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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
I really liked this book--it had an interesting collection of storylines that came together well, the sex was well-written and interesting, and I teared up a little at the end. :)
Whoa. Really involved subplots and three to four to boot. Which made up for the somewhat lackluster Central romance. Still, perfectly enjoyable and fine
Tom Paoletti was involved in an accident during a SEAL mission that nearly killed him, or at least nearly put him in a permanent vegetative state. Now he's home and trying to work out what's wrong with his uncle and his lifelong friend and employer; and adding to the confusion is his long running yearning for Dr Kelly Ashton. When he thinks he sees a terrorist he's been chasing for a while, a terrorist assumed dead, his superiors put it down to his head injury, he's not sure, and enlists a motley crew to investigate.
The details about the long-term issues Tom has with the head injury are interesting and add to the character. Malory is great fun and David comes across as a proper geek. I enjoyed the ride
The details about the long-term issues Tom has with the head injury are interesting and add to the character. Malory is great fun and David comes across as a proper geek. I enjoyed the ride
So while I was trapped at the airport for hours waiting for my friends to make it to BWI (WHERE I WASN’T EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE) I read the fourth Troubleshooters book and then IMMEDIATELY freaked out and went in search of book one. Anyway, this story follows Lt. Tom Paoletti who is on mandatory R&R after experiencing a traumatic brain injury that has messed with him. Maybe. Possibly. But it’s also possible he really is seeing a terrorist that is known to the world to be dead. On Tom’s R&R, he gets to spend a lot of time with Dr. Kelly Ashton, the girl next door (LITERALLY, which means you could totally use this book for the next door neighbor square in The Ripped Bodice’s Summer Bingo!) and the woman who got away. There’s also the cutest secondary romance storyline happening with his niece and those parts may have been my favorite of the series. The WWII storyline here is about Tom’s uncle and Kelly’s dad who served together (kinda) in France and wound up behind the Nazi occupied part separated from the Allied Forces. I didn’t super love this storyline, but it was interesting. It did kind of remind me that I really do want to read The Nightingale though.
DNF-ed it. Not sure this was the book for me, though the other reviews seemed positive. I kinda just wanted to hang out with the two ornery (and clearly in love?? idk didn't get that far) grandpas the whole time. Maybe I'll come back to it in the future.
"He was wearing reading glasses, half glasses that made him look completely paradoxical—the intellectual warrior, or the thug librarian."
Okay, Navy SEAL Lieutenant Tom Paoletti is a delight. He's 36, used to have a ponytail but is now balding, is ripped, and can save you from pretty much any disaster, but he'll let you help along the way. Total beta-cinnamon roll wrapped in a SEALs exterior. I thoroughly enjoyed his struggles with his head injury that caused him to doubt his mind, his sanity, and his life choices as he tries to decide if he's actually seeing an infamous international terrorist in his hometown or if he's imagining the whole thing.
This was my first Brockmann and I had a great time reading this story. Her style is a little different than I'm used to. There are THREE love stories to follow, and a huge cast of supporting characters, so I felt a little cheated as I wanted more from all of the stories. Tom's niece Mallory's character ARC was especially great, and I really would have just liked a whole book about her finding her place and her HEA with the comic book drawing "nerd" she falls in love with. Maybe they'll show up again in future novels?
I could have done with less of the flashback scenes about Charles, Joe, and their torrid, emotionally unstable love for the French resistance fighter. At first I was kind of hoping Charles and Joe, WWII vets and heroes, would actually be in love with each other.
Also, spoiler alert,.
Okay, Navy SEAL Lieutenant Tom Paoletti is a delight. He's 36, used to have a ponytail but is now balding, is ripped, and can save you from pretty much any disaster, but he'll let you help along the way. Total beta-cinnamon roll wrapped in a SEALs exterior. I thoroughly enjoyed his struggles with his head injury that caused him to doubt his mind, his sanity, and his life choices as he tries to decide if he's actually seeing an infamous international terrorist in his hometown or if he's imagining the whole thing.
This was my first Brockmann and I had a great time reading this story. Her style is a little different than I'm used to. There are THREE love stories to follow, and a huge cast of supporting characters, so I felt a little cheated as I wanted more from all of the stories. Tom's niece Mallory's character ARC was especially great, and I really would have just liked a whole book about her finding her place and her HEA with the comic book drawing "nerd" she falls in love with. Maybe they'll show up again in future novels?
I could have done with less of the flashback scenes about Charles, Joe, and their torrid, emotionally unstable love for the French resistance fighter. At first I was kind of hoping Charles and Joe, WWII vets and heroes, would actually be in love with each other.
Also, spoiler alert,
Spoiler
I felt Kate got over the "heroic" death of her cancer-riddled father by making sure he was the only one blown up by the terrorist bomb a little too quickly
More of a 3.5/5 stars, truthfully.
