recovers from an accident where it is read to him in his wolf form by a human who has found the journal in the wreckage. Even though the human saves the life of Nicholas, the new pack leader, and patiently nurses him back to health, she is repaid by being killed carelessly by werewolves arriving to rescue their leader.

Hopefully, the author will one day pen a new installment to this intriguing but distressing tale. Although we know little of Nicholas, I wonder if he will be the one werewolf who learns compassion or if he will continue to be the arrogant jerk he seems to be now.

The author is highly skilled and draws the reader deep into the story. Readers should be prepared to endure some disappointments as the author manipulates our emotions. Although I yield to the author's perogatives, I would hope that the next installment will make us feel better towards the werewolves. So much talent and promise is right within their grasp if only they can gently suppress their sense of omnipotence and attain the magnificience of which they are capable.

Rating:
Summary: Skillfully written second installment
Review: "The Promise" is an intriguing sequel to "The Passion" which picks right up from where the first novel leaves off. This highly gifted author weaves the tale so as to lure and immerse the reader effortlessly.

The story is that of Brianna and Matise Devoncroix, supposedly brother and sister, and the children of the leaders of the world's werewolves. In the author's world, werewolves are the pinnacle of society possessing superior intelligence and abilities, and have lived among but unknown to humans for millenia. Both Brianna and Matise are beautiful, talented and highly intelligent. However, Brianna is unable to experience the Change, or Passion as it is called, to wolf form. Being a complete werewolf is the only thing that Brianna desires and becomes the crux of the story.

I particularly enjoyed the description of the joyous childhood and formative years of Brianna and Matise. So full of promise and talent, Brianna's life is crushed when she is brutally attacked and driven out of the pack during their coming of age ceremony when the pack discovers she cannot Change. Her parents, the pack leaders, stand and watch as Brianna is viciously humiliated. Thus, the arrogant and superior werewolves violate the Promise made to Brianna's true mother in "The Passion." Only Brianna's best friend, Freda Fasburg, stands by her as she is deserted.

Thankfully, the author gave us the character of Freda. Otherwise, there would not be a single werewolf that was truly honorable, compassionate and likable. Even Matise abandons his sister when she needs him the most although he regrets his choice in retrospect.

The author skillfully manipulates the reader with her depiction of werewolves to make us envious of them. We want to like them. We want to admire them. We want to be one of them. But I know that I was ultimately relieved and happy to be human and not one of them. Werewolves may be intellectually and physically superior to us, but their downfall lies in their lack of compassion, empathy and humility. When it is all over, it is the werewolves who are the base animals even though they never realize or admit it.

The story of Brianna and Matise is revealed to Nicholas Devoncroix as he recovers from an accident where it is read to him in his wolf form by a human who has found the journal in the wreckage. Even though the human saves the life of Nicholas, the new pack leader, and patiently nurses him back to health, she is repaid by being killed carelessly by werewolves arriving to rescue their leader.

Hopefully, the author will one day pen a new installment to this intriguing but distressing tale. Although we know little of Nicholas, I wonder if he will be the one werewolf who learns compassion or if he will continue to be the arrogant jerk he seems to be now.

The author is highly skilled and draws the reader deep into the story. Readers should be prepared to endure some disappointments as the author manipulates our emotions. Although I yield to the author's perogatives, I would hope that the next installment will make us feel better towards the werewolves. So much talent and promise is right within their grasp if only they can gently suppress their sense of omnipotence and attain the magnificience of which they are capable.

Rating:
Summary: 4 1/2 Stars
Review: "The Promise" was an exceptional book, but it didn't match up to her 1st book "The Passion". I wasn't taken into the story as much as I would have liked, and in some parts the writing seemed to drag on. I would recommened this book to buy, and I can't wait for the 3rd installment in this series of books.

Rating:
Summary: Captivating and strangely different from the first.
Review: After reading the first book in two days, about two weeks ago, now, I was captivated, and incredibly involved with the story. Tessa, by far my favorite, and evreything she did affected my views on the others. I cried at the end and my heart ached for the story and the characters. I read the second one three days later, (I needed some time to collect my thoughts and repair from the emotionial wounds I recieved in the first), and I couldn't put it down. "The Passion" may have been a tiny bit better than "The Promise" but I don't know, I'm still confused on that one. With very different characters and situations, it was an inticing sequel. Of course, most of the second half of the book made me really angry and I had to read basically till 20 pages until the end to get my emotions settled. So, now that I think about it, the ending was surprising, Oh but definenelty not as captivating as "The Passion's" ending. Of course, in the second, I ahted Walter and was about ready to rip the book in half, yet I felt like doing the same in the first when Tessa wasn't with Alexander. I adapted to both settings of course (The Promise definently) and I am content with both stories now. Read both and give yourself time to get into it. Bye now! Donna Boyd, how long has it been? Give us fiesty, selfish readers a third!

