Review: One of the best novels I've read this year
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
This is the first book I have read by this author. So glad I did. Only Love is easily in the top 5 books I've read so far this year (so far my total read count is around 130).  It's beautifully written.What I really loved about Only Love was just how complex the story and the characters were. Nothing was easy. Both Jed and Max have their own levels of screwed-upness, though when they manage to not dwell on that, they are so wonderful together. They both have some pretty serious issues, however, and neither of them are particularly good at talking about those issues, so that causes some strain. There was a lot of push and pull with their relationship and added to that was some family drama that would challenge anyone.Jed came back from 14 years in the Army a very damaged man. Physically, he is scarred and is healing from a shattered leg and an illness that started from contaminated water and some days it is all he can do to get out of bed. Mentally, he lost many of his best friends in combat and suffers from PTSD. He's got some healing to do. Max is epileptic. He pretty much keeps to himself and has a very structured life and a service dog named Flo to keep an eye on him and help him when he has seizures. He's got some other issues as well that take a while to come to light and deal with.This story is about their journey to finding and keeping love. It was beautifully done, and I will very likely read it again.