Title: From Our First
Series: Promise Me #4
Series: Promise Me #4
Author: Carrie Ann Ryan
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: December 8, 2020
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan concludes her steamy contemporary stand-alone series with a secret that no one saw coming.
Nate Brady and Myra West have been keeping a secret, though not just from their group—also from each other. Getting married when they were barely adults wasn’t in the cards when they made their plans for their future. Divorcing one another amidst pain and heartbreak wasn’t either.
Years have passed, wounds have scabbed over and scarred, but their anger remains.
If the two can open themselves to the impossible, they might be able to take that second chance. Only they’ll also have to fight their fears, the lies between them, and the desire they thought long gone.
Except they aren’t alone in their secrets, and if they aren’t careful, they may just be taking them to their graves.
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Review:
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
From Our First is the fourth and final book in the Promise Me series by Carrie Ann Ryan. It's the story I wanted to read since we met Nate and Myra in Forever Only Once (book 1 in the series). Each book can be read on its own, but we were teased about these two for a long long time.
I had been anxiously waiting for this book because I wanted to find out what exactly went down between these two in the past, what drove them apart, and how they were going to get back together. To be completely honest, I am not 100% satisfied with this book and there is a bitter taste in my mouth when I think of it. I think the fault lies in Nate and the fact that he didn't trust Myra and also, for moving on during their time apart and actually getting serious with another woman. Myra might have dated but she doesn't even remember the last time she slept with someone, so the book kinda fell into the trope "woman barely sleeps with someone, man has no problem sleeping with plenty of other people". I hate that a misunderstanding was the reason these two fell apart.
There is some drama, mostly relating to Myra's family which was a little unnecessary, but it didn't affect negatively my overall experience with the book. As I was writing this review, I realized that I also didn't like how easily it seemed for the characters to move on from the hurt of the past after the book began. There wasn't as much friction as it was indicated in the previous books and Myra forgave Nate way too easily considering that he thought the worst of her and didn't even allow her to explain her side of things so many years back.
From our first is my least favorite book in the series and most of the blame falls on Nate. I was not fond of him and I think that Myra deserved better.
I had been anxiously waiting for this book because I wanted to find out what exactly went down between these two in the past, what drove them apart, and how they were going to get back together. To be completely honest, I am not 100% satisfied with this book and there is a bitter taste in my mouth when I think of it. I think the fault lies in Nate and the fact that he didn't trust Myra and also, for moving on during their time apart and actually getting serious with another woman. Myra might have dated but she doesn't even remember the last time she slept with someone, so the book kinda fell into the trope "woman barely sleeps with someone, man has no problem sleeping with plenty of other people". I hate that a misunderstanding was the reason these two fell apart.
There is some drama, mostly relating to Myra's family which was a little unnecessary, but it didn't affect negatively my overall experience with the book. As I was writing this review, I realized that I also didn't like how easily it seemed for the characters to move on from the hurt of the past after the book began. There wasn't as much friction as it was indicated in the previous books and Myra forgave Nate way too easily considering that he thought the worst of her and didn't even allow her to explain her side of things so many years back.
From our first is my least favorite book in the series and most of the blame falls on Nate. I was not fond of him and I think that Myra deserved better.
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Carrie Ann
Ryan is the New York Times and USA
Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance.
Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and
Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She
started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry
and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and
novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional
and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her
clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.
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