Review: A strong, emotional story about love and war
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2013
Sergeant Vic Carponti deeply loves his wife, his country, his career and to make people laugh. He has a quick, smart mouth that is always causing him trouble, especially with the higher ranks. He is being deployed to Iraq again and is trying to make light of it to ease his wife's fears, and the fear's of his platoon. Although, he has this very uneasy premonition that things are going to go bad over there. Nicole Carponti loves her husband deeply and does not want him worrying about her while he is in active duty. Just losing her father a few months ago, she is really hoping Vic will get a leave to be with her at Christmas. This was a very powerful story with strong, powerful characters. You really got into their lives and what they endure in war. The loneliness, the heartache, broken bodies and families. She did an amazing job describing the war theater. I got so involved with this book. I laughed, I cried, I got angry and fell in love. The only problem I had with this story was the fact, that usually someone who has lost a limb or any part of one, isn't skipping around another country shortly after getting out of the hospital. I worked for a Prosthetic company that made and fitted prosthesis's, and it is painful with an amputation and takes a long time to heal up for a fitting. A fast, exciting, emotional read. Excellent story!