Review: LOVED this book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2014
In His Sights is a spinoff novella from the Don’t Tell Series.  I will be honest with you, I have not read the first book, In His Command, but after this novella I certainly intend to.  The beginning of the book was a bit confusing for me so let me give you a little background that was provided at the end of the book.  The year is 2070 and the world had been annihilated by catastrophic environmental events.  There were two groups fighting for power and control, the first group the Freelanders, also called Nomad and the second group was called the Alpha, also known as the Corps.Mayce was a leader in the Corps, he had been taught that the Nomads were vermin and should be gathered and killed.  One day during a raid he came across Timothy who was a young man that really had no business being in any military and his leader Hawke.  When he had the chance to kill them he decided to take Tim instead.  Hawke stood up and negotiated that he would go with Mayce instead, saving Tim from certain death.  Once Mayce had Hawke alone he discovered that Hawke was indeed a homosexual.  The Corps rule was all homosexuals were to be killed so their kind wouldn’t be allowed to spread across the country.Hawke refused to hide who he was and once he admitted that yes he was gay he became aware that Mayce was exploring his gay side.  Not having been with a man before Mayce and Hawke began a journey that would lead them to falling in love.  The rest of this story was about how they pretended to be bitter enemies and then secretly find each other for a few hours of comfort and love before strapping on the weapons and going back to war. When that wasn’t enough for them they had to decide if one would be willing to leave what they grew up believing and join the other across the battle lines.  Living in fear regarding the safety of each other was beginning to wear them down and making them not as sharp as they needed to be for their own survival.What I loved about this story was the message it brought to light.  Just as in society homosexuals are still seen as a disease that can be cured, while there is another whole group of people going to war to dispel that belief. When the time came that Mayce and Hawke had to trust in their love enough to break the traditional rules, it was going to take a lot of courage and trust that the other side would accept the new comer.  Would the group of people be willing to allow this stranger who fought and killed for the enemy into their lives all because of the happiness of one of their members?The writing style was wonderful, while there were a lot of military jargon it wasn’t overdone and to advance for the reader to understand.  The characters were so well developed and realistic it was easy for the reader to put themselves in those shoes and feel the heart agonizing decisions that was going to have to be made.  The torment that one will see the other go through was written so well, it felt like I needed to leave because I couldn’t stand to see so much pain and helplessness.  I certainly need to get the first book in this series now along with her other books that she has out.  If you read this book, please allow yourself to fully invest in this story and look around your world to see what you can do to help bridge the gap in our society.  This book doesn’t come to only entertain, it comes to serve a message that there is more all of us can do to encourage peace and get rid of the false beliefs that destroy others.