Review: Great Book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2014
I love Jessica Scott's books. Once I open them, I can't put them down. What I love especially about her books is how she is able to weave such amazing stories into ordinary, everyday situations. There is no fantasy world. There is no "suspension of belief" needed when reading her books.That said, eveytime I get one of her books, part of me dreads opening them. Why? because of what I stated above. Her books are so real, the stories break my heart. But she always puts it back together.All for you, is Reza's and Emily's story. We've seem glimpses of Reza in the other books. He's been in the Army for a long, long time. It seems it's the only stability he's ever had. it's all he knows. He's been deployed many times, and seen way too many horrible things.Emily is the new psychiatrist on base. She's young and beautiful and somewhat naive to the world Reza and his men live in. She comes from a well to do, snotty family and decided to do something that had meaning to her.I enjoyed the pace of the book. Nothing felt rushed or drawn out. Things seemed to happen right when they needed to. I liked that nothing seemed sugar coated either.I'm not close with anyone in today's military, so I have no means of comparison. These books, especially this one, make me so angry about how the men and women who defend our country, and other countries, are treated. I'm not naive enough to think people like Marshall and his boys don't really exist. I know they do. And it makes me so sad to think they get away with so much.Anyway, I loved this book. Reza and Emily made me laugh, they made me cry, they made me FEEL.