The opening is full of action. TJ Dunn,
survives an ambush in Iraq. Crawling across her Up-Armored-HMMWV
(UAH) to get more ammunition, she falls off, breaks her arm, but
survives. The UAH she was on moves forward, is hit and explodes. She
wakes in the hospital to learn that Trent, her fiance has committed
suicide. From there her life shifts into a downward spiral: topless
dancing, manning a suicide hotline and lots of psychotherapy.
The focus on TJ's problems and
concomitant psychotherapy makes the first half of the book rather
slow. I felt we were treated to too many sessions with her therapist.
Plus all the hotline scenes were oriented toward active listening and
dealing with suicidal callers. The pace speeds up at the end of the
book. We get more action as TJ is pursued by the killers.
I found the ending too good to be true,
a twist that didn't work. The book was uneven and disappointing.
Schreck has an interesting character in TJ. She's tough and smart and
tries to fight her way through her problems. However, I felt the plot
was weak and unrealistic, not a good way to showcase her.
I can't recommend this book. I found it
difficult to get through the early chapters and then the ending was
too unrealistic to be appealing. I hoped for something better on the
strength of the action in the prologue.
I reviewed this book for the Amazon
Vine Program.
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