Promises I Made

Reviewed by: Sheila Dube - Springvale Public Library, Springvale, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: March 3, 2016

Review

Fans of the tension-gripping first book by Zink, "Lies I told", will want to read this second one to see how Grace works through her acceptance of being used by her adopted parents for criminal con heists and how she stays loyal to her adopted brother. Zink's writing style of this sequel reads similar to a script from an ID investigation program. Readers are taken step-by-step through fugitive Grace's weeks of hiding out, making connections with a retired cop and his male spouse who help her build enough evidence to exonerate her from the charges of murder and robbery. Characters from the first book remain peripheral, although Grace is promised some reconciliation with each one that she hurt. Although this sequel does not hold the same page-turning tension of the first story, lovers of crime fiction will enjoy this story for the fugitive antics and hide-and-seek plot.

Overall Book Score: good