Rating:  4 stars out of 5

 

Robert Saddler is drowning in debt, so he decides to join the United States Army. His aim is to experience the world but also make some money to pay off his college debts and get a GI Loan to further his education. After basic training, he’s deployed to Germany, where he joins a unit where