The Promise by Christi Nagle blogtour

Many know that I am a fan of short stories and it can be a bit of a chore to get through them. In this book I didn’t feel that any of the stories were a struggle even if some of them confuse me.

Here are some thoughts on a few of the specific stories and this is my overall observations

When I read a new author I tend to ask myself a couple of questions. Are the characters going to keep me interested and is the story going to move at a pace that will help the book.

This is a bit of a weird story but I can feel fear from the characters as they are infected by something. They keep wanting to do something to get the dogs out of their place and to family. It’s the first story. I felt like with the first story you were living their lives with them and were part of the story.

Laurel’s first chase. It feels a bit strange and while it is well written and enjoyable it just didn’t for me as if it was as good or fantasy story that I have read. It needed a bit more oomph for me to really make it stand out. It did have a good premise and I enjoyed it but I wished to have more background or information of the characters.

Finishers. An interesting idea and I think it shows a lot of what I like in stories. Characters that are interesting even if I am confused with a story that is relatively entertaining. I think that a lot of what I see with this is that it should be a full book with more backstory

A Fully Chameleonic Foil. Interesting item that was created but just seemed like the story was not complete. Well really no story for me but enjoyed the reading about the item .

What do you see when you’re both asleep. I giggled at this story as a dog owner this was perfect. I would love to have a translator for the dogs as you know it would be interesting to know what they actually are feeling.


Flexible Off Time. An interesting story but I honestly didn’t know what to think as it didn’t seem to fit with what I expected.




With all books that have multiple stories it is hit or miss where some stories will wow you and others you will just be bored from.