Book Review: All We Were Promised - Ashton Lattimore

 

 “All We Were Promised” is a debut historical fiction novel by Ashton Lattimore. I will say that the historical research of this book was fantastic. From reading other books, I’ve learned it’s difficult to keep track of the pre-Civil War state rules regarding slavery issues, so that (from what I could gather online) Ms. Lattimore seems to have gotten them correct, I tip my hat. This book combined the heartening and disheartening regarding those times. This book’s beginning seemed to be more character study and setting things up, with the last quarter of the book picking up with action and the worlds of the three main characters merging together. I didn’t find this book a quick read, but for a debut novel it was a good read. Four stars.