Author: Trish Doller
Year Published: 2012
Series?: standalone novel
Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Military
Format: E-Book (kindle) on loan from a Goodreads user
What's it about?: Travis is a soldier who has returned home after being in Afghanistan for that last year. Fitting back into his old life proves to be more difficult than when he first left, his relationship with his father and brother is strained, his girlfriend is with someone else, and he feels like an outsider around his old friends. Then Travis runs into Harper, a girl he kissed back in middle school, a girl who isn't a big fan of Travis, and things change. Travis likes spending time with Harper, but his problems with post-traumatic stress disorder and his family may tear them apart.
My opinion: I really wanted to like this book, I really did. It had all of the qualities of a great book, but it scratched the surface of what it could have been and didn't delve deep enough. I liked that the perspective was entirely from Travis' point of view, I never got the impression or questioned that it was a woman writing from a man's POV. The book felt very insta-love, and while I felt bad for Travis and everything that happened, the book flew by way too fast and there wasn't any development of most of the other characters. There's not much for me to say because there isn't much about the book that I loved or hated. It was just an okay read. I will say that it did want me to read other military romances in the future, this one just wasn't my cup of tea.
I would give this 2.5 out of 5 stars.
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