Review: A powerful journey of love and conflict
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2012
This book is filled with flawed characters in a conflict filled story. The struggles for each character are tremendous, but there are tender moments woven into this story that will steal your breath. At one point Claire has this thought: He couldn't love her. He loved the woman he thought she was. <--ouch. The story definitely has the characters facing their worst nightmares and shows how the hero/heroine are finally able to get past their hurts and choose to move forward. there are a handful of sexy love scenes that I really enjoyed. The story deals with some terrifying realities in the life of the armed forces.Their story begins sweetly with a kiss before deployment, but then the story jumps to after their return home, where the sweetness of that first kiss is all but forgotten. They each have problems with how the other handled somethings overseas. The quick jump in a few pages from the sweet first kiss, to leaving, to returning home, and now the total dislike was quick. But before long I was up to speed and fully back into the story.I long to read more on the side characters of the first book and I hope Jessica gives us more of the side characters from this book. I'm sure she has a plan and I will most certainly be reading more from her.