Review: Enjoyable relatable read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 7, 2014
I read the synopsis for this book and was apprehensive at first.  I wasn't sure what to think about a house wife being abducted by a Marine and then them finding each other.  When I opened the book and started reading I couldn't put it down.  I was sucked in from the very beginning.  I have never dealt with PTSD but I can imagine the affect that it has on its victims and their families.  This book did a great job at bringing light into such a dark topic. Not only is the subject of PTSD brought into light but so is being a mother, and wife and how sometimes a mother and a wife can lose themselves in their children and husbands.  The book was relatable in so many ways.  It also really showed that just because you have lived your life one way for so long does not mean that you have to continue to live that way.Jake was born and breed to be a Marine, he knows nothing else.  He has seen things that would haunt any sane person.  A split decision and a snap impulse caused Jake to do something that could land him in jail forever.Liz is a mother, wife and teacher.  Her husband Mike is an ass and has been ignoring Liz for a while, when she runs into Jake on her Sunday morning walk she never imagined that her life would be changed forever.This is a story about love, but it is also about not only finding yourself but finding your soul mate.  Both of these characters have been through hell and back but fought to find themselves in each other.  I had a hard time with Liz's decision at first but then I was able to relate at how she might feel.  Sometimes as mothers we get so caught up in our children's lives that we forget who we were before we had them.  I think that she needed this sabbatical in order to find herself again and to realize that she was worthy of someone's love.This book was very interesting and very detailed.  The author did a great job at describing everything down to the nitty gritty.  I was able to visualize the pain, heart ache, smells, fear and the love that this book was filled with.  This isn't a boy meets girl book, you get more meat and potatoes here.  They are not instantly falling into each others arms but you do get the impression that they both knew from the get go that they needed each other.I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  I was able to relate in many ways and was glad that both Liz and Jake found their happily ever after's.