Author: Lauren TrenthamRelease Date: February 5, 2019
Underneath the
romance aspect of the story was a story of strength, unity, and the struggles
of living the life of a "military wife". This element really carried this story and it
kept me flipping the pages. Harper is a
military widow looking for a purpose in life after her husband, Noah, was
killed while he was deployed. Left with
a son, Harper moves back home to grieve and to start life anew. Fast forward five years later and Harper is
going through the motions with life, an unsatisfying job, and a non-existent
love life. Answering a distress call from
a friend living on the military base, Harper visits her old neighborhood where
Noah and she shared before his life was tragically cut short. While visiting her old friend, Harper becomes
curious about the guy that gave her a huge check at Noah's funeral saying that
it was for a "brave award".
She goes out on a mission to find Bennett, Noah's Seal partner and best
friend, to confront him about this huge amount of money. Sparks fly when they finally meet face to
face for the first time.
This book took me
through different emotions and some were good while some were not so good. First off, this book goes back and forth
between the present and the past and I liked that view point of the story. It
allowed me to see how relationships were formed between Noah and Harper and
also Noah and Bennett. I almost wished
that Noah never died because he was a very likable character and he and Harper
had such amazing chemistry. Their young
love was so cute and fresh. This story
carries us through the maturity of Harper and the progress of Noah in the Navy
Seal through the eyes of Bennett. Bennett was solemn character with a tragic
upbringing and a man that was in love with his best friend's wife. He had all of the characteristics of a
military lead in a story such as loneliness, broodiness, and toughness. Overall I liked Bennett and the author did a
great job with the development of his character.
Looking for a way to
help out her fellow military wives, she decides to venture into the coffee
business with the assistance of Bennett.
This is what I loved about Harper, she was compassionate, strong, and ambitious. The compassion and
love that surrounds this group was beautiful and it really brought living
within the military base to the forefront.
In contrast, this
story was missing that emotional connection that I craved. I have to admit that
the relationship between Bennett and Harper sort of put me off. He was vying
for Harper when Noah was alive before he even met her and I didn't like that part
of the story. I loved the progression of
Bennett's and Noah's friendship and I loved the intense, emotional scene of
Noah's last breath. This scene alone saved this book and I loved all of the
characters in the story.
This book was well
written, but as I said before, the
emotional connection to the book was not there. I still recommend this book
because it has a powerful message and the author does a great job with bringing
life in the Military through the pages.
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