It's her destiny to die young. The man who loves her can't live with that.
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Nov 02, 2011
Raya
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The story has a little bit of religion and a little of supernatural. This is a great read for fiction lovers.
A girl named Promise wants to be remembered for having a fantastic voice, she has cystic fibrosis.
Chase is an autistic artist whom loves to draw trees and he becomes attracted to Promise.
Zack is talented in taking photographs. But he has a loon for a mother, Porta.
Porta dabbles in the supernatural and promotes her art gallery.
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A girl named Promise wants to be remembered for having a fantastic voice, she has cystic fibrosis.
Chase is an autistic artist whom loves to draw trees and he becomes attracted to Promise.
Zack is talented in taking photographs. But he has a loon for a mother, Porta.
Porta dabbles in the supernatural and promotes her art gallery.
Chase, Zack, and Porta all More...
May 11, 2011
Nicola
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Reason for Reading: I am a fan of the author.
Fantastic! This is Erin Healy's best book to date. I was hooked from the first chapter and couldn't let go until I reached the end. This book revolves around three sets of characters and is more character driven than plot driven. Though the plot is a very strange and eerie tale that turns into something so much more. Ultimately the story is about love (from a Christian pov "God is love") and everlasting life. However, the book can More...
Fantastic! This is Erin Healy's best book to date. I was hooked from the first chapter and couldn't let go until I reached the end. This book revolves around three sets of characters and is more character driven than plot driven. Though the plot is a very strange and eerie tale that turns into something so much more. Ultimately the story is about love (from a Christian pov "God is love") and everlasting life. However, the book can More...
Apr 26, 2011
Ruth
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Ok, I'll say it, this is one of the most bizarre books I've ever finished. I'm still not quite sure what to make of it. It is published by Thomas Nelson which should put in in the genre of Christian fiction, but while it features a scripture quoting autistic artist and self-sacrificing love, it also features supernatural powers that don't seem to come from above. It is the story of an old woman searching for immortality in the wrong place. It features death caused by her search for life, but
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Apr 13, 2011
Nicole
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The Promises She Keeps
Erin Healy
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The Promises She Keeps revolves around three central characters: Promise, Porta and Chase.
Promise Dayton is an aspiring young singer afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis who wants to leave her mark on this world before she dies. Promises gains some notoriety for her singing abilities, but draws more attention to herself after she survives a series of accidents that would have killed most people.
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Erin Healy
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The Promises She Keeps revolves around three central characters: Promise, Porta and Chase.
Promise Dayton is an aspiring young singer afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis who wants to leave her mark on this world before she dies. Promises gains some notoriety for her singing abilities, but draws more attention to herself after she survives a series of accidents that would have killed most people.
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Mar 18, 2011
Amber
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Promise is ok with the fact she’ll die young; she just wants to make sure she’s not forgotten when it happens. She aspires to be a singer, a feat not normally heard of for someone with cystic fibrosis.
Chase draws trees. Lots of trees. He says he sees people as trees and hands out these pictures when he feels prompted. His twin sister Chelsea has put her life on hold to care for her autistic brother. But then the meets Promise and tries to warn her of those who wish her harm.
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Chase draws trees. Lots of trees. He says he sees people as trees and hands out these pictures when he feels prompted. His twin sister Chelsea has put her life on hold to care for her autistic brother. But then the meets Promise and tries to warn her of those who wish her harm.
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Mar 12, 2011
Beverly
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wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I started reading “The Promises She Keeps” by Erin Healy. It is the first of Healy’s books that I have read and I was not disappointed.
A Christian suspense, the book is about the age-old battle of good and evil, life and death, the meaning of love and the sacrifices made for love ones.
Promise Dayton is dying of cystic fibrosis and her goal is to be remembered for her singing long after her death. Promise knows she doesn’t have much time to attai More...
A Christian suspense, the book is about the age-old battle of good and evil, life and death, the meaning of love and the sacrifices made for love ones.
Promise Dayton is dying of cystic fibrosis and her goal is to be remembered for her singing long after her death. Promise knows she doesn’t have much time to attai More...
Mar 11, 2011
Donna
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Two women in search of immortality; one because she has had a terminal illness all of her life and wants to be remembered, the other because of greed. Will either of them find the real answer to life everlasting? Promise is a singer who has cystic fibrosis. She goes through the treatments to stay alive hoping that she will have one big break that will enable people to know she lived. But, when Zack enters her life, she meets with many freak accidents that threaten to take her life just as her br
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Mar 04, 2011
Jonathon
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The Promises She Keeps is the second solo novel by Erin Healy, who broke into fiction writing by co-authoring with Ted Dekker on Kiss and Burn. Her first solo outing was titled Never Let You Go.
