Review: 4.5 STARS...Really Good!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
I'd never heard of this author, but thought I'd take a 99 cent chance.  Money well spent!  This was a really good book. Well written and quite emotional.  It is part of a series, but there is NO CLIFFHANGER.Jessie is a heartbreaking character.  The things she's endured are absolutely cringe inducing.  She acts out, her way of masking the immense pain, and everyone just writes her off as a worthless troublemaker (including her sister).  Her father (an Army general) is at the forefront of her pain.  But underneath there is a glimmer of the Jessie she wants to be, she just has to find a way to get out.Will is a soldier who is tasked with rescuing Jessie from kidnappers.  He rescues her, then hopes she gets some help and expects to never see her again.  But their shared experience bonds them and Will feels obligated to help her.  Slowly, Will starts to see past the "acting-out" Jessie and sees the pain she's hiding.  He commits himself to doing anything he can to help her.There is romance in this book (slow romance, not insta-love), but it is secondary to the emotional story.  It is dark and painful, but also hopeful.  Have some tissues handy!There were two minor problems I had.  First, I wanted an epilogue, as it ended a little abruptly and I wanted to know how Jessie and Will were doing.  Second, I wanted to know what happened to Noah, there wasn't really any closure there.  After reading the blurb from the next book in the series (Lindsey's story), I think both of these issues will be resolved.  I look forward to the next book.