
By: K.L. Grayson & B.T. Urruela
My Copy: Ebook from Publisher
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In a matter
of seconds my entire world changed, and it was in that moment that I stopped
living and simply began to exist.
In my
grief, I sent a letter to the first boy I ever loved. I hoped in writing it I’d
find some peace from the nightmare I was living, some solace in my anger.
I didn’t
expect him to write back. I wasn’t prepared for his words, and I certainly
wasn’t ready for the impact this soldier would have on my life. A deep-rooted
hate transformed into friendship, and then molded into a love like I’d never
known before.
Sergeant
Devin Ulysses Clay did what I couldn’t: he put the shattered pieces of my heart
back together, restoring my faith in humanity and teaching me how to live
again.
But now
that I’m whole, I have a decision to make. Do I return to my life as I knew it
and the fiancé I left behind, or do I walk away from it all for the only man to
ever break my heart?
***
I’ve been
living in hell, but you won’t hear me complain.
These men
depend on me, as I do them, and this brotherhood is the only family I’ve ever
known.
The Army
saved me from a callous mother and a life on the wrong side of the tracks that
was quickly spiraling out of control. So unlike most of the men in my platoon,
going home wasn’t something I longed for.
I was
content overseas, spending my days defending this country that gave me my life
back. Fighting became my new normal … until her.
A letter
from Katie Devora—a letter that I almost didn’t open. Her words put a fire back
inside of me that I didn’t know I’d lost. She gave me hope during a time when I
was fighting every day just to stay alive, and now it’s time I fight for her.
After taking a few moments after finishing this book to collect
my thoughts and dry my tears (yes, tears) I feel like I can fully express all
the emotions that I went through with this beautiful story.
Katie and Devin’s story starts out wonderfully. Young love is so beautiful and they have it,
but not for long. Immediately, Grayson and
Urruela fast-forward you 10 years from
their young love into their “just existing” lives. Katie experiences a loss and out of nowhere,
contacts Devin through a pen-pal program.
It surprises not only Devin to hear from Katie but Katie herself. Then starts the amazing story behind these
two.
I’ll try to be discreet and
not give anything away but I so want to talk to someone about all of this so I
am just going to stick with talking about how I felt while reading Katie and
Devin’s story. Dang, this book kinda
took a toll on me. My emotions were all
over the place; I mean, I cried for Pete’s sake! I was invested in these
characters from the first sentence to the very last and basically walked away
feeling like I lived in Katie and Devin’s shoes. I felt their loss, I felt their despair, and
I felt their love. Separated, these two
characters just walked through life, not really living but together they
created such an astonishing love that all of the dark past was erased and (as
cheesy as it sounds) the sun shined brighter.
They gave each other the will to live, to survive and then another
wrench gets tossed.
And this is where the tears
came. But don’t let this scare you from
reading this book. Everything that you will experience will be absolutely worth
it; I promise.
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