I liked the story of Cybele, Joe, and Charles. It was a nice read. The whole book was less suspenseful than I was expecting, which is why it got a lower rating. I'm told that her books further in the series get better, so I'm going to keep going.
I liked the story of Cybele, Joe, and Charles. It was a nice read. The whole book was less suspenseful than I was expecting, which is why it got a lower rating. I'm told that her books further in the series get better, so I'm going to keep going.
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The prologue of this novel starts off with a bang, like literally. Tom Paoletti is in the middle of a terrorist attack and then ends up in a coma. While The Unsung Hero starts with a bang, the story is actually not that action packed. The real story is between Tom and Kelly, two people who loved each other decades ago and still love each other now and are trying to figure out how to survive.
The joys of listening to this as an audiobook is the fact that the multiple POVs were easy to notice and take note of. Usually when I read a book with multiple POVs, as soon as the second point-of-view occurs, I end up confused. What ends up to the confusion throughout this novel is the fact that along with Tom and Kelly’s story, plus Tom’s own story, the two of them have their grandfathers, whom are best friends, are dealing with a secret of their own.
There was a lot going on in The Unsung Hero and while I understand setting up a series, there is a lot going on in this first book. A lot to take in and make note of. In the first 14% of the book, we went through a major traumatic event, were set up for the fact the two main characters were once in love, and still love each other. We were also set up for the fact they grown apart but still have heart eyes for each other, and oh yeah their relatives were involved with some shady things during World War II.
In just the first 14% of the book.
After the mountain of information that Brockmann through at us, the reader, it was interesting to see how she would end up drawing out. While I understand why essentially two books were put together, it was still hard for awhile to get into this book because so much was happening, but finally it all clicked and I finally got into The Unsung Hero. All of those little pieces began to go together and I started to enjoy the book that Brockmann created.
The characters were real, and painful, and made mistakes that made you want to slap them a la Edna Mode from the Incredibles.
I am glad I stuck with this book, because I did almost DNF it, when it got confusing. But then, that moment that everything came together, and it was awesome. Kelly doesn’t tell Tom get away with anything, and Tom doesn’t let Kelly get away with anything. While they missed the moment when they were teens, they are no longer teens and that shows. Kelly also is blunt with Tom, the two of them constantly talk throughout this novel. While it is often at the wrong time, they still talk, and call each other on their bullshit and I loved it. It was a real relationship, even when one of them (Tom) didn’t want a relationship. As much as they talk, they actually don’t talk about the most important aspect: the fact that they both love each other but refuse to tell the other.
While I found the beginning to be bogged down with information and it was a slow book to start, I ended up enjoying this series and would continue on with it!
The prologue of this novel starts off with a bang, like literally. Tom Paoletti is in the middle of a terrorist attack and then ends up in a coma. While The Unsung Hero starts with a bang, the story is actually not that action packed. The real story is between Tom and Kelly, two people who loved each other decades ago and still love each other now and are trying to figure out how to survive.
The joys of listening to this as an audiobook is the fact that the multiple POVs were easy to notice and take note of. Usually when I read a book with multiple POVs, as soon as the second point-of-view occurs, I end up confused. What ends up to the confusion throughout this novel is the fact that along with Tom and Kelly’s story, plus Tom’s own story, the two of them have their grandfathers, whom are best friends, are dealing with a secret of their own.
There was a lot going on in The Unsung Hero and while I understand setting up a series, there is a lot going on in this first book. A lot to take in and make note of. In the first 14% of the book, we went through a major traumatic event, were set up for the fact the two main characters were once in love, and still love each other. We were also set up for the fact they grown apart but still have heart eyes for each other, and oh yeah their relatives were involved with some shady things during World War II.
In just the first 14% of the book.
After the mountain of information that Brockmann through at us, the reader, it was interesting to see how she would end up drawing out. While I understand why essentially two books were put together, it was still hard for awhile to get into this book because so much was happening, but finally it all clicked and I finally got into The Unsung Hero. All of those little pieces began to go together and I started to enjoy the book that Brockmann created.
The characters were real, and painful, and made mistakes that made you want to slap them a la Edna Mode from the Incredibles.
I am glad I stuck with this book, because I did almost DNF it, when it got confusing. But then, that moment that everything came together, and it was awesome. Kelly doesn’t tell Tom get away with anything, and Tom doesn’t let Kelly get away with anything. While they missed the moment when they were teens, they are no longer teens and that shows. Kelly also is blunt with Tom, the two of them constantly talk throughout this novel. While it is often at the wrong time, they still talk, and call each other on their bullshit and I loved it. It was a real relationship, even when one of them (Tom) didn’t want a relationship. As much as they talk, they actually don’t talk about the most important aspect: the fact that they both love each other but refuse to tell the other.
While I found the beginning to be bogged down with information and it was a slow book to start, I ended up enjoying this series and would continue on with it!
medium-paced