Ok, so I really liked this book. There were some issues (honestly, as a woman who’s been deployed multiple times) as some of the deployment story could be better. The boredom was there and the gym time and exhaustion after long days but the trauma was A LOT and it’s pretty unrealistic that she’d go through all of that without leadership seeing her as high risk and stepping in.
I actually really liked both men, I could see that Kyle was her first ‘love’ and emotionally supported her during her worse days but dang I liked Jake too because he was what she needed to have fun and escape her thoughts. I struggled to move back to Kyle but eventually the feelings felt real and genuine again. The miscommunication was frustrating but it made sense as they were two traumatized people without good coping skills or communication in a relationship….but the resolution took a REALLY long time to get through.
Sex was hot…all around. The emotions and inner dialogue was there with each scene and that made it powerful for me.
Overall I loved it. It’s messy with flawed characters but mostly realistic and very sexy.