not finish stopped aboutinto the book,
I love military romances, so that meant that I really wanted to like this book, I ended up putting it down and did not finish reading it, The first part of the book is choppy and feels like it is missing some parts that hold the story together, Feels like you are missing out on something while reading it and left me feeling lost at times, I will try to go back and read this book again at another time, because I really don't like not reading a book all the way to the end,
I received this as a complimentary copy via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review, Retired Marine Viper helo pilot and ground cover expert, Kacey ODonnell is called out of retirement for a special assignment: to assist in extracting the kidnapped daughter of a U.
S. Senator, after an FBI team is betrayed and taken out,
Former SEAL hero Nathan Weatherly looks forward to his new job as Deputy Sheriff in the small, quiet Normal Rockwell town where Kacey grew up, The former lovers have a history she has no desire to revisit, and a dark secret she refuses to share,
With a young girls life at stake, Kacey helps pull Nathans team together for one last assignment, But, she finds it next to impossible to work with Nathan againespecially when she knows he wants so much more, and she has so much to hide, Originally ed For: sitelinkTea and Book
A military suspense novel with more than a few twists, . sitelinkSophia Roslyn brings modern day issue to this fabulous sub series! In today's world we face issues never before faced, In our wars. . it's no longer man vs man, There are brave women who fight those same battles, Side by side with their brothers in arms, Causing them to face the same hardships and consequences and sadly a few more than the men have to face, Sophia Roslyn shares with us the story of just one woman and the man who loves her,
Kacey ODonnell has fought her battles and retired from the military but the war wouldn't leave her alone, Nightmares are the least of her problems, Not only did she run from the man that held her heart she is now running from her memories and suffering severely from PTSD, Literally running on nothing but her strength of character, When her lover finds her and refuses to give up on them Kacey no longer even has the mental ability to deal with him, But when a phone call comes asking her to pull a team together and extract a kidnapped little girl Kacey manages to pretend that she can function,
Nathan Weatherly was on a mission when Kacey disappeared, or rather left the service and him behind, But he refused to accept that it was over, Transferring to her hometown as a deputy sheriff as soon as his tour of duty was over, Nathan is sure he can bring them back together, But when he sees how much she is suffering he is almost lost, Unsure how to deal with such trauma, . And when he is asked to help Kacey find a team and save this wonderful little girl Nathan knows all personal agendas must be put aside, If only life were that easy,
A tough book, . Kacey and Nathan have to fight to find their way back to each other, There was never an issue of lacking love but rather, in Kacey's case an issue of not believing in it anymore, She has lost too much too fast and just can't seem to function,
To see PTSD from a female perspective was raw, . emotionally devastating and incredibly powerful! It's a modern day issue faced by today's woman and made what could have been a good military suspense book into a great one!
Fabulously done! I can't wait to hear more from Ms Roslyn.
Shauni
This review is based on the ARC of Her Special Forces, provided by netgalley and is scheduled to be released on August,Kacey is a Marine Helo pilot who has returned home after her tour after some major happenings in her life.
Her helo crashed while over seas, and her parent were killed in a plane crash, She doesn't have any family and doesn't want to realize that she is suffering from PTSD, She met Nathan on base, He is a steamy SEAL team leader and they have one steamy night off base, When Nathan gets back from an op he finds out she is gone, He follows her to the sleepy little town in New Hampshire and has a heck of a time to convince Kacey that they are good together, In addition to that they are off to rescue a senators kidnapped daughter,
A great book with some suspense and a great romance all tied in together,
I was provided a copy of this book for my honest opinion, Copy received in exchange for an honest review via netgally,
DNF for now at
I had been sort of enjoying this, although as I said in my comments while reading it, despite the use of nautical terms where no nautical term should be, or the constant oh so vague and mysterious references to something having happened in their past, that they both seem to know about so why what exactly happened has to remain a mystery to the reader is beyond me, and really should just be mentioned so I can feel anything for either character, especially the heroine, who is quite clearly suffering from PTSD, but we have no notion why.
But something just put me right off, and it was this:
In talking about anyear old child, and her kidnappers not having returned her despite a ransom having been made, the FBI dude says "Track with me for a moment.
