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A review by krystafig
Collateral by Ellen Hopkins
4.0
Please read my full review at Born a Booklover.
I really appreciated the "rewind" sections, because they gave the reader a reason to feel something for Ashley and what she was going through. Anyone that has ever fallen in love could relate to what Ashley was going through and immediately connect with her.
At the same time, I was still an outsider to the story, and in being an outsider, it was easy to see the warning signs as Cole's military career changed the very essence of his being and molded him into someone else.
I appreciated that Collateral felt like a real-life love story that could apply to any evolving relationship; not only military couples.
While I fully support the military and believe that they need better help assimilating in to civilian life after their time has been served, I would highly recommend this novel to anyone either in, or considering beginning a relationship with someone in the military. Collateral is real, it is heartbreaking, it is eye-opening, and it is an all too common story.
I really appreciated the "rewind" sections, because they gave the reader a reason to feel something for Ashley and what she was going through. Anyone that has ever fallen in love could relate to what Ashley was going through and immediately connect with her.
At the same time, I was still an outsider to the story, and in being an outsider, it was easy to see the warning signs as Cole's military career changed the very essence of his being and molded him into someone else.
I appreciated that Collateral felt like a real-life love story that could apply to any evolving relationship; not only military couples.
While I fully support the military and believe that they need better help assimilating in to civilian life after their time has been served, I would highly recommend this novel to anyone either in, or considering beginning a relationship with someone in the military. Collateral is real, it is heartbreaking, it is eye-opening, and it is an all too common story.