As would be expected by someone who worked with Ted Dekker, Healy’s novel writing bears strong elements of the spiritual thriller novel. What differentiates her writing from Dekker’s, though, is that a lot of her characterization and struggles rely on internal choices and decisions. Dekker More...
As would be expected by someone who worked with Ted Dekker, Healy’s novel writing bears strong elements of the spiritual thriller novel. What differentiates her writing from Dekker’s, though, is that a lot of her characterization and struggles rely on internal choices and decisions. Dekker More...
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Feb 16, 2011
Brenda
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Some times I think contemporary fiction is not my cuppa. This book seemed to be a little drawn out to me, like it could have wrapped up in about 200-250 pages rather than taking me 328 to get to the end.
I don't like to say mean things about books that authors work really hard to write, unless the book is totally lame. I finished this one and finally got the entire concept, I guess I could have done without the aging witch thing, as I'm not one for common day witches and all the drama that More...
I don't like to say mean things about books that authors work really hard to write, unless the book is totally lame. I finished this one and finally got the entire concept, I guess I could have done without the aging witch thing, as I'm not one for common day witches and all the drama that More...
Jul 10, 2011
Cheeyee
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Review Date: 11 July 2011
Review URL: http://littlemermybooks.blogspot.com/2011/07/promises-she-keeps-by-erin-healy.html
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This book has been sitting on my to-read list for quite a few months, but I was in a mood to read it. Finally I picked it up last week, and I feel as if I have found a jewel. I think I will regret if I have missed it. It is different comparing to most other fiction books that I have read. Since mo More...
Review Date: 11 July 2011
Review URL: http://littlemermybooks.blogspot.com/2011/07/promises-she-keeps-by-erin-healy.html
Summary:
This book has been sitting on my to-read list for quite a few months, but I was in a mood to read it. Finally I picked it up last week, and I feel as if I have found a jewel. I think I will regret if I have missed it. It is different comparing to most other fiction books that I have read. Since mo More...
Mar 03, 2011
Jennifer (JC-S)
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‘In the silence of night, sounds of life have a greater chance of being heard.’
Promise Dayton is a talented young vocalist afflicted with cystic fibrosis. Promise is trying to establish herself so that fame will keep her memory alive once she is dead: her life may be shortened, but she wants to make an impact. By contrast, Porta Cerreto is an aging witch and collector of art in search of immortality.
Promise can sing, and she also models for artists, but it is her survi More...
Promise Dayton is a talented young vocalist afflicted with cystic fibrosis. Promise is trying to establish herself so that fame will keep her memory alive once she is dead: her life may be shortened, but she wants to make an impact. By contrast, Porta Cerreto is an aging witch and collector of art in search of immortality.
Promise can sing, and she also models for artists, but it is her survi More...
Feb 18, 2011
Hilarey
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The Promises She Keeps, by Erin Healy is a story about the impact you leave in life.
I struggled a little with the first few chapters. I wasn't immediately swept up into the story. But I am glad I continued because it is a worthwhile read. It isn't the typical fiction story where you are dropped into the middle of the action and feel like you are just along for the ride. The experience of this book is more about the trip than the destination.
I wouldn't recommend it for rea More...
I struggled a little with the first few chapters. I wasn't immediately swept up into the story. But I am glad I continued because it is a worthwhile read. It isn't the typical fiction story where you are dropped into the middle of the action and feel like you are just along for the ride. The experience of this book is more about the trip than the destination.
I wouldn't recommend it for rea More...
Oct 16, 2011
Elvia
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I thought I wrote this review. This was an unexpected delight filled with a little of the supernatural and keeping the message of Christ, sort of. It is published by Thomas Nelson which I didn't realize until I started reading it.
It tells the story of 3 people, Promise, Chase and Zack. Promise is facing death as she struggles with Cystic Fibrosis. She wants to become famous because she would be able to live on after her demise. Zack doesn't really know what he wants and with a More...
It tells the story of 3 people, Promise, Chase and Zack. Promise is facing death as she struggles with Cystic Fibrosis. She wants to become famous because she would be able to live on after her demise. Zack doesn't really know what he wants and with a More...
Mar 10, 2011
Cindy
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This book has some darkness in it. Porta, a woman who is older than she appears, is practicing witchcraft and is sure that after Promise, a young woman who has cystic fibrosis, survives several freak accidents, that she is the one. The one who help bring Porta immortality. However a young man seems to be in the way all the time, whether it is Porta's own son Zack, who is fighting his own demons, or the young autistic man Chase who keeps spreading love with his pictures that he sees and draws.
