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A review by labraden
Smoking Hot by Anne Marsh
3.0
Tye Callahan feels the loss of his SEAL teammate, Kade, deeply, especially since he blames himself for not recognizing that the kid in the Afghanistan village was carrying a gun. Tye's summer in Strong, California taking over Kade's smoke jumping job is only part of the reason he is there. Before his death, Kade asked Tye to look after his fiancee, Katie, so he is fulfilling Kade's last wish. Tye knows from Katie's letters to Kade that she is lighthearted and fun, but he doesn't anticipate his attraction to her or the fact that she has not accepted that Kade is gone. However, Tye is determined to make sure that Katie is all right before he moves on.
Smoking Hot brings together many different emotional aspects of what happens when a loved one does not return from war; most of those, however are short-changed in this book. PTSD, art therapy, survivor's guilt, and MIAs are all touched on in this story, but the purpose is clearly the romance between Katie and Tye. That aspect of the story is pretty well developed, making this book worth the read.
Smoking Hot brings together many different emotional aspects of what happens when a loved one does not return from war; most of those, however are short-changed in this book. PTSD, art therapy, survivor's guilt, and MIAs are all touched on in this story, but the purpose is clearly the romance between Katie and Tye. That aspect of the story is pretty well developed, making this book worth the read.