Great book with a great storyline. Not what I was expecting at all so was a nice surprise. Easy to read and good characters in there too.

Four and a half stars, raised to a five. This is the story of Beth, Sally and Carol. The three of them attended boarding school together and roomed with each other during their entire stay. While there, an event occurred that they hid and never discussed again. This promise completely effected and affected their adult lives. Carol has detached herself from the other two and lives in France with her partner, Ned. Sally is divorced and childless and is developing a property. Beth is married to Adam and has two children. The stories (and there is more than one) are told from each character’s viewpoint in separate chapters and will totally engross the reader. The ending is brutal and climactic. It is well written and well done. Thanks to Net Galley and Thomas and Mercer for an e-Galley for an honest review.

Teresa Driscoll’s THE PROMISE kept me reading, kept me guessing, and made me feel the heavy weight of secrets and of promises that perhaps ought not have been made. “There are seconds between one whole path in your life and a different one.” You may not like the new person you become . . . can you find your way back? “Guilt is a dangerous bedfellow.” Whom to trust on the journey to truth?

Beth, Sally, and Carol--three best friends at boarding school. You know the drill: secrets, Ouija boards, late night escapades, laughter, and tears. But years later the biggest secret and promise they made to each other threatens to destroy their lives and relationships. Each woman struggles in her own life to suppress and mask what repercussions might arise should the secret become known. And yet they all know it is the right thing to do when they begin getting threats and family members are targeted. Their old school is being torn down as funds are lacking and each woman worries about what might be discovered when the buildings are razed. Alternating between past and present, the novel unfolds slowly as tensions mount. Who could be behind the threats and what can be done? Well-plotted and fast-paced, this novel kept my attention throughout!

Beth, Sally, and Carol make a promise when they are young teenagers to never reveal a secret they share. Now something has come up that could reveal that secret and destroy their lives.

This story is told from multiple points of view and goes back and forth between the past and present, with most of the story told in the first person by Beth. Beth and Sally have remained close, but have lost touch with Carol. Everything changes when they decide to hire a private investigator to find Carol. Beth and Sally are desperate that the secret not come out but don't know how to stop it. Things definitely get worse for Beth before they get better. I was intrigued by the secret and why Carol pulled away from her friends. It was suspenseful to find out what had really happened.

The secret was actually a let down. It was both less and more horrible than I had thought, but how the adult Beth and Sally deal with it seems over-the-top. After the secret is revealed, more appalling revelations are made in the final chapters. Hints are given for some of them, but only one of which I had guessed. The book shows the danger of secrets and the power of love. In spite of some of the terrible events, the book ends on a hopeful note. In spite of some pacing issues and the anti-climatic reveal of the secret, I became interested in the story from the beginning and really enjoyed the book.

I received this book from NetGalley, through the courtesy of Thomas and Mercer. The book was provided to me in exchange for an honest review.

I tale of teenage friendship and trust that lasts a lifetime and what you would do to keep those friends safe. Sad, compelling and disturbing at times a thoroughly entertaining read.

Way too many story lines trying to be squeezed in here. Jumping between different story lines was a bit disjointed. Predictable twists and unlikable characters.

The Promise is the latest book by Teresa Driscoll. Ms Driscoll takes us back and forth in time from today to when our main characters were younger. Before reading The Promise make sure you carve out enough time to do nothing but sit and read. Twists and turns make this story difficult to put down. I was given a copy to review.

I love Teresa Driscoll’s writing, she does a great job telling the story and creating in-depth characters. This book is about 3 women who attended the same convent/boarding school and were very close friends. But something happened (that something is revealed later in the book) that caused one of the girls to become distant and caused all of the girls to make a promise to never speak of it again to anyone. The “something” that happened is only revisited when the women are much older, after it’s learned that the convent is to be demolished and there’s a chance their secret will be found out. All in all, this is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 book that you won’t want to miss.

I do not like depressing stories. However, this made a good story; I would not call it a Psychological Thriller, more of three young girls caught up in something way over the heads of fourteen-year-olds, a drama. It is told from two different timelines when they were young, and what is going on with each of them today! How the past hangs on, not willing to give them any peace, because they refuse to discuss it, clearing the air, in order for all three of them to breathe!
I recommend! Thank you Netgalley!
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I really enjoyed reading The Promise; it kept me gripped from start to finish. I liked the sense of doom that overhung the whole book. The characters are well described, each is a whole person, as we get to know them. It certainly gathers pace towards the end, it as though the author decides to throw everything in! However, something about the storyline didn't ring true for me, so only 4 stars, not 5.

Thank you so much to Thomas and Mercer and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This book is about Beth who is trying to forget the secrets of her past and live in the present with her husband and two children. When she finds out that the boarding school she attended is being closed down she tries to reach out to her two best friends from school, terrified that their big secret will be revealed when they demolish the school. After strangle and startling occurrences start happening in her life she fears that someone else knows about their secret and is trying to get back at them.

