Book Review 

Promise Me Darkness by Paige Waver

 

So I know it's been a while but it's been a pretty hectic summer so fair, but no worries I'm back. For my first post after my writing hiatus let's talk about Promise Me Darkness by Paige Waver.

  

"He was my darkness and I was his light. We couldn't exist without each other."

For me, life was simple. I went to school and studied. I spent time with my friends and stayed out of trouble. I didn't drink or swear and I only dated gentlemen. I was the typical good girl with a bright future. My world seemed perfect. 

But that was about to change. 

Ryder Delaney was the one imperfection in my life. He was the bad boy, the black sheep, the one your always warned you about. He had only one hard-and-fast rule- Don't fall in love. 

But some rules were meant to be broken. 

We were best friends inseparable since childhood despite our differences. I knew the real man hiding behind the tattoos and bad attitude. He knew all my secrets and dreams. But he didn't know there was one thing I wanted and couldn't have.....him. But sometimes Fate has a way of intervening. Soon our world collapsed. War Erupted. Darkness prevailed. Alone and on the run, our only goal was to survive and to ignore the feelings we had for each other. But love is powerful.....

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So when I read the description of this book I didn't take the whole "our world collapsed" thing seriously I took it more as an over exaggeration of Maddie's emotional hardships in relation to her bad boy best friend she is secretly in love with. In reality the United States collapses and Maddie and Ryder are really fighting to stay alive. Although I rather enjoyed the twist of America being on the verge of a war with a terrorist country, I found that Ryder's continuous opposition and resistance to his as well as Maddie's feelings annoying. They were together and yet they fought their feelings until the end. Personally the whole plot twist of one character fighting their feelings and pushing the object of their affection away is rather over used. What is interesting about this novel is the fight and struggle Maddie, Ryder as well as their family and friends go through to survive under a terrorist attack. This book may not be in my top 20 favorite books of all time, it was an enjoyable read.

A.B.