Promise Me Not

Boys of Avix, Book 2

De: Meagan Brandy

Narrado por: Erin Mallon, Chase Brown

She lost her first love.

I'd give it all to be her second ...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had one dream.

Go to college with my best friends, earn a starting position on a division one team, and hear my name announced to the world come draft day.

The path was clear, and things were falling in place perfectly.

Until she showed up.

I never meant to fall for my friend’s little sister and by the time I realized I had, it was too late.

I am a man in love with a girl … who is in love with someone else.

But I can’t compete with a ghost, and her heart was buried along side the boy she gave it to. The father of her unborn son.

Instead of fighting for something she’s unable to give, I do my best to be her friend. But then her little man comes along and changes everything.

She says I should walk away, focus on my love for football, but I can’t because what she doesn’t understand is I have a new dream now.

One that begins and ends with them.

Promise Me Not is the second interconnected stand-alone in the universe of Say You Swear.

©2024 Meagan Brandy (P)2024 Audible, Inc.

Adored

Such a beautiful story! Which was not surprising. I knew after say you swear that this would be just as amazing. As a single mom this one definitely pulled on the heart strings. The narrators were amazing🩷

Love the Avix U Series

Mason's POV was wonderful, to understand who he is and what is important to him. On multiple occasions while reading, he made my heart melt and I absolutely adore him. Payton's character has been through so much in such a short period of time. She is faced with navigating grief and heartbreak, becoming a new mother and supporting her son, all while experiencing the conflicting emotions of love after loss. I admired her strength to try to figure out how to move forward on her own as a young woman and in a world full of uncertainty. They both struggle to communicate with each other and parts of the story are devastating. But some parts are beautiful; the relief that love always has a way of healing and when times are tough, better days are coming. As always with Meagan Brandy's books, I didn't want the book to end and I hope we see more of them in future books.

I absolutely loved this book

Such a great book, I haven’t read a book by her that I haven’t loved.

Mason Johnson 😍

Rate 4.5⭐️

I preface this by saying Meagan can do no wrong! She doesnt have it in her to write a bad book, everything she delivers is amazing. With that being said, I did struggle with Promise Me Not but that is ME problem NOT a Meagan problem!
Did I have high hopes for this book? Yes! How could you not after the literal perfection that is Say You Swear. Sadly, FOR ME this did not meet MY high hopes. That is in NO WAY to say this is a bad book — absolutely not, this was still an amazing book and an amazing addition to the Boys of Avix series so far.
Let’s get where I struggled out of the way so I can rave about the amazing parts of this story. I immediately grabbed this book when it was released, but I could not connect with my Kindle version so I decided to listen to the audiobook in hopes that I would love it just the same as I did say you swear, seeing as I’ve listened to that audiobook at least 30 times easily. And yes, I did love it. My problem was I had a hard time connecting with the narrator who voices Peyton for the simple fact of she supposed to be a teenager, and the narrator just sounded like an older woman so it threw me off while listening. There was just something about Peyton that I could not connect with for a good chunk of the book which made it harder for me to connect with the book as a whole but I absolutely LOVE Mason.
OK that aside this was an amazing book. It was definitely an emotional roller coaster obviously, BUT the love that Mason has for not only to Peyton but Little D was beyond what I could’ve imagined for 19-year-old. For me this book definitely gave right person wrong time, obviously she was Mason’s soulmate, but he had to give her the time and the ability to not only grieve, but also allow herself to move on. There were so many moments where I felt like she was going to give in and then she would pull back, it drove me absolutely wild, but I loved it because it kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end. And when Little D finally walked, and the fact that Mason was the one who got to see it 😘👌🏼 because even though he wasn’t his bio dad he was definitely his daddy! 😍
And CHASE BROWN was perfection 😍😍
I cannot wait until Cameron’s book to be released!!

5 Heartbreakingly Beautiful Stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book. THIS BOOK. Holy Hannah, be prepared to feel it all. Meagan did such an amazing job developing a back story, unraveling a very emotional and in depth storyline and providing amazing character development. You really get to know and love them all. The audio narration was excellent, loved both narrators. Told in Dual POV.

I love the first book and how close & meshed this group of family and friends are. It makes you want to be part of their circle. She gives you the opportunity to know and love the side characters as well as the main. I fell in love with our loyal protector Mason in Say You Swear and fell head over heels in this book.

I adored Mason & Payton’s story. And cried through almost all of it. It’s filled with a lot of loss and angst. And Meagan will rip your heart out and then carefully put you back together again and stitch you up, at the end. But that scar - that beautiful scar which is this book will stay with you forever. Their journey is not as easy one, but so well worth it.

And Chase, well I thought it was going to be impossible for me to like him again. Even throughout most of this book. But he does redeem. I can’t wait for more of this gang. This book really hits the friends to lovers, found family, possessive/protective hero, love after loss and slow burn tropes. Highly recommend.

Ehh

I did not care for this book. Compared to the first one this one I struggled to finish.

Promise Me Not

So far I have loved all her books! Really enjoyed this one! Excited to read more of her books.

The timeline made for a choppy read

I went into this book with excitement, but the story’s format just didn’t work for me. The back-and-forth between the past and present felt more distracting than engaging, especially since the “past” was only about a year ago. That timeline jump made things a bit confusing to follow, particularly in audiobook form.

And let’s talk about the nickname “Pretty Little”—if I never hear Mason say it again, it’ll be too soon! It was so overused, that I cringed every time it popped up.

While it had its moments, it was just an okay read.

Mason

This book is perfection! Casting was perfection and I loved every second. Mason and Payton’s story is one made of misery. Connecting with someone new after a great loss is difficult but when you love as deeply as Mason does, there’s no running away.

Woe is Me 😒

I LOVED Say You Swear! Noah Riley is the perfect man. But this book was VERY frustrating! If you like miscommunication, secrets, and a martyr, this is the book for you! I hated the FMC. There’s 38 chapters in this book and it took her till ch 36 to realize she was an idiot. The martyr situation was exhausting- I loathe when people do the “woe is me, it’s better for you if we’re not together” bs! Tell them your baggage and let THEM decide if they want to deal with it. If they love you, it’s likely they’ll gladly carry that with for you. I don’t enjoy this trope at all, I love angst- again I loved SYS. But I can’t do 95% of the book where she plays victim. It’s just annoying and redundant!!!!!
*Chase was a good guy in this book. I hated him in SYS, but you get to see his good side here. I’m looking forward to his book as long as it’s not miscommunication or martyr trope. I hated how Peyton used him as a crutch and cause issues between him and Mason. I don’t blame Chase at all, he didn’t even know what was going on. I blame her!