SYNOPSIS:
“Once upon a time…”
Hate consumed him.
Love wrecked me.
That night changed both our lives, turning our beginning into something toxic. We were poison together, and there was no antidote.
Our story began like any other fairy tale ended.
With a beautiful wedding.
One kiss.
Two rings.
Three vows.
Killian Spencer became my lawfully wedded husband and I, his dutiful wife.
But he was no Prince Charming. He didn’t come to save me… and he vowed there would be no happily ever after.
And me?
Just like the legends I’d read as a little girl, I always thought I’d be the princess in my fairy tale.
Well, I was the villain of our love story.
“Till death do us part…”(TW: This book deals with the aftermath of an accident, which leads to the character’s depression and PTSD. Since this is a hate-to-love romance, there are quite some scenes that you might find disturbing between the two main characters.)
REVIEW:
Triggers: Bullying, Death, Sexual Content & Slight Violence
Hero: 4/5
Heroine: 4/5
Sex: 4/5
Plot: 5/5
Would I read again? Yes
Would I read future books from this author? Definitely
MY MAIN REASON FOR AN OVERALL 5 STAR RATING: A VOW OF FOREVER MADE UP FOR EVERYTHING I THOUGHT A VOW OF HATE DIDNโT HAVE
“๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ, ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ; ๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ.โ
This book had me from the minute the author dropped the blurb, so I couldnโt wait to start it on the release day. I literally took a day off to read this because the last thing I needed was clients bothering me while Iโm trying to finish the book.
Julianna Romano, aka Julianna Spencer or Jules, is definitely a hard person to not like, so instantly, I was drawn to her and the way she deals with Kilianโs assholeness, and trust me, the guy is definitely one of the biggest assholes Iโve ever read about. I think I went into this thinking that they were both broken individuals looking for a way out, and thatโs why I allowed myself to be fucked royally because, by the time I reached 50%, I was cursing my life out. Here I am thinking this is a story about 2 grieving people thrown together to heal each other, but no jokes on me because while one is a complete asshole, the other is the fucking cause of said asshole behavior.
In the beginning, I hated the H because thereโs mean, and then thereโs this fucker named Kilian Spencer. I know heโs supposed to be grieving and whatnot, but come on, he took was an asshole to the extreme. This was one of the fucked up shit the guy said right after his sexual encounter with the h.
“My fingers were just inside another woman. Her cunt juices are now smeared all over yours.”
As I said, the guy is a mess, and donโt get me started on him calling the h Beasty, the same name everyone calls her because of her scars. The h had patience because I wouldโve probably killed him in the most brutal way possible.
By the 50% mark, I was pissed at both characters because, come on, nobody taught yโall how to communicate? I mean, I felt for them, I did, but a lot couldโve been avoided if they just communicated and if the h stopped thinking about herself and started thinking about her grieving husband, who she loves with all her supposedly heart. She literally saw the guy grieve for 3 years in the cruelest way possible and still said nothing. Again, this is someone the heroine loved since she was 17 years old, but still sat back and looked at him destroy himself and her.
I know this is fiction, but I really couldnโt deal with the betrayal, and because Iโm down for toxic books, I loved every moment. All the tears shed, curses spewed, pillow threw I loved the whole process, and thatโs how you know the author is a great one because I donโt get so worked up over certain things.
I wondered how this author would take a relationship built on lies with fragile trust and turn it all around, but she did, and by the ending of a vow of hate, I was happy, but I still felt like I needed more so when she announced a vow of forever I pre-ordered same day.
A vow of forever wasnโt just filled with rainbows and unicorns, and I loved that about the sequel. The realness of their relationship in this book was handled, and this is what made me give a 5-star rating because the couple didnโt just have a HEA with many unresolved issues and secrets. This is one of my high recs because the author took a tragedy and changed it into something amazing.
