De hoofdstukken starten namelijk direct waar het vorige hoofdstuk eindigt: niet mijn favoriete vormgeving. Darcy), kieskeurige chihuahua Captain Oates, de knappe Remy naar de gladjakker Tom, zijn flapuit zus Fia en vergankelijke terugkijkend op vervlogen tijden ex-beroemdheid Della.

His offer means that she would leave the area she knows to be closer to someone who she has her eye on. Lou is een personage om wie je meteen gaat geven: ze heeft een groot hart, tomeloze energie en een positieve instelling, ze is zorgzaam en altijd op zoek naar manieren om andere mensen gelukkig te maken, al laat ze daardoor ook wel eens over zich heen lopen en is ze redelijk naïef, ondanks alles wat ze heeft meegemaakt. Edgar, the old man set upon living life to the fullest before he passes away, does push her to her limits; but, she knows that despite the pay-off she believes she'll receive after, she just wants him to find a bit of happiness, no matter how late in life it comes.Lou sets out to turn things around for Edgar and herself and wants to change his life and make him enjoy it again (which is very hard when he is so hard to please). As always though, a story may have the JM stamp upon it, but it still stands tall as a unique, warm, touching, witty and captivating story. And along the way, you re-discover the meaning of friendship, re-kindle first crushes, and genuinely learn that despite the first impressions someone makes on you, everyone is capable of change and no matter how unsavory their behavior may be, deserves a little bit of kindness and happiness. I received a free copy of Promise Me, by Jill Mansell, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was championing the outcome of this book and I was so pleased that the author chose to end the book the way she did, I do love a dose of Karma! We lezen het verhaal vooral vanuit Lou, maar we krijgen ook de hersenspinsels van andere personages mee.I immediately fall in love with Lou, you simply can't not like her and all the other characters are written just the way they should have been written, even the bad ones are not too overdone. There’s laughter, love and friendships abundance in this gorgeous book with a few moments in between that made me tear up a tiny bit (it wasn’t tiny, I cried like a baby realising it has to grow up and eventually pay bills).

When I read the details about Promise Me, I felt and still do an instant connection to the protagonist, the lovely Lou, whose life experiences although fictional, were uncannily similar like my own, in some respects. I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review as part of the book tour hosted by Random Things Tours. We are taken on a wonderfully heart-warming journey of love and friendships with the main character Lou.

Want naast Lou en de aanwezige spanning tussen haar en de broer van haar beste vriend Sammy, maakt ook Sammy het één en ander mee in zijn leven. A witty, heartwarming story of love, life and second chances set in the idyllic Cotswolds, from the glorious Jill Mansell. Lou's relationship with her best friend, Sammy, and his older brother, Remy (who she's been harboring feelings for since their younger days) was one of the highlights of the story. Sometimes you just need to sit back and relax and travel to a small rural Foxwell Town and take care of a grumpy old man and move into his lavish home, with the promise that once he passes away, he'd leave his entire inheritance to you.

She leans on the members of the small community that she’s become part of more than ever and Edgar is going to learn a stark lesson about human nature too. Handsome and charming, with women falling at his feet, Lou is determined that she will not become another notch on his bedpost. Each character had a side story cleverly interwoven within the main story and I felt so many emotions throughout this book! We have the warmth and depth of emotion that we are accustomed to in Jill’s novels but there is also a modern spark to this storyline too.It's frustrating reading a book full of adults who just don't seem to have their stuff together and not because they are still on their way to figuring themselves out (fair and can happen at any moment/age in your life) but just because they are somewhat cruel, enjoy being spiteful and act as though they aren't aware of how negatively they impact others around them - even though the internal monologue and narration provided, proves that they are all more than well aware. However, needs must and when he makes an offer that she can’t refuse, she decides to give it a go and becomes Edgar’s live-in carer.