Review: Love, love, love it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2014
Rarely am I ever this effusive when sharing a review.  This is a contemporary new adult romance with a universal message.  One of the best reads for me so far in 2014.December (Ember) Howard is a 20 year old college student with old soul, possesses so much maturity but still has the young adult angst about what to do.  Her family receives word that her father has been killed in action in Afghanistan.  Her mother immediately realizes this when there's knocking on their front door one early morning.  Her mom becomes unglued and unhinged upon receiving this news.  It's up to Ember to keep her family together - this includes her 17 year old sister, April and 7 year old brother, Gus, along with the help of her Grams who's experienced more than her fair share of loss to loved ones to a war.  And because of this, Ember swears she'll never fall in love with a soldier.While this is happening, her jerk face of a boyfriend, Riley has their lives planned - she's to become a teacher and he's to become a lawyer with an eye on politics, even though Ember loves history.  She gives up her aspirations to fit into Riley's life plan with little realization of what's she doing because she thinks he's her future.  Little is she aware of what Riley's been doing behind her back for the last year with her supposed best friend, Kayla.  As this unfolds, Josh Walker, her high school crush, enters her life on the day she receives the news of her father's death.  Josh becomes the glue that holds Ember and her family together.  Josh is her little brother's ice hockey coach.  Ember never realized how much Josh admired and respected her during their high school years even though he was ahead of her by three years.  In truth, Ember was the girl Josh thought he could never have or deserve.Ember and Josh's story comes full circle due to Josh's history with her dad and in a indirect way, his relationship with Gus as well.  Since there's a lot going on in Full Measures, the way Rebecca Yarros weaves her words together - that's what makes this story so plausible.  The depth of emotion in this story that makes you forget that Ember is 20 years old and Josh is 23 years old.  It's an awesome story and as a mature woman who has read a few "new adult romances", it's definitely one of the most intelligent ones written.  I will definitely re-read this for sure.Buy it, read it with a box of tissues - you won't be sorry!