Rating:
Summary: Attention Holder!
Review: Both of the books in this series were really good. Couldn't stand to put the book down, had to keep reading as much as possible (unfortunately work got in the way!). I was a little dismayed at the way Nicholas' rescuer was killed off, thought it would have been more interesting for her to stay alive and help with the 'plight' of the pack. The ending left us waiting for more... WHEN will we get another book??????

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Summary: This book makes you want to be a werefolf
Review: Donna Boyd describes them as (almoast) perfect, beautiful yet dangerous creatures. She tells four different stories from the viewpoints of the four main characters. The storylines are interwoven and whenever a new one continued, I couldn't help but wonder what would happen to the other ones. I mostly enjoyed the way that she described the emotions of the main characters.

Rating:
Summary: I'm pleased
Review: I am a fan of "Rebbeca Flanders" who is known to romance writer. She mainly wrote many paperbacks at harlequin publisher. I thought that she was defferent from other authors when I had read her three werewolf books in harlequin shadow series in 1995. I was deeply impressed by those books. Since then, I wanted to read more her books about werewolves sociaty. For a long time I didn't know her new pen name. Now I eventually found her. I am very happy to know that she kept her passion for writing the werewolf saga.

Rating:
Summary: I'm pleased
Review: I began these books via the audio version that I found at my local library. Going into the book I was at first bored not by the story but the narrator, but it was a long night at work, so I continued. Was I glad I did? YES, ABSOLUTELY! Many of the reviewers have told you the story so I won't add to that. I'm giving strictly my opinion of the the book. Donna Boyd made me absolutely believe in the werewolves and their ability to live among us unnoticed. The Passion is first and then The Promise, I mention that because the order is important. These stories were so well written that I could just close my eyes and I was there. The story, also, was so emotional that it either leaves you rooting for them or hating them. It is easy to get sucked into the world and find yourself calling out "No or Yes" at moments that have lead you down paths you weren't ready for. This is what I look for in a good read! This book kept me enthralled even after I put the book down. The characters kept running through my head with questions of why!!! These books are some of the best werewolf stories I have found, as well as some of my favorite books PERIOD. The end of the 2nd book left me absolutely at a loss simply because there is not a 3rd book to finish what you are left to wonder about. It's been several years and I have read them over and over. I have lost hope that there will ever be a 3rd book in this series, but I will tell you that you never completely lose it. This series is so captivating that now several years later I still read the books and occasionally search for information on Donna Boyd just in hopes that she will sneak the 3rd book in when I least expect it. If you are looking for a well thought out and detailed world to explore these are some books to check out. Just thinking of them now can still take my breath away and bring me to tears. They are an emotional read and are so much like you are actually reading a true story rather than fiction.

Rating:
Summary: Captivating left me aching for more
Review: I began these books via the audio version that I found at my local library. Going into the book I was at first bored not by the story but the narrator, but it was a long night at work, so I continued. Was I glad I did? YES, ABSOLUTELY! Many of the reviewers have told you the story so I won't add to that. I'm giving strictly my opinion of the the book. Donna Boyd made me absolutely believe in the werewolves and their ability to live among us unnoticed. The Passion is first and then The Promise, I mention that because the order is important. These stories were so well written that I could just close my eyes and I was there. The story, also, was so emotional that it either leaves you rooting for them or hating them. It is easy to get sucked into the world and find yourself calling out "No or Yes" at moments that have lead you down paths you weren't ready for. This is what I look for in a good read! This book kept me enthralled even after I put the book down. The characters kept running through my head with questions of why!!! These books are some of the best werewolf stories I have found, as well as some of my favorite books PERIOD. The end of the 2nd book left me absolutely at a loss simply because there is not a 3rd book to finish what you are left to wonder about. It's been several years and I have read them over and over. I have lost hope that there will ever be a 3rd book in this series, but I will tell you that you never completely lose it. This series is so captivating that now several years later I still read the books and occasionally search for information on Donna Boyd just in hopes that she will sneak the 3rd book in when I least expect it. If you are looking for a well thought out and detailed world to explore these are some books to check out. Just thinking of them now can still take my breath away and bring me to tears. They are an emotional read and are so much like you are actually reading a true story rather than fiction.