Review: This is a book you won't be able to put down, you won't be able to do anything but read, LOVE Trent & Laura
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
Back To You by Jessica ScottMy heart raced most of the book.Trent knows he has made mistakes and it is costing him his family. He almost died while deployed, well technically he did die; and he couldn't cope with life at home so he volunteered to go back to war. Laura loves Trent with all her heart but why would the man she loves volunteer to return to war over and over and leave his family behind? He must not love them anymore; she can't understand but knows she must move forward so she files for divorce.Trent was a character in Because of You that I barely noticed. He was important to the plot but I was not very vested in his character. I wasn't even sure if I would like a whole book with him as the main character. How wrong I was. There is so much more to Trent, he kept so many things from his wife and friends. I became enamored with his glasses and how they became a telling point in many scenes. I enjoyed his scenes with the children as much as the ones with his best friends Shane and Vic. By the end of the book I found myself hoping we would see more of Trent in other books of the series - and actually considering begging Jessica Scott for a novella about this great couple.Laura is a great contemporary heroine. I enjoyed how she did not automatically jump back into Trent's arms; that she considered what their future would be like. Her tenderness with Trent was amazing and actually served to calm me during tense scenes in the book as well. Her independence was great, she showed that spouses of deployed military personnel must take on many roles during a deployment.Jessica Scott writes from a unique point of view. She HAS the military experience from both sides. She has been deployed leaving family behind, and she has been home when her husband has been deployed. I think this gives her books an edge, a sort of realism I haven't read in any other book. Her books are wonderful stories; they are romances, but not all roses, flowers and champagne. They have gritty feelings, angst, realistic dialogue and complex situations that need more than a page to resolve.While this book could serve fine as a stand alone book; however I think it is best enjoyed if you read Because Of You and Anything For You first. Block off some time when you get this book; I myself could not put it down - I couldn't sleep so I just got up and finished it with only 3 hours sleep! You will laugh (come on Vic is in this book!), you will cry (some of those happy tears) and your heart will ache. It is that good!