Review: Heavy on the plot side
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 23, 2013
Heavy at times military book that gives you a "what if" the military allowed women to have their own ground combat team. Has the political feel of GI Jane, men not wanting the program to succeed, the woman running it going to any lengths whether morally right or wrong to make sure it does even at the cost of the lives of the women.Once the story moves to the jungles of Thailand along with backstabbing and betrayals of higher ranking officers trying to get ahead in their careers there is a love story between Corporal Cathy Fremont, who only joined because of her best friend to look out for her, and Captain Jim Boland. Cathy was a tough as nails woman but also a vulnerable one on the inside from her childhood. Jim too had demons from the past and they are both betrayed by someone they think is a close friend.