4.11 AVERAGE

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was mid. I'm not one for military books, or books about military people; if i hadn't needed this book for book bingo, I probably would not have read it. 

it definitely has that "I am obsessed with my romantic partner, and there is a ton of longing" veeerrrry slow burn (10 years!) and lots of flashbacks. Overall a quick read but fairly mediocre.
medium-paced

loved the premise but unfortunately I’m not sure if the author has ever seen / heard two human beings interact with each other before
adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Meh. It's what to expect from Rebecca - military romances, sexy beefed up male protagonist, tortured from ptsd, kills in a war zone and weak to a single woman.

It's fine, but felt like the unevolved version of things we leave unfinished. Alot of the yearning and the romance took place off-the-page, and really needed the epistolary format of things we leave unfinished. Having an active war zone setting also made the story too dramatised and action-led, rather than relationship-led.
emotional hopeful tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Writing: felt stuck/repetitive at times. Not as rich with detail as other Yarros books.
Story: interesting premise. Afghanistan component was most intriguing part of the book.
Narration: getting a little tired of these 2 readers.