Title: HALLOWED GROUND
Author: Rebecca Yarros
Source: eARC from author for review & bought kindle ebook
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There are some debts you can’t repay.
Josh Walker is loyal, reckless, and every girl’s dream. But he only has
eyes for December Howard, the girl he's craved since his high school hockey
days. Together they have survived grief, the military, distance, and time as
they’ve fought for stolen weekends between his post at Ft. Rucker and her college
at Vanderbilt. Now that Josh is a medevac pilot and Ember is headed toward
graduation, they’re moving on—and in—together.
Ember never wanted the Army life, but loving Josh means accepting whatever
the army dictates—even when that means saying goodbye as Josh heads to
Afghanistan, a country that nearly killed him once before and that took her
father. But filling their last days together with love, passion, and plans for
their future doesn’t temper Ember’s fear, and if there’s one thing she’s
learned from her father’s death, it’s that there are some obstacles even love
can’t conquer.
Flight school is over.
This is war.
My take...
Here was my salvation.
December was my saving grace.
***
Little did Josh and Ember know, but the
real war would begin the moment he returned home from it. Fighting every day to
remain sane and go one hour without the guilt crushing in on him. Working
tirelessly to make others believe you really are ok when you say "I’m
fine." Will their love be able to survive or will they become casualties
themselves?
I will be the first to admit I have no
real connection to the army life and war. But since I know this author does and
has lived this life day after day, I am confident that the way this story
unfolds is as close to real as it gets. So let me just take a moment and say
thank you to those of you who are serving, those of you who have loved ones
serving and those of you who are holding down the fort back here at home. You
guys deserve all the love and prayers! Thank you!!
***
Holding her was so easy when the world
around us got too complicated. Everything else slipped away until I was left
with the simple, incorruptible truth that I would always love December Howard.
I just prayed my love wouldn't destroy
her.
***
So, back to the book. I'm going to tell
you something crucial. Something you must listen to very closely to. Have.
Tissues. On. Hand. That's it. Because I bawled about every other chapter.
Especially around the 20% mark and most definitely around the 70% mark. I was a
blubbering, hot mess. I was surprised I could read through my blurry, tear
filled eyes. So much pain flows through this book. It isn't all romance and
rainbows. It's gritty and raw and torn open, broken hearts. And sometimes there
is the sweet and beautiful here and there. But most of all it is real.
Heart-wrenchingly real.
Most definitely one of my favorite books
so far this year. Yeah, I am only a few reads in, but this book spoke a million
words to me. It has me looking at our world in a whole new light. Thank you,
Yarros for this one. 5 Gut you from the inside out Stars!
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