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Feb 26, 2011
Manda
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The Promises She Keeps is a deeply compelling story about love and the decisions we make about what we do with the time we have in this life. The back of the book almost makes it sound like a romance, but instead the novel delves into the power of love as a whole, and what it means for our society. The novel tells the story of a young woman with cystic fibrosis, and the people who influence her in her quest to be eternally remembered after she dies.
The book is very suspenseful, and I More...
The book is very suspenseful, and I More...
Jun 08, 2011
Monique
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When I received an email from Phenix & Phenix Literary Publicists about review The Promises She Keeps, I was intrigued and agreed to review it. Neither the email or the back blurb prepared me for this book. First, I was expecting Christian Fiction and second I was expecting something more suspense and romance. There is some romantic love but I didn’t find it very suspenseful.
The plot revolves around Promises and how Porta quest for eternal life effects a lot of people. Some whom More...
The plot revolves around Promises and how Porta quest for eternal life effects a lot of people. Some whom More...
Feb 18, 2011
Crystal
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I thought The Promises She Keeps would be a hard book to review, until I started reviewing it and really thinking abou the book. When I finished the book I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I knew I could not put it down and I was enthralled by the book, but at one point I was also perturbed by the book. So read on and find out what I mean. And please do read on because I need you to understand that I truly love this book even though I did have a strong dislike reaction at one point. Also, pl
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Mar 01, 2011
Margaret
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This was one of those books that was slow to make sense. It was hard to get into and then I wasn't quite sure I knew exactly where it was going - or agreed with it. There were some shining moments and well drawn characters... but I always feel the true test of a book is if I get so caught up in it that I believe in the characters and the story as if they were real people and events. I never got there with this one.
The first problem was the premise that Promise - who is sick with Cyst More...
The first problem was the premise that Promise - who is sick with Cyst More...
Apr 12, 2011
Serena
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Erin Healy has done it again.
THE PROMISES SHE KEEPS is a mysterious, enthralling story with diverse, sometimes leaning-over-the-edge-of-creepy characters. Due to other reading/reviewing commitments, it took me a long time to read this title, but each scene was so completely memorable that I couldn't help but be able to just pick up where I left off -- sometimes with a week and two or more other novels in between reading sessions.
What I love about Erin's writing is that she do More...
THE PROMISES SHE KEEPS is a mysterious, enthralling story with diverse, sometimes leaning-over-the-edge-of-creepy characters. Due to other reading/reviewing commitments, it took me a long time to read this title, but each scene was so completely memorable that I couldn't help but be able to just pick up where I left off -- sometimes with a week and two or more other novels in between reading sessions.
What I love about Erin's writing is that she do More...
Mar 05, 2011
Jan
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Promise has a terminal disease and wants so much to live her life while she can. She doesn't want regrets or could have beens..she wants to live, but not recklessly.
Enter Zack...a man that doesn't want to live, just exist or self-distruct and seems to have bad luck where ever he is in the presence of Promise. Though he is really in love with her and is doing all he can to do just the opposite.
Chase is a autistic man that sees life through life. He loves unconditiona More...
Enter Zack...a man that doesn't want to live, just exist or self-distruct and seems to have bad luck where ever he is in the presence of Promise. Though he is really in love with her and is doing all he can to do just the opposite.
Chase is a autistic man that sees life through life. He loves unconditiona More...
Mar 01, 2011
Melanie
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Promise is a college student with singing aspirations. However, she has a cystic fibrosis and is not expected to live past her mid-thirties. She therefore wants to leave a legacy of fame behind to keep her memory alive. Porta is an aging sorceress and art collector who is searching for immortality. When Promise survives a series of bizarre accidents that should have ended her life, Porta believes that she has found the girl who holds the key to eternal life.
We are also introduced to Ch More...
We are also introduced to Ch More...
