Review: Mark your calendars!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
This is A Coming Home Novella.  It’s a military based story about Vic Carponti and his wife Nicole and how they make it through his deployment.  He is sent to Afghanistan and hopes to be home for Christmas.  As in war, it’s unpredictable and scary. Vic has a witty sense of humor which makes him a good morale leader to his platoon.  His sense of humor will have you laughing out loud at how he can turn any serious conversation into one that ends in giggles.  The love that Nicole and Vic share shows how deep a love for someone can run.  Even with an ocean separating them you can still feel the love.The characters were well developed, entertaining and very relatable to anyone who has been separated from their loved ones for any amount of time.  The story of being based in the Afghanistan war makes it relatable to anyone from our generation you’d have to be living under a rock for it not to be.  The war being the back drop to the story provides the catalyst for the drama that these two characters must go through.  There are so many casualties of war figuratively and physically that this story makes you aware that life is to short and how you handle adversity says a lot about your character.  I would highly recommend this book.  I haven’t read any of her other work but I will be changing that in the near future.  Jessica Scott’s ability to put humor in a situation that is no laughing matter makes this book a pleasure to read.