Promise (Soul Savers, #1) by Kristie Cook - Review

Does true love exist, even if it can, is it ever enough? Most people I have found would probably say no, true love is something found in fairy tales, books or TV not something to be found in real life – are we even capable anymore of finding that one true, beautiful love – do we even bother to take the time to look?

I might have said no, before this morning – but yesterday and then again last night – I found love, so beautiful and pure that...it reminded me again, that not only does true love exist, but it's powerful and surrounds you, often at the most inopportune times.

Yes, I found at least one of these love stories within the pages of a book – which should, I guess, lead me to believe that once again, true love is only found their – but amazingly, it does not...it reminded me, that if we take the time to really look, and are willing to put in the hard work – true love not only exists but it has the power to take over our world, exposing us to unimaginable pain but also the most exquisite beauty the world has to offer.

Love to me is like watching a perfect sunset, while sitting on the beach – it's beauty surrounds you, it's heat envelopes you, and it's smell brings you to a whole new level...Alexis felt this kind of love, though she never though it was possible, she's always wanted love, even dreamed of it – but with moving around so often, and with basically everyone thinking she was “weird”...she often felt like her hopes were dashed before she even had the chance to dream.

Yet, when Tristan opens the door, and Alexis dares to walk though, she knows from the first minute, her life will never, ever be the same...because, once you find that true love, your soul is lifted to another plane...

Synopsis via goodreads:
Alexis Ames has a life full of promise…but not all promises can be kept.

When Alexis Ames is attacked by creatures that can’t be real, she decides it’s time she learns who she really is, with or without the help of her mother, who guards their family’s secrets closely. After meeting the inhumanly attractive, multi-talented Tristan Knight, however, Alexis retreats behind her façade of normalcy…until she discovers he’s not exactly normal either. Then their secrets begin to unravel.

Their union brings hope and promise to her family’s secret society, the Angels’ army, and to the future of mankind. But it also incites a dangerous pursuit by the enemy – Satan’s minions and Tristan’s creators. After all, Alexis and Tristan are a match made in Heaven and in Hell.

I started reading Promise, after I had seen several book reviews for it, though I can't exactly tell you what they said...when I saw it, read the synopsis while shopping for new eBooks – I knew it was one I had to have!

So after a FULL day with family, I started reading around 9, by 10:30 my head was heavy and even though I had only read a bit (I read slow), I was so enamored with the characters I wanted badly to continue, sadly I drifted off to sleep.

But by 1:30 I was awake, unable to sleep - with Alexis in my head and in my heart – I was unable to break the chain any longer, I had to have Promise back in my hands and Alexis back in my heart. Little did I know, that I would never make it back to bed or at least back to sleep.

Promise, is intense - in the best way possible - it shook me to my very core – honestly the intensity of it caused me to overflow with emotions, I was actually throwing up, unable to catch my breath, and shaking...it was that amazing!

There are some books, some authors that - when they publish you know, from the very tips of your toes that you will do EVERYTHING in your power to get the book early, and if not, you will be the first in line, or the first to order it where ever you can get it. Elizabeth Isaacs, is an author that's like that for me – and there might be 1 or 2 others – Kristie Cook has become that to me...

She created an intense connection, an amazing world, full of the little details, but while doing so, she created characters that took my breath away, they offered so much more of themselves than most characters do, at least for me. Alexis with her heart of gold, the love she wears on her sleeve and her intense desire to understand everything around her and Tristan with his strength, never ending love and his intensity – I was enraptured, captivated!

Bottom Line – With dark webbing of love intertwining throughout this haunting love story, it encapsulated me, spun a web that became impenetrable. Kristie Cook offers what every reader wants, a beautiful escape, with rich details, and characters that take your breath away, before you even realize it. The ending had me doubling over in physical pain, I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs, I was already crying my eyes out...I simply can NOT wait for the next book Purpose, where I can only hope and pray that Alexis finds...sorry, never mind – I can't say that, with out ruining it! :) I give Promise 5++ and I simply can't wait for more!

Buy Borrow or Steal? Indie publishing at it's very best, a must read in my book!

Promise (Soul Savers, #1)
By: Kristie Cook
368 Pages
Published: July 30, 2010
Publisher: Ang'dora Productions, LLC
Received via my own cash from Smashwords.com.