Jul 27, 2011
Sherrie
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This book is full of heart stopping suspense. The one thing Promise wants is to be remembered. Not to be forgotten after she dies. Her thoughts is to be famous. Even though she has Cystic Fibrous, she has the talent to sing. She thinks this is her one chance to be famous, singing. Promise also goes to college. She poses for the drawing course there. She meets a young man named Zack. He wants to take her picture for a course requirement. So Promise agrees. While on the is photo shoot, Promise has
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Feb 26, 2011
Cheryl
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There are certain authors that you see their name and know without a doubt that you are going to read their book. You do this because you've been on journeys with them before and you simply trust them, for the integrity of their story, characters and writing. In only a few books time Erin Healy is in that category in my mind. At the end of her books I experience that "reader's grief" that comes when the book is done and the journey was so amazing that you just weren't ready for it t
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Feb 13, 2011
Bonnie (Hands and Home Blog)
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Promise is a young singer hoping that the fame she so desperately seeks will immortalize her, as she has cystic fibrosis and expects to die young. Portia is a witch and art gallery curator who has searched her whole life for the goddess that will give her immortality and has no regard for the people that will be hurt in pursuit of that goal. And Chase is a man with autism who uses his incredible artistic talent to draw visions of people whom he has not even met yet. At first glance his drawings
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Jan 25, 2012
Brooklynn
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When I saw all of the reviews on this book, I thought I was in for a thrilling, captavating story that would keep me turning the pages. While I did read it within 2 days, I only kept turning the pages to be done with the book.
The book is told from multiple perspectives. There is Promise, a Cystic Fibrosis patient, who has a mission of leaving behind a legacy for herself through fame and her name in lights. Chase, a young adult, who has a fascination with trees and drawing, living wit More...
The book is told from multiple perspectives. There is Promise, a Cystic Fibrosis patient, who has a mission of leaving behind a legacy for herself through fame and her name in lights. Chase, a young adult, who has a fascination with trees and drawing, living wit More...
Feb 22, 2012
Clarissa
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I have had this book for over about a year. It got lost amongst my books when I moved and so I currently found it I felt I should read and finish so I could give a long overdue review. So here we go.
The Promises She Keeps is a story about a 22 year old girl named Promise, she was born with Cystic Fibrosis, she longs to be a famous singer so that she doesn't just fade away once she is gone. She decides to help out a student with an art piece, Zack, which ends with her death defying fa More...
The Promises She Keeps is a story about a 22 year old girl named Promise, she was born with Cystic Fibrosis, she longs to be a famous singer so that she doesn't just fade away once she is gone. She decides to help out a student with an art piece, Zack, which ends with her death defying fa More...
Mar 04, 2011
Jane
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The Promises She Keeps was a very unique story and caught my attention nearly from the get-go. It was written by Erin Healy, which was one of the reasons I wanted to read it. Healy is the editor of one of my favorite authors - Ted Dekker - and also has co-authored several books with him. I was hoping to find her writing just as gripping and action filled as Dekkers, and must admit I was let down a little. The book was still great, but it wasn't to be compared with Dekkers. But that is not a down
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May 25, 2011
Mishel
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My Rating: 3.5/5 stars!
I’ve noticed that Erin Healy’s novels are very different from most books I read. The paranormal elements she weaves into her stories are very unique. She writes characters that grab you emotionally and refuse to let go. Her plots, while very modern and relatable, always have an additional twist that makes it stand out. Her writing style is easy to follow but still extremely thought-provoking. I admire her ability to remain true to her faith and interweave it su More...
I’ve noticed that Erin Healy’s novels are very different from most books I read. The paranormal elements she weaves into her stories are very unique. She writes characters that grab you emotionally and refuse to let go. Her plots, while very modern and relatable, always have an additional twist that makes it stand out. Her writing style is easy to follow but still extremely thought-provoking. I admire her ability to remain true to her faith and interweave it su More...
Apr 29, 2011
Heaven is a bookstore
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I was so looking forward to this book. I thought for sure it would be a winner, but sadly it could not keep my focus. I was bogged down by details that never ended and it was a bit convoluted for me. I really like Promise's character and I liked the basic premise, but something just wasn't pulling me in not matter how hard I tried. I am sure this will be a good read for someone else. Sadly not me.
Aug 16, 2011
Cindy
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I really liked the book. Different then my ususal read.
Story centers around 3 sets of characters. Promise has Cystic Fibrosis, who wants to be remembered by many. Chase has autism and is and artist that draws trees. Each tree is like certain people. He sees the truth about life.
Chelsea is Chases sister that cares for him. She has given up her life to care for Chase. Porta is an old woman who has chased eternal life and worshiped false gods all her life. Zack is Porta's son who has n More...
Story centers around 3 sets of characters. Promise has Cystic Fibrosis, who wants to be remembered by many. Chase has autism and is and artist that draws trees. Each tree is like certain people. He sees the truth about life.
Chelsea is Chases sister that cares for him. She has given up her life to care for Chase. Porta is an old woman who has chased eternal life and worshiped false gods all her life. Zack is Porta's son who has n More...
