Author: Jennifer Millikin Date Released: November 10, 2016 Genre: Romance Rating: 4 Stars⭐⭐⭐⭐ I really enjoyed this story. It was real, emotional and raw. The main characters were well developed and the author's descriptive writing was on point. I felt like I was with Katie while she was grieving and while she was struggling to get her life together. I absolutely love second chance romances and this book was a great example of how great they can be. The Day He Went Away is about a young lady named Katie who, ten years later, discovers that she is in love with her best friend, Ethan. While their relationship starts to bloom, Ethan's life is, unfortunately, cut short while he is deployed overseas. Finding it incredibly hard to cope with her best friend's death, Katie goes into a deep depression and loses herself in alcohol. Ethan's soldier in arms friend, Nick, has been assigned the duty of taking care of Katie in the event of Ethan's death. I li...