Gemma Mansfield is a very pretty eleven year old Caucasian girl, I hate to be crass, but, at her age, under everyone's watchful eye, let's assume she's still a virgin", . while discussing this fact and that her kidnappers will be spiriting her away to sell her as a highly valuable virgin,
So, not at all suggesting the kidnappers might have done something to her, oh no, suggesting that as the daughter of a high profile man, she is so closely watched, she has not what atyears old gone off the rails and started sleeping around If she was less watched and not the daughter of a rich important man, you could not safely assume she would still be a virgin at
I just do not think the author has thought well enough here about what she is suggesting! It is just a very lazy way of writing something that she has not considered at all how it would be interpreted but if you want to touch upon a sensitive issue ie child trafficking!, then you handle it with care imo not so clumsily it has a reader stopping and thinking "what!" Very awkward and off putting.
I put the book down, re read an old favourite and to be perfectly honest and have inclination to pick this book up again and finish it at his time.
I am partial to a military romance and this enticed as it's twofold we have an exSEAL and an exMarine, Add in the factor that they are exlovers and are thrown back together to rescue the daughter of a Senator who's been kidnapped and I was enticed,
On the whole it was an OK read, I liked Kacey and my heart went out to her and I liked Nathan although some of his speech was way beyond his years my man is in his's and I don't recall him ever calling me my dear!.
And whilst there is some satisfying sexy time between them, some phrases caused a childish snigger or two to pop out the moment is crushed when you read the words
deep babymaking penetration.
It could've flowed better I felt,
But, they have chemistry, Nathan watches out for Kacey, there is some great banter between the SEALs and as farfetched as some of her actions were for her age Gemma was a strong likeable kid.
There were parts I loved and parts I disliked, I certainly wouldn't recommend against reading, it was just an average read for me,.stars.
I received a copy of this via NetGalley for an honest amp unbiased opinion : sitelink blogspot. com/
ARC courtesy of Entangled Publishing in exchange for honest review
This is the first Sophia Roslyn book I've read, also the first Ignite book I've come across from Entangled.
I'm not much of a fan of military romance, but I'm a big fan of badass couples, so the synopsis intrigued me a little bit, since the characters are a marine and a seal.
But then, upon reading the first few pages, I just thought Man, this book is dragging, It was just blah. Kacey O'Donnell, a 'retired' Marine Viper helo pilot finds herself face to face with her former lover, Nathan Weatherly who is a former SEAL He's in her town as the new deputy sheriff and he's determined to get her back.
But she won't let him, or so she says, . .
As I had expected badass couples, I did not enjoy the characters much, Kacey, no matter how badass she is and as much as I love redheads, she isn't exactly a lovable character, She's hardheaded, stubborn and a total pain in the ass, Her character gets somewhat annoying within the push and pull game she plays with Nathan, She hates him, she hates him not, Make up your mind girl
Meanwhile, Nathan Weatherly, . . He's every girl's dream, the guy who will take care of you, watch over you and fend for you, He knows he's ready for a life with Kacey and he's ready to help her no matter what, despite his former lifestyle, being all hard edged and protective, His conviction that Kacey really is the love of his life is definitely what made me like him,
But Kacey's an independent bitch, despite her personal problems including her PTSD, and she thinks she doesn't need a sweetheart like Nathan in her life,
But the whole plot, it seemed that everything just revolved around them, A senator's eleven year old daughter was kidnapped, a ten million dollar ransom, an FBI team wiped out and now it's up to Kacey, Nathan and his former troops to rescue her.
It's action packed and quite thrilling, but everything still revolved around Kacey and Nathan's relationship angst,
What bothered me was the child, Gemma, She's eleven, or rather "turning twelve", And she can drive because she's "too tall for her age", In fact, her character is nothing close to realistic, I don't have against kids who can drive, but the fact that she did not feel any terror or fright upon being kidnapped was not normal at all, Sure, she hates her dad, and as if she doesn't give a care about the slightest mention of her dad, but a normal kid would definitely look for and need home.
However, despite her character's unrealistic manner, she sure intrigued me, and I'm hoping to read an upcoming series about her all grown up,
Another thing that bothered me about the book was the language used to write it, At one point, I thought I was reading a medieval/historic romance novel, Then there's the mention of WiFi and TV cable, then I suddenly remember that I'm supposed to be reading a book set on thest century,
This book was just not my cup of tea, My review may seem negative but I've read a couple of reviews that did enjoy this read, Not everybody is entitled to have the same preferences,
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