Blog Tour Review & Giveaway: Promise Me Light – Paige Weaver

The epic conclusion of New York Times bestselling book “Promise Me Darkness”

“I’m darkness, Maddie. Stay away from men like me. You’ll only get hurt.”

At one time my life was simple. Easy. But that was before the war. Now I was no longer an average college student. I was a survivor. A woman living in a ravaged world. My future was not bright and my life was far from perfect. The war had taken so much from me… but it wasn’t finished yet. It wanted more.

It wanted my heart. My soul. The one person I couldn’t live without.

It wanted Ryder Delaney. My best friend. The bad boy. The one person who could fight like no other and love me like no one else. I watched him walk away one hot summer day and I prayed he would return. I needed him like I needed air to breathe and water to drink. Without him I was lost. A light without her darkness.

Until he returns, I’ll wait for him. And I believe he will return because love is powerful…

And so is the light calling him home.

Series:  Promise Me #2
Release Date:  September 24, 2013
Publisher:  Paige Weaver
Source:  The Book Hookup
Reviewer:  Shannon
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

PROMISE ME LIGHT continues the story of a United States torn apart after a terrorist group sets off an EMP that disables the entire country.  Ryder has been captured and we find Maddie, Ryder’s family and their friends struggling to live each day.  But more importantly, a pregnant Maddie struggles to hold onto her hope that Ryder will come back to her…despite what everyone else might think.  She’s determined to be strong and make Ryder proud while helping her family stay alive.  But poor Maddie had her moments of weakness, where she secretly lost hope and longed for the days before the EMP went off.  Add to the mix the fact that her best friend, who was rescued when Ryder was captured, is having difficulties dealing with what she endured during captivity, Ryder’s brother running hot and cold with her and her own insecurities about whether Ryder is truly coming back to her, you get a very gritty, dark and emotional story.

But Ryder keeps his promise to Maddie and finds his way back to her.  But the Ryder that returns is a much different Ryder than who left.  He’s endured unspeakable things and he’s both physically and emotionally scarred.  While his love for Maddie is clear, he has a hard time dealing with his injuries, his emotional state and his feelings for Maddie.  Ryder lashes out and pushes people away as he tries to come to terms with everything and keep them safe.  But even with all that, he always stayed faithful in his belief that his family can make it through this and his love for Maddie.

I loved this story. The relationship between Maddie and Ryder was as complex, frustrating and hotter than in Promise Me Dark.  It’s a testament to their character and love for each other that they were able to work through the issues they had and remain together.  Paige Weaver masterfully created a story that brings a plausible and terrifying possibility into a gritty romance of the bad boy loving the girl next door like no one else could.  She is now one of my must watch authors.

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Paige Weaver lives in Texas with her husband and two children. Her love for books became a love for writing at a young age. She wrote her first book as a teenager and continued writing throughout the years. Encouraged by her husband, she finally decided to self-publish. Her debut novel, Promise Me Darkness, was released in April 2013 and quickly became a New York Times and USA Today bestseller. Her second book, Promise Me Light, will be released in September 2013. She is currently working on other novels to be released in 2014.

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