Masters’ Promise throws readers back into the post-war setting where women won the gender war against men and now all men on the planet have been enslaved as punishment. Angel is one of the good women who try to protect the men from the abusive women in power who only want to beat and control them. Her own demons are at their peak in this book, especially when she receives a reminder that she cannot protect her men from everything. Will Bret and Angel make it through the trials of this book and Cassie’s continued pressure?
Brett had finally started to come out of his shell with Angel in this book. He has to help nurse her body back to health and then eventually, help her start to heal her own mind. Angel is still nervous about letting Bret into her heart. She doesn’t want to get him hurt and also doesn’t want to give any of her enemies an easy weakness of hers to exploit. These two characters go back and forth romantically a LOT in this story. Every time I thought that they were going to finally give in to one another, they found a new reason why their relationship would be a mistake. Even though I don’t think their relationship is necessarily toxic, but the actions they take hurt each other often. The hurt is almost always done by mistake, but they need to make some real decisions about their relationship QUICKLY. I hope that these decisions hold fast during the next installment of this series.
The side stories in this novel were also quite compelling. I wanted to learn more about Dean and his secrets, as well as a check-in with Jake and Monica to see how they were doing. There was usually enough else going on in the story for me to be entertained outside of the slow-burn romance plot. I can’t discuss too much about these side stories without spoiling anything, but just know that this universe is full of surprises.
When I originally started to read this series with the prequel, I thought that each book was going to cover a different couple in this universe. I feel like so many books focused on Bret and Angel could definitely bring a lot of depth to their relationship, but I am a little concerned about the thought of reading 3 more books just about them. I think changing things up to focus on a different couple could definitely make me more interested in the series. Did I enjoy this book? Yes. Would I read the next one? Maybe. Am I going to read 3 more full books of back and forth between Bret and Angel? No. The setting is great and the plot is amazing, but the repetitive romance between the two main characters will get boring, especially as each book so far has already been over 400 pages long.
I received a copy of this book and this is my voluntary review.
Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 books.
