January 21, 2014
A Promise Kept by Robin Hatcher: Review
Marriage can be difficult at times. It takes constant patience, love and kindness. Sometimes no matter what we do it does not work. When you mix in addictions the difficulty becomes even more apparent. We have to realize that we are hurting the other person or even being an enabler to your partner’s addiction.
A Promise Kept by Robin Hatcher follows the story of Allison Kavanagh and her husband Tony. Their marriage began like so many others, full of love and hope. Through a series of trials they slowly began to fall apart. Allison fights hard to keep her marriage afloat but even she could not handle the suffering of Tony’s addiction anymore. When she hands him an ultimatum she never thought he would walk out the door but out the door he walked.
Allison retreats to her Aunt Emma’s mountain side home that was left to her when her Aunt passed away. She finds in the attic a wedding dress and journals which slowly presents a different image of the person her Aunt Emma was. Allison is surprised to find her Aunt so much like herself.
A Promise Kept is a powerful story of self discovery and forgiveness. Throughout the novel no matter what was tossed in Allison’s way when she let herself open up to God she was able to find her direction. It reminds us that forgiveness is truly the only way we can move forward in life. Our loved ones may hurt us unintentionally and sometimes we may have to make the ultimate sacrifice and walk away in order to heal each other. Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do but one of the most important steps in the healing process.
The journals Allison finds is a reminder to us all that no matter how much we feel we know a person that they to may have gone through their own silent suffering. We should never be so quick to judge nor pass comment.
Robin Hatcher is the author of over sixty five novels and novellas. She lives with her family in Idaho. You can find more about her here.
You can find more reviews on a Promise Kept on the Litfuse Blog Tour. You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon.
Rating: 5/5
Disclosure: I received a digital copy of this book in order to facilitate this review. All opinions expressed are my own.
Thanks so much for hosting A Promise Kept on your blog. I'm delighted you enjoyed the book so much. Your words are a great encouragement to me as I write my next books.
Thank you so much for stopping by Robin! That means so much to me!! It was a very powerful novel that left me reflecting on my own life. Looking forward to your next book!
This sounds like a wonderful book. I would love to curl up on the couch with it and just get lost in this book!
Sounds like a book some people i know should be reading… Marriages are falling apart all the day long.. make you wonder sometimes what goes on..
I've seen her books around but haven't read anything by her yet. will have to get some of her books.
I'm looking for another book to read. This sounds like a great one. thanks for the review!
I'm not much of a reader, but this sounds like something I should check out, thanks for the great review.
This sounds like a great book to read during the dreary January days. A good reminder of keeping marriage fresh.
I'm an avid reader and always looking for new titles. I'm a fan of reading on my iPad, so I hope it's available at my library….
I've had to deal with addiction in a relationship before, but luckily it wasn't a relationship that I was stuck in. I'm glad I moved on when I did, because he is still a user from what I understand. I can't imagine how hard it would be to stay in a marriage with a person who suffered from addiction.
This is a great review! I will add this to my list of 'reads'
Sounds like an interesting book! And the review is really great. I'll add this to my to read list.
Great review. It's now on my reading list.
I was just at the book store today and I bought this book after hearing about it from you. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to start reading it!
What a great book! A must read!! I love the self worth teaching and think its important to reinforce these ideas!
I didn't know that there was an entire genre of Christian fiction literature devoted to self improvement. I'll have to see if our library has A Promise Kept.
Having harbored anger for years and finally letting it go makes me completely relate to this. Sounds like a good one!
This sounds like a wonderful read! I love reading novels with self improvement tone 🙂
It sounds like a great book. Something to add to my to read list.
I am ALWAYS looking for a great book to read. I haven't read anything from this author yet…but, you've totally peaked my interest! Thanks for such a great review.
Now you have me wondering about the book! I'll have to check it out!
I was touched by the story as I read the review and the unfolding of her aunt's life. It is so beautifully shared and I like that the author stopped by to thank you.<br />Elizabeth