The Reckless Oath We Made

The Reckless Oath We Made | Bryn Greenwood

I got behind on posting my last reviews so here are my last 4-in-1 post! All 4 and 5 ⭐️reads...I actually loved all these books!💛📚😊

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ErinC

Reckless Oath We Made | Bryn Greenwood

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Just finished this one on audio. I liked the full cast and listening to Gentry speak in his Old English rather than reading. Greenwood does a great job of creating dysfunctional stories and characters and still drawing in the reader‘s empathy. My only qualm was Gentry hearing voices as an autistic person. In my experience that isn‘t a trait of those on the spectrum and seemed to portray him as “crazy” rather than different.

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After reading Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things at the recommendation of Ashley and being blown away by its complexity, the questions it posed, and the easy answers it resisted, I was eager to read her follow up, The Reckless Oath We Made. When we chose this one as our Unabridged Book Club choice for February, I was even more thrilled.

As often happens with books I'm really anticipating, then, I kept putting this one off: ⬇

UnabridgedPod I always want to set up the perfect reading situation: no other obligations, the ability just to dive in and not think about anything other than the book at hand. Of course, with a husband, two kids, and myriad other obligations, that reading situation doesn't happen often. Finally, the podcast recording deadline crept up on me, and I just had to start. And I LOVED it. It didn't matter that I had other obligations--I just ignored them ⬇ 4y

UnabridgedPod (well, as much as possible). This wasn't quite a one-sitting read for me, but it's as close to that as a 448-page book can be.⠀
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The novel centers on Zee and Gentry. Zee has made it to her mid twenties through more challenges than anyone should face. Her father died while serving a life term in prison. She had to leave her mother's home because her hoarding drove her out--literally, there is no space for her to sleep. ⬇ 4y

UnabridgedPod Now, she's living with her sister, LaReigne, and her nephew, Marcus, after LaReigne's abusive is imprisoned. Then, LaReigne is kidnapped during a volunteer stint at a jail, and it's up to Zee to help her.⠀
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Gentry is her champion. Seriously. After finding his way to speaking in Middle English to overcome the communication barriers of his autism, Gentry strives to live the life of a knight. And Zee is his lady. ⬇ 4y

UnabridgedPod Sworn to protect her, he joins her quest to save LaReigne and to make sure that Marcus doesn't lose his other parent.⠀
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Yes, that synopsis may sound strange, but this book grabbed me from moment one, and its twists and turns kept my attention. Just as I settled into one opinion about a character, that person would do something to reconsider my thoughts. ⬇ 4y

UnabridgedPod Greenwood wrote another book that made me challenge my every assumption and to think about how much grace, how much forgiveness, people deserve.

Has anyone else read this one? Or Greenwood's other books? What other books have you read that have made you reconsider your opinions? 4y

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Samplergal

Reckless Oath We Made | Bryn Greenwood

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This book will be polarizing. You will love it, as I did, or you will throw it in the DNF pile. Either way, you‘ll admit, this author can write about gritty topics that will reside in your head for a while. ❤️

TheLudicReader You had me at polarizing. 4y

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