I enjoyed the story but at times the main character annoyed me. It was a quick story and kept my interest. Thanks to Netgalley for the early copy

Adella Shaw has always had to take care of herself. She's never asked for help and doesn't really want it. Now, she really needs help. Her new born daughter needs a good home and a mother. She can't be a mother, she doesn't think she can be a good mother. It's better to give the baby the best chance that she can.
A few months later she learns that her baby is missing. That's when her secret of having a child comes out. She doesn't care, she just needs to find her baby.
She soon learns that help has been available all the time. Her brother the babys father, her Aunt. They have all been their loving her. She just needs to throw down her walls and let people show her their love.
A sweet story of love, and understanding of self.

This was a different story than I was expecting and it’s certainly a strong emotional read. Not the standard missing child mystery I was prepared to read, instead it’s more of a character study of a young woman and her relationship with her parents and the father of her child, Their romance plays a central role and Dell’s history and the choices she makes influences the plot. We can identify with Dell on many of her responses and her development through her pain to understanding makes for an excellent read.

Dell grows up in the town of Blyth feeling like she is always being watched and judged by others. Her mother is beautiful and self-absorbed, while her father, hurt on the job and by Dell's mother leaving him, abuses medications and is mostly checked out. Dell has an older brother who tries to protect her, but Dell still feels alone and the book explores how she handles becoming pregnant.

The description for this book says that it is perfect for fans of Where the Crawdads Sing, and I can see some similarities between these two books. Both books have lonely characters who feel like outsiders, though in Dell's case being alone is more of a choice than it is for Kya. The Fortune Teller's Promise also makes extensive use of nature imagery like Where the Crawdads Sing, and though the landscape feels less integral to the story here, it is still beautifully rendered. Where I think the two differ is in the treatment of the romances in the story. Kelly Heard focuses a lot on the relationship between Dell and the father of her child, and at times that made the story feel a bit more like a romance than I'd expected from the description. The relationship is certainly important to Dell's development as a character, but it plays a much more central role in the story than I would have expected from the description of the book that I read.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and expect many others will too.

Thank you to @netgalley and Bookouture for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The The Fortune Teller's Promise is scheduled for release on October 30.

I like this book it was good overall with a good plot and good solid characters.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book

Thanks to NetGalley and the author,and publisher for a copy of this book.
At first I found the book a bit hard going seemed to be a lot of description about the character's without the plot of the story moving on,but half way through it picked up and made very interesting read,loved the character's all unique in their own way adding mystery as the book progresses.
An enjoyable read.