I made it about 70% of the way through this book and then called it quits. The buildup to the big secret the two girls are hiding was so big and the way it was eating Beth alive so bad I knew it had to be something good. But I was so way off. The way Beth was acting and she even hired a dang private investigator to try and find her other friend I thought maybe they had murdered someone and buried their body on the school grounds. Nope, it wasn’t really all that exciting. Don’t get me wrong what they did was absolutely terrible but I figured the way the two main characters were acting that it would directly impact their lives, when in reality it really didn’t.

Such a disappointment for me this book was. I hate books that hype you up that much and then when the big mystery is revealed it’s a total dud.

Three friends Carol , Beth and Sally went through something horrible at boarding school and they promised each other to never talk about it again. In the present day, all three girls have gone their separate ways until they hear, that their old boarding school is being demolished and they fear that secret from their past, will come out. On top of that there is also someone watching them who wants them to leave things alone.

The Promise by Teresa Driscoll is a slow paced psychological thriller. The chapters alternate between the past and present with different POV’s. The pace quickens at later half of the book but the ending felt a little rushed. However I did enjoy the author’s writing style and her character development .

I would like to thank Thomas & Mercer & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.

I enjoyed this book very much. It took some time to get to all the facts surrounding the story. I would recommend it to my friends & found myself caught up in the story to a point of feeling the three women involved were real. They start as young girls in boarding school & stay in close touch & are very best friends to the end. You can feel the love between them.

The Promise tells the story of three girls who—while away at boarding school—experience something they decide to keep secret...they Promise to keep secret.

Told through three perspectives (sometimes a fourth) the novel switches back from last to present.

This book is not a mystery nor a thriller. It’s better described as an exploration of guilt and the burden of secrets. It’s a slow moving plot that builds to some intrigue at the very very end.

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This book was amazing!! I read this book in one sitting! Thank you NetGalley for recommending this book to me!

The promise was made when they were 14 years old, but it might be time to break it. Beth is in favor of finding Carol and asking her permission. Sally says drop it. Beth hires a detective to find Carol, while keeping all this a secret from her husband. This secret is tearing her apart and it seems Carol does not want to be found.

It started off on the slow side and picked up a lot of speed towards the end. Thank you NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

I love it when you haven’t read a book from an author you really like for a while, then you discover they have a new book out. You are so excited you want real life to stop for a while so that you can enjoy this without being interrupted!!

When Beth, Sally and Carole meet at a Convent boarding school they become the best of friends, although something bad happens, they keep this secret between themselves for years to come. This will affect the rest of their lives in different ways and will forever haunt them.

The news that the old Convent is going to be demolished and the land built on, panics Beth and Sally. Carole has distanced herself from her friends who are desperate to tell her the news about their old school.

The timeline jumps from when the girls were friends at the school to the present time, where Beth hires a P.I. to find her friend Carole before the school is demolished.

I really enjoyed the friendship side of this book and how a secret shared as a child can seem harmless, but when the lies escalate to keep this secret, it can worm away inside you until it is out in the open!!

There are some unexpected twists that will keep you in suspense and fully absorbed in this story. A must read book that will have you looking for other’s that Teresa Driscoll has written!!

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.

I thoroughly enjoyed Theresa Driscoll’s previous books and was very excited to read this next offering. The intriguing prologue definitely grabbed my attention right away but unfortunately, all that followed didn’t quite work for me.

The characters didn’t really come across as likeable. While this doesn’t alwayd have to be an issue, it was for me in this storyline. I wasn’t able to sympathise with them, never felt like rooting for them and almost stopped caring about trying to find out what their promise was all about.

Nevertheless, Theresa Driscoll does know how to tell a story and I’m sure this will appeal to many other readers. Sadly I’m just not one of them. This will however not stop me from giving her next book a go because I do enjoy her writing style and the way she tackled a plot.

4.5 stars!! This is the first of Teresa Driscoll's books that I have read. I have to say I was absolutely INVOLVED with this story. If I was not actively reading I was most certainly thinking about what was coming next for Beth, Sally, and Carol. The Promise is one of those books that is equal parts horrifying and heartbreaking and yet at the same time something you cannot look away from. My mind was constantly working to figure out what was coming next and each time I was surprised by the actual twists and turns of this book. Driscoll does a great job of keeping her readers on their toes. My only dislike from the book came from a certain twist that I felt was too heavy handed and simply not needed to drive the story to it's conclusion. I will not reveal what it was specifically because I don't put spoilers in my reviews. This book deals with a lot of serious issues that many of us face and is not for the feint of heart. I received an advanced reader's copy through Netgalley.com in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to Netgalley and Teresa Driscoll for the opportunity for this first look at this great new novel.