Review: No Flag - An Emotionally Powerful Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2013
My Thoughts:This book was nothing like I first thought it was going to be.  I expected a super sweet and hot romance with some military components thrown in.  I thought it would be a fun read, but not much more then that.  I was so wrong.  This book went places I never expected, had me thinking about things in a deeper way, and kept me glued to my kindle.  That is not to say it did not have the romance component.  It just was so much more than that.Generally speaking, if I like a book with romance it is because I either really relate to one of the characters or one or more of them is someone I wish were a real person so I could know them.  In this case, neither Mike nor Will were that person, yet I could not stop reading about them.  I do not know if it was because they were so different from the people I normally interact with or what, but I was completely sucked into their world.  I found myself getting mad when one of them would do something I did not agree with or cheering one of them on when they finally listened to one of my silent pleas.  It says a lot about an author when she can have me so engaged in a story thatI am reprimanding a character in my head and hoping they listen.The author clearly did her research when it came to military policies as well as the recovery steps/process someone who was injured the way Mike was would endure.  I will be the first to say it was not easy to read in parts.  I cried.  I got angry.  I cried again.  That being said, I am glad I read every single page.  The issues she brings up are real and relevant and were never preachy.  They just were.  I usually avoid such heavy topics, but am so glad I read this book and I am very much looking forward to reading more from this author.