Review: Enjoyable
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2014
I'm pretty much a sucker for love stories that involve military or ex-military men. The trauma and suffering that our armed forces personnel go through breaks my heart. I personally think they should be some of the highest paid people in our government, but, I digress. 'Homecoming' is my first story to read by Meredith Daniels, but after reading the description I was definitely interested.Coming home. Not always the easiest thing to do, and certainly not when home is a small town in Georgia. Jack left ten years ago and he's been back very sporadically. Now he's home for six weeks of medical leave after terrorists spent five days interrogating him in Kuwait. Jack is suffering from PTSD along with the physical effects of his torture, including panic attacks and uncontrollable rage. The last people he wants to run into are Stacy, his ex-girlfriend, and Dillon, her brother and Jack's ex best friend. He's also the only person Jack has ever loved. Unbeknownst to Jack, Dillon has loved Jack for years and still feels horrible about the fight he incited the night before Jack left for boot camp. Neither man knows the truth about the other's feelings. But six weeks is a long time. And anything can happen.If Jack and Dillon could've worked their feelings out without additional stress, that would have been perfect. Unfortunately, they had to factor in small town homophobia and bigotry, along with the tenuous and uncomfortable relationship Jack and his father had. There was quite a bit of predictability to this story, its plot and the outcome. However, in my opinion, the author redeemed herself, somewhat, by her overall good writing and pace of the story. I enjoyed it and I can recommend it as an easy read.NOTE: This book was provided by Samhain Publishing for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews