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Grace Fontaine was trained to carry out perfect crimes. But when a mistake was made the night her family tried to execute their biggest heist yet, her world fell apart. Now her brother is in jail, her mother has disappeared with the entire stolen fortune, and her father is determined to find a new mark, no matter the cost.
Haunted by the way she betrayed her friends—and Lo ...more
Haunted by the way she betrayed her friends—and Lo ...more
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I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed book 1 in this duology, Lies I Told when I read it earlier this year. I loved the premise of this story and the characters and when everything went down in that last chapter and I turned the last page, I knew I had to get my hands on book 2 as soon as possible.
When I started Promises I Made, I was terribly concerned. Grace’s life has blown up and everything she wants and needs is out of reach. The boy she fell in love with and then betrayed… the m ...more
When I started Promises I Made, I was terribly concerned. Grace’s life has blown up and everything she wants and needs is out of reach. The boy she fell in love with and then betrayed… the m ...more
Satisfying ending to one of the better teen heist books out there.
Review coming soon!!!
Review coming soon!!!
Yayy for First Book Read of 2019! And Double Yayy because this also finishes a series, technically a duology, but still I finished something I started.
I enjoyed this. I enjoyed the first book when I read it. I won't say it was anything spectacular, but it was interesting. It centers on a family of grifters, con-artists who move to different places and target a rich person or family to steal from. Grace and Parker were adopted by Cormac and Renee for help with the cons. Teens are able to get into ...more
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Quick & Dirty: An amazing second installment with a lush setting and complex characters.
Opening Sentence: When I think about what happened in Playa Hermosa, its not the gold that gets to me.
The Review:
Spoilers for Lies I Told ahead… Grace has changed. She is no longer naive. She will not be used again. She takes Cormac’s money and runs, with only one intention in mind: free Parker from jail, however long that takes. This isn’t going to be easy, and she doesn’t ...more
Quick & Dirty: An amazing second installment with a lush setting and complex characters.
Opening Sentence: When I think about what happened in Playa Hermosa, its not the gold that gets to me.
The Review:
Spoilers for Lies I Told ahead… Grace has changed. She is no longer naive. She will not be used again. She takes Cormac’s money and runs, with only one intention in mind: free Parker from jail, however long that takes. This isn’t going to be easy, and she doesn’t ...more
Disappointed!! Not sure what I was expecting but found that this sequel to Lies I Told to be a letdown. And the supposed character, Detective Fletcher, never materializes. So many characters from the first book (Marcus, the mysterious next door neighbor who we never meet in the first book, Selena, Logan, Renee) become aware of Grace's reapppearance in Playa Hermosa but somehow the police never find her!
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I love teen heist/con books and this was the first book I've read dealing with the "after". I was skeptical going into this, I knew it wouldn't have the action of the first book and I was worried about how it would compare. Well this was fantastic. Grace goes through so much; she's been betrayed, she has to acknowledge her betrayals, she's alone, she has to learn to trust, and so on. I loved how realistic this was, no matter how sorry Grace was there are some things you can't come back from. She
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Disappointing. In my opinion, not enough action or substance to justify a sequel. A very slow read and rushed ending.
This book is a great end to the first one!
Not as good as the first on
Have you ever felt like you have nobody to trust, or like your whole life is just a lie? Well, that's exactly how Grace Fontaine feels after her life of perfect crimes unexpectedly came to an end after one bad night. Promises I Made by Michelle Zink, is a sequel to Lies I Told, which is about Grace’s life with her manipulative foster parents, and all the perfectly executed crimes her and her family performed together. This novel is a must read for young adult girls because of the intriguing mix
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Huge thank you to the publisher for sending me an advanced copy of this book for review!
I liked this book... butttttt I didn't love it as much as I did the previous book. I felt like a lot of the tension that made the first book so good was missing. And while I liked how everything was wrapped up it just felt like a lot of filler... and this was a fairly short book.
This book starts off shortly after the previous book left off. Grace and Cormac are living in Seattle, trying to con some money out ...more
I liked this book... butttttt I didn't love it as much as I did the previous book. I felt like a lot of the tension that made the first book so good was missing. And while I liked how everything was wrapped up it just felt like a lot of filler... and this was a fairly short book.
This book starts off shortly after the previous book left off. Grace and Cormac are living in Seattle, trying to con some money out ...more
After that ending in Lies I Told, I was so excited to be able to start this book immediately after finishing. It doesn't pick up right at the end of LIT, but Grace gives us the 411 on what's been happening.
For me, this book had more of a slow burn. Since the con has already happened, there isn't much of a set up. Instead it's a cat a mouse game of sorts: Grace is trying to help Parker without getting caught. Which means there's a lot of hiding and incessant bus rides and less than 2 minute phon ...more
For me, this book had more of a slow burn. Since the con has already happened, there isn't much of a set up. Instead it's a cat a mouse game of sorts: Grace is trying to help Parker without getting caught. Which means there's a lot of hiding and incessant bus rides and less than 2 minute phon ...more
This book is excellent and is worth reading. Promises I made is the sequel to Lies I Told, which was published on November 24, 2015. The book continues on and unfolds the result of the heist in Grace’s point of view. New characters are introduced and they are well developed as well as old characters, which you will get to know even better. The plot is original and has more plot twist and surprises. The second book is follows the same plot as the first, but extends it as well. There is nothing re
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Not as good as the first! I wanted her and Logan to get back together somehow!!
