Read by Theme discussion

I started this book last night and I'm about 20% through with it. I had to make myself go to bed last night I was so into it. I'm hoping it will continue to be this interesting.

Anyone else read or reading it?

I really enjoyed this book! I very rarely give a book 5 stars but I think this one deserves it. This is John J Kelley's debut novel but I never felt like I was reading a debut novel. From the moment I first started reading it I was hooked and wanted to know what Joshua was going through and what had happened to him in the war to make him feel as he did.

This book does carry a sad overtone to it throughout the entire book but it is well written so it hits the right note without being overly weepy and lets the story shine through instead of being swallowed up entirely by the sadness. Joshua & Aiden's story together and Joshua's on his own are such a moving story.

The settings and feel of the places the story put in were also very well done, you really get the feel for where they are at without it detracting from what the characters are doing.

Some may not like the way the book transitions back and forth between the two time periods but I thought it was very well done without being confusing.

I am so glad that the theme this month was World War I otherwise this book would have sat on my kindle for a while before I read it and that would have been a real shame.

Thanks for putting this book on my radar. Great review.