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Connection Error by Annabeth Albert
5.0
I have loved this series, but this is hands down the best book in it. This book has everything I love in a story! And who would have thought to put a recently injured, PTSD riddled double amputee with an ADHD super geek? Well, Ms. Albert did and they are so, so perfect together. I always love seeing such a broken, ex-military man become whole again. Ms. Albert hit a triple with this book for me as I’m a Navy brat from San Diego, I have an ADHD kid and I’m in IT. And once I picked this book up, there was no way I could put it down.
Ryan is an absolute mess, not that he’ll let anyone see that. He’s living with guilt, depression and PTSD and living in denial by thinking his life will go back to normal. And all that makes him grumpy and he feels unnecessary and unwanted. He’s pretty much blindsided by Josiah and doesn’t quite know what to do with him. But I absolutely love that the chaos and disorder in Josiah’s world actually has a calming effect on Ryan. Josiah is just a little bit of a mess. His ADHD leaves him scattered and extremely exuberant. He feels stupid and inadequate. He’s trying to prove himself to the world and no one thinks he can be the adult he’s striving to be. Ryan’s belief in him and his strength (even though most of it is for show) gives Josiah the strength he needs to believe in himself and prove to everyone else that he can be everything he needs to be…on his own. His out of control personality thrives under Ryan’s controlled personality. They are truly exact opposites that are perfectly made for each other.
There is some pain in this book. I was brought to tears a couple of times. But there is so much goodness that it absolutely is a must read.
We get a few glimpses of previous characters and I’m guessing the next book will be about Kyle and Pike so that should be interesting as neither character really endeared themselves to me. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Albert has for us in the next one!
Ryan is an absolute mess, not that he’ll let anyone see that. He’s living with guilt, depression and PTSD and living in denial by thinking his life will go back to normal. And all that makes him grumpy and he feels unnecessary and unwanted. He’s pretty much blindsided by Josiah and doesn’t quite know what to do with him. But I absolutely love that the chaos and disorder in Josiah’s world actually has a calming effect on Ryan. Josiah is just a little bit of a mess. His ADHD leaves him scattered and extremely exuberant. He feels stupid and inadequate. He’s trying to prove himself to the world and no one thinks he can be the adult he’s striving to be. Ryan’s belief in him and his strength (even though most of it is for show) gives Josiah the strength he needs to believe in himself and prove to everyone else that he can be everything he needs to be…on his own. His out of control personality thrives under Ryan’s controlled personality. They are truly exact opposites that are perfectly made for each other.
There is some pain in this book. I was brought to tears a couple of times. But there is so much goodness that it absolutely is a must read.
We get a few glimpses of previous characters and I’m guessing the next book will be about Kyle and Pike so that should be interesting as neither character really endeared themselves to me. I can’t wait to see what Ms. Albert has for us in the next one!