Review: It needs a reality check and more military research
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2012
I didn't really care for the first book I read but the glutton that I am, I decided to give this series one more shot. I should have listened to my gut instincts and not wasted my money.Who in their right mind would be celibate for 10 years after having a great sexual ménage relationship? Come on, let's get real. If I were seventeen and going to college, I would still date if only just to forget the guys I left behind.I HATED when Patrick described how it felt when he and Sim shared different women and she blurted out she only slept with the two of them. Please spare me from pathetic women. At the age of 27 years old and she had no one in her life for 10 years. The reality check bounced on this one.She left the small town to make something of herself but the book only went as far as saying she went to vet school...did it take 10 years for her to complete vet school? How did she support herself while she was away? She must have had a job but then did she just up and quit that job to move back to the little town she hates so much? Why didn't she plan ahead and talk to ol' daddy herself? Instead she leaves everything up to mommy dearest which from the sounds of it, didn't have any pull with daddy (doormat comes to mind). Then daddy told her he wouldn't give her a job (Mommy the doormat has no say in this). Which I didn't understand because what over protective dad wouldn't give his daughter a job? This just screamed WRONG on so many levels! Again, SAVE me from pathetic women!I didn't care for the Heroes much either...how can they love the heroine when they share her with a couple of friends? These guys served together in the Navy but Sim was only in for 3 years before he was discharged and Patrick was in for 5 so they didn't know these guys too long. I served in the Navy for 22 years (and 2 wars) and I still have a great friend/battle buddy that I hang out with about once every 9 months or so. What I'm trying to say is I NEVER had sex with him and I most definitely wouldn't offer my girl or boyfriend to share. People who love someone just don't share them with friends even if they did save your life or you theirs. I can understand the Heroes' relationship with the heroine and even embrace it but not these add-ons (friends).I thought I would have something in common with the Heroes since they were in the Navy, I couldn't have been more wrong. There wasn't any Navy lingo to relate to. It seems there wasn't any NAVY (or military) research at all. I'm wondering if the author looked up anything (other than where the current conflict is). After reading this book it would have been better if the author had the Heroes go into the Army or the Marine Corps.  First of all we (in the Navy) are NOT soldiers we are sailors. Always have been always will be. Active duty Navy do not have units (there are some reserve units out there), even the SEALs have teams not units. The SEALs are the only ones that have covert operations and they are not gone for "tours". They are on fast in and out missions. The author mentioned Patrick `spent his leave from boot camp in his Class A's' (which the Navy calls Dress Blues or Dress Whites) or the friends were `seasoned soldiers' and `Iraq and Afghanistan on multiple tours'  or even when they refer to coffee as the `sludge' (no matter how thick the coffee is) it is called Joe (or a cup o' Joe), and another thing,  `got your six' is a term not used in the Navy and the only reason I recognize it was because of the time I spent with the Army (2006-2010 in Heidelberg, Germany). I now work at a VA medical center, and asked a few other Navy veterans if they knew what `got your six' meant and they had no idea...now ALL the Army and Marine Corps veterans knew what that statement meant.I even hated the ending. She was so against ending up married and pushing out kids in the small town....what happens? Yup you guessed it...she even asks the guys to marry her!I'm usually not so nitpicky on details except when it comes to current military. These errors took the pleasure out of reading and I ended up grinding my teeth. This book was deleted as soon as I finished reading it.