Jul 12, 2017
Sara Strack
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For starters, I had not meant to stay up all night reading the two books in this series. But I did, and they were SO good. The first book dealt with the months leading up to a heist we know goes wrong. This book deals with the months after everything went wrong for Grace. While I enjoyed the build of the first book, I think I preferred Promises I Made, because Grace on the run was more intense to me. I was almost looking over my shoulders as much as she was. In addition to that, I loved Marcus a
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An appropriate conclusion, thoughtful and lovely, more of a contemporary than a thriller in the end. I love the new characters in this one. I do think this duology, in terms of story arc, would've made more sense as a single novel, but I'm not sure how that would've been done.
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Not as good as the first book, but still very good.
Motivations were real and the characters were well developed from last year. Great continuation from last book.
Not as great as the first, but still really good!
quick, easy read. nice choice for YA
Such a great follow up with a new host of characters. A great read that I couldn’t put down.
Slower than the first, but still enjoyable, and a little bit sadder than I expected.
It was good and bad. I didn't like how Grace played the victim. She wasn't. And Michelle tried to make her seem noble when it backfired and made her seem more whiny.
I also didn't like that the people in this book just forgave her. I get she helped, but I don't think that warrants a full just forgive and forget.
Overall it was alright. I like Marcus and Scotty. I wish there were higher stakes with Cormac and a better ending with Renee.
Probably wouldn't read this book or series again. ...more
I also didn't like that the people in this book just forgave her. I get she helped, but I don't think that warrants a full just forgive and forget.
Overall it was alright. I like Marcus and Scotty. I wish there were higher stakes with Cormac and a better ending with Renee.
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Grace is coming undone.
After the disastrous events of Lies I Told, life is more than different. Her mother, Renee, has left them, her brother Parker is in jail and her father, Cormac, is already on to the next con. And Grace? Grace is tired.
She is having serious doubts about her ability to carry on with the current con and watch another person’s life be ruined by Cormac’s actions...and hers. Grace is still reeling from the Playa Hermosa con that left an entire family in ruins. She can’t stop t ...more
After the disastrous events of Lies I Told, life is more than different. Her mother, Renee, has left them, her brother Parker is in jail and her father, Cormac, is already on to the next con. And Grace? Grace is tired.
She is having serious doubts about her ability to carry on with the current con and watch another person’s life be ruined by Cormac’s actions...and hers. Grace is still reeling from the Playa Hermosa con that left an entire family in ruins. She can’t stop t ...more
I FINALLY got my greedy little paws all over this book. Earlier this year I read Lies I Told and could NOT wait to get Promises I Made, to finally get all the questions answered. So quick story short, Grace and her family rip off rich families, stealing their wealth and leaving as if nothing ever happened. While in Playa Hermosa their latest grift goes a wry and Parker ends up in jail, Cormac and Grace run away to Seattle, and Renee runs away with all stolen gold.
Promises I Made is all centered ...more
Promises I Made is all centered ...more
Grade: C+
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: I love heist books. And I apparently really like characters named Grace. Grace Fontaine is a lovely character. She's done a lot of bad things, and she knows they were bad. She doesn't excuse all her actions, and she's trying to be a better person. Not many books show the fallout and consequences of big things like the crime the Fontaines tried to pull off in Lies I Told, so I appreciated what Promises I Made had to offer in that area. This book provided ...more
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: I love heist books. And I apparently really like characters named Grace. Grace Fontaine is a lovely character. She's done a lot of bad things, and she knows they were bad. She doesn't excuse all her actions, and she's trying to be a better person. Not many books show the fallout and consequences of big things like the crime the Fontaines tried to pull off in Lies I Told, so I appreciated what Promises I Made had to offer in that area. This book provided ...more
I hope there is another book!!!!
Wow, so I was so anxious for this book and when I finally got it, I attempted to read carefully and honestly, maybe the ending wasn't all what I wanted, but it was realistic and I appreciated that. And, I LOVE THIS SEQUEL and it's totally worth the read
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I received this book for free from Goodreads Giveaway.
I ABSOLUTELY 100% am in love with these series from Michelle Zink. I read Lies I told in one day and I read Promises I made in one day. I couldn't put the books down, they just keep you wondering what is going to happen next.
This book is mostly about Grace and Parker(remember the kids who helped their adoptive parents commit crimes?). Grace gets away from her father, tries to help Parker get out of jail and she runs into someone unexpected.. ...more
I ABSOLUTELY 100% am in love with these series from Michelle Zink. I read Lies I told in one day and I read Promises I made in one day. I couldn't put the books down, they just keep you wondering what is going to happen next.
This book is mostly about Grace and Parker(remember the kids who helped their adoptive parents commit crimes?). Grace gets away from her father, tries to help Parker get out of jail and she runs into someone unexpected.. ...more
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Michelle Zink is author of the Prophecy of the Sisters trilogy, A Temptation of Angels, and This Wicked Game. Her next book, Lies I Told, releases Spring 2015.
Learn more on Michelle's blog at www.michellezink.com.
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