Review: A Journey Worth Taking
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
I was so excited to get to read this book I could hardly wait to begin. As soon as I turned the first page this author packed a whammy with her prologue with my jaw dropping to the floor that oh doggie I really could not get into this one fast enough. One of the other reasons I think too I am easily caught up in this my father was also in the marines and with a son in law now active in the service most any story that has the service in it easy to relate to and if the author has the talent can emphasize also. The author has brought to life Jameson who has survived a bomb but lost his legs with now a long road of a different kind ahead of him. As you read more about this remarkable character who at the time is with his girlfriend Mary-Beth as he does this rehabilitation. It just so happens that his pt therapist is a long time friend named Samantha. Now the author has given Samantha quite the form with developing quite a intriguing character here. By now of course I am totally immersed and it is a good thing I have nowhere to go because this journey is one I plan on completing thanks to the writing talents of this author. So with the web she has created I am like a Invisible miniature on Jameson's shoulder seeing and feeling everything, right there with him when for instance Mary-Beth does a bone head thing like a dear john thing. Samantha being the kind of friend she is though is right there for him but for one little thing is off with her and he means to find out. Funny thing is they both think they are no longer whole and can not be that way again but this author with her ability will change their tune pdq. She accomplishes this all like in real time that you are right there with them through it all. The building of a relationship between these two was in itself worth the read that love can enable any obstacle to be if the two involved really love each other and do it together not apart. To often today when the going gets tough in a relationship one or both walk away to easily like disposable relationships. This story can give hope for better things if love and care are part of the mix. Samantha herself is one amazing woman with what life has delivered her also with the heart warming way love worked for her. The burdens they both carry will be laid by the wayside little by little with you right there to see. So this novel has it all love, humor, sadness ,anger and tears. I so enjoyed seeing how they were after all whole when they are with each other. When I reached the end I was then pleasantly surprised that only a few hours had past but seemed longer since I was in so deep with Jameson and Samantha's story with also then remembering too this was her debut novel but hey if I did not know any better would say she was pulling my leg because this is right up there in style and talent with Robin Carr and others of her caliber.