Thanks to St. Martin's Press for the advance copy of this book.

I looooooved reading a book centered around “women can be heroes.” This book is so important to the often-forgotten stories of women veterans.

Part 1 of this book is phenomenal - all the stars. The medical trauma of the Vietnam War was shocking and heartbreaking, and I just keep thinking about it all.

Part 2 showing the effects of the War on the US and veterans got a little unhinged with what I’d say are too many twists to one character, but I still really enjoyed it. Kristin did a fantastic job detailing the desperation of the women veterans and showing the coping mechanisms they used as they were shunned from VAs and told “there were no women in Vietnam.” To experience such tragedy and have so many people dismiss your experience would be absolutely devastating.

This book was very eye-opening to the reality of the Vietnam War, and I’m so glad Kristin chose to tell the story of the women heroes and honestly just insanity & absurdity of the War. She's so good at evoking strong emotion from her readers and I'll be thinking about this book for a long time.