Review: Overcoming
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
This is the story that is tied with "Tell It to the Marine" as being my favorite.  This story made me cry both times I have read it and it probably will each time I read it.Brody is our Marine of this story and he is amazing!  Brody is the only one of group that agreed to sign up with Capt. Luke Dexter that is still an active duty Marine.  When Damon tells Brody that Matt can't follow through on the date, he steps up to fill in.Shannon is Brody's date for the night and she is a sculptor that is trying to regain her life after a traumatic event during college.  She begins translating the song that was being perform to Brody without knowing that he was her date.There are so many things that I love about Brody and Shannon.  I love that Brody picked up on Shannon's nerves and figure out that she had been hurt.  I love that he gave the control to Shannon in what happened that night.  I love that he kept building Shannon up and wouldn't allow her to talk bad about herself.  I love that Shannon began to feel more and more comfortable with Brody as the evening went on.  I love that Shannon took that control and used it to help herself feel more confident.  I love that when Shannon finally told Brody to help her, he did.  Like I said, there are so many things that I love about these two.I also love that we find out that Damon lied to Brody and this was his 1NS all along after Brody confessed that he didn't want Shannon to know that he was a stand in.  I LOVE that Matt played along and got Brody to do it thinking he was helping a fellow Marine!!