Review: "Honor", in all its manifestations...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2013
I always find myself trying to open a review of one of Ms. Hill's books with something like, "the most emotional ride"...but then I realize:  her tales are all deeply emotional rides, one way or another.Peter stands out to me, because he embodies "Honour" in every way:  in his love for his country, for his comrades-in-arms, for his Brother Knights, and for his woman...irrespective of what life,or more accurately, war, has handed her.  He is an almost quiet Dom, but utterly unmovable in his determination to make Dana see her self worth, and her worth to him...to them.  He is relentless, but never overbearing or unlikable, and that is because he is truly a good soul, if an iron-willed soul.Dana is not a self pitying whiner.  She could have been, but despite her physical trauma and the life-long effects thereof, she wants what this man is offering.  What she doesn't want is to be dependent.  Her moments of withdrawal are realistic, understandable, and make her determination to kick ass like the old days once she buys into Peter's offer, the hallmark of her true character.  She is one of the strongest submissives...physically, mentally and emotionally...that I have ever read.Together Peter and Dana enhance one another's lives.  Ms. Hill's H/h never "complete" one another...that concept irritates me:  If you need someone to "complete" you, you are neither a character, nor a person I can respect.  What Peter and Dana do, is enhance one another, completely.As always, Ms. Hill's characters and their relationships lead the way.  Their lives, their lifestyles, and the "stuff" each brings to the story are the enhancements.  Peter and Dana are another fine example of the "Hill-approach":  of two people making it work together...their way.  The story is emotional, it is, at times, quite intense, and it is utterly satisfying in that Ms. Hill's method of getting to the ubiquitous HEA, is utterly believable.