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Fighting Redemption
by Kate McCarthy
http://bjsbookblog2.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/blog-tour-and-giveaway-fighting_8.html
ARC received for an honest review
Gut wrenching. Heart breaking. Absolutely beautiful. There are not enough words to describe how I feel about Fighting Redemption. It is everything I could ever want in a book - plus more.
Australian SAS soldier is a broken man. Things have happened in his past that still haunt him today, and he can't let it go.
Finlay is his best friend's younger sister - and the girl who has held his heart since the first day they met in primary school. The woman he can't have. It made my heart ache for him as we watched him love from afar, his feelings changing as he grows older to an eternal flame for her that will never die.
It is hard to write this review without giving any spoilers, as there are so so many wonderful things about Fighting Redemption that I want to scream about it from the rooftop for all to hear!
Ryan has always wanted to be a soldier, and knows as a teenager that when he leaves to join the Army, he is going to have to leave Fin forever, that he needs to move on. It is heartbreaking.
“It’s always the strongest who fall the hardest.”
I can tell you now, you will ugly cry - more than once - while reading
It is 6 years before Ryan and Fin meet again. Fin has moved on with her life, is successful in her career and studies, has been with her boyfriend for a while, and everything seems to be going perfectly.
"For six years I fought every day not to think of you, and I lost, because every day you were all I could see."
But the connection between Ryan and Fin can't be ignored - as much as they need to.
"Even though we've never been together, you've always been mine, and even if I never get to keep you, you'll still be mine."
There were some fantastic secondary characters in this story. Love love love Jake, Fin's brother and Ryan's best friend.
Jake and Ryan's Army friends are also a big part of the story. We see them in both their home environment and also on deployment in the Afghanistan war zone. Ms McCarthy had written these in such a way that you can almost feel the heat and the dust and the tension.
There are so, so many moments in this book that I am still thinking about now, well after finishing, Ryan and Jake, Ryan and Fin. The war scenes. Some letters. Birthday cakes. Deployments. Whales and penguins (I know, sounds random but you will get it when you read).
Even writing this now, I have had to walk away and come back, as I am getting emotional just thinking about this book. This one is going to stick with me for a long time to come.
On another note - thank you to all the service men and women, and their families for all you do for our country.
This book is so different from her other works, and for me it is a stand out.
I read so many books, but every now and again I come across one like this. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE should read this book.
Finding books like Fighting Redemption is the reason I read.
ARC received for an honest review
Gut wrenching. Heart breaking. Absolutely beautiful. There are not enough words to describe how I feel about Fighting Redemption. It is everything I could ever want in a book - plus more.
Australian SAS soldier is a broken man. Things have happened in his past that still haunt him today, and he can't let it go.
Finlay is his best friend's younger sister - and the girl who has held his heart since the first day they met in primary school. The woman he can't have. It made my heart ache for him as we watched him love from afar, his feelings changing as he grows older to an eternal flame for her that will never die.
It is hard to write this review without giving any spoilers, as there are so so many wonderful things about Fighting Redemption that I want to scream about it from the rooftop for all to hear!
Ryan has always wanted to be a soldier, and knows as a teenager that when he leaves to join the Army, he is going to have to leave Fin forever, that he needs to move on. It is heartbreaking.
“It’s always the strongest who fall the hardest.”
I can tell you now, you will ugly cry - more than once - while reading
It is 6 years before Ryan and Fin meet again. Fin has moved on with her life, is successful in her career and studies, has been with her boyfriend for a while, and everything seems to be going perfectly.
"For six years I fought every day not to think of you, and I lost, because every day you were all I could see."
But the connection between Ryan and Fin can't be ignored - as much as they need to.
"Even though we've never been together, you've always been mine, and even if I never get to keep you, you'll still be mine."
There were some fantastic secondary characters in this story. Love love love Jake, Fin's brother and Ryan's best friend.
Jake and Ryan's Army friends are also a big part of the story. We see them in both their home environment and also on deployment in the Afghanistan war zone. Ms McCarthy had written these in such a way that you can almost feel the heat and the dust and the tension.
There are so, so many moments in this book that I am still thinking about now, well after finishing, Ryan and Jake, Ryan and Fin. The war scenes. Some letters. Birthday cakes. Deployments. Whales and penguins (I know, sounds random but you will get it when you read).
Even writing this now, I have had to walk away and come back, as I am getting emotional just thinking about this book. This one is going to stick with me for a long time to come.
On another note - thank you to all the service men and women, and their families for all you do for our country.
This book is so different from her other works, and for me it is a stand out.
I read so many books, but every now and again I come across one like this. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE should read this book.
Finding books like Fighting Redemption is the reason I read.