SUMMARY:
Major Dylan Sarich, knows only one thing: Delta Force. He has dedicated his life to the Army and his country and can’t imagine doing anything else.
Until the unthinkable happens.
During a top-secret operation, Dylan is nearly sent home in a body bag with the rest of his team. With his wounds still fresh and on extended medical leave, Dylan returns to his hometown in Jupiter, Florida to heal his body. However no amount of physical therapy will destroy the demons lurking deep in Dylan’s soul.
Dr. Kinsley Maren is an expert in PTSD and brain trauma. When her neighbor comes to her, begging for help with her son, Kinsley can’t say no, especially when she meets Dylan. She’s certain she can break through the anger and help restore his confidence and mend his broken heart. Only she never expected he’d steal hers.
Until the unthinkable happens.
During a top-secret operation, Dylan is nearly sent home in a body bag with the rest of his team. With his wounds still fresh and on extended medical leave, Dylan returns to his hometown in Jupiter, Florida to heal his body. However no amount of physical therapy will destroy the demons lurking deep in Dylan’s soul.
Dr. Kinsley Maren is an expert in PTSD and brain trauma. When her neighbor comes to her, begging for help with her son, Kinsley can’t say no, especially when she meets Dylan. She’s certain she can break through the anger and help restore his confidence and mend his broken heart. Only she never expected he’d steal hers.
REVIEW:
Even though this is (at least) Book #4 in the series, and I haven't read any previous ones, it wasn't hard at all to pick up on what was going on in the story. There were probably lots of backstory to many of the peripheral characters, but nothing that seemed to impact this tale.
There was not much action (other than Dylan's flashbacks and recollections about a failed military mission that he wasn't allowed to talk about). Mostly this book was just talking and discussing feelings and the like. Which shouldn't come as much of a surprise given that the entire premise was a therapist unofficially helping her neighbor's wounded son work through some issues from his most recent deployment.
In addition to the substantive lack of activity in general, there is a lot of telling rather than showing in this novel. (Still, I enjoyed it more than the previous book by this author that I reviewed [Burning Heart].) Not to mention a LOT of wishy-washy back-and-forth, especially by Dylan, but also Kinsley. Still, it was fairly tolerable, up until the near-ending - where Dylan goes off camping by himself for several days - which was just totally lame. Additionally, the epilogue seemed really forced and tacked on. But at least it had a happy ending.
There was not much action (other than Dylan's flashbacks and recollections about a failed military mission that he wasn't allowed to talk about). Mostly this book was just talking and discussing feelings and the like. Which shouldn't come as much of a surprise given that the entire premise was a therapist unofficially helping her neighbor's wounded son work through some issues from his most recent deployment.
In addition to the substantive lack of activity in general, there is a lot of telling rather than showing in this novel. (Still, I enjoyed it more than the previous book by this author that I reviewed [Burning Heart].) Not to mention a LOT of wishy-washy back-and-forth, especially by Dylan, but also Kinsley. Still, it was fairly tolerable, up until the near-ending - where Dylan goes off camping by himself for several days - which was just totally lame. Additionally, the epilogue seemed really forced and tacked on. But at least it had a happy ending.
I received a free eBook copy of this title from Xpresso Book Tours,
and have willingly provided an honest review.
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