Twice Promised by Maggie BrendanMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
TWICE PROMISED was good, but the story lacked a little punch. You would think following two relationships you would get twice the romance, but instead I felt like I only got half.
Greta Olsen and Cora Johnson have both answered the ad for a mail-order bride. Not only is it for the same man, but the man himself didn’t even send for them. Zach Gifford is trying to play matchmaker for his older brother Jess. He figures if he gets Jess married off, he will be free to pursue his desires which do not include working at the family mercantile. So, Zach brings both Greta and Cora to Central City, Colorado so they can vie for Jess’ affection.
What the reader ends up with are four people with fickled hearts.
Cora is paired off with Jess, but she soon realizes her interest lies with Zach. Greta and Zach seem like a natural match, but then why is Zach drawn to Cora? And, if I was Cora or Greta, I would be a little peeved that I was expected to compete for any man’s attention. But somehow, these two woman don’t feel at all used and even become best of friends.
As the story progresses, the hearts of the four main characters seem a bit wishy-washy to me, and affections seem to be exchanged a little too freely for the era in which the story is set. Though Jess and Zach’s Granny knows where everyone’s heart lies, she feels it is best if they discover it for themselves.
TWICE PROMISED at times seemed to drag, and at other times I felt chunks of the story were passed over. I feel the jumping back and forth between the two relationships didn’t make for double the story. Instead, I felt at times the author was summarizing in order to complete the story in a predetermined page count. Again, the story was entertaining enough, I just feel the author could’ve done so much more with the storyline.
Book provided for review purposes.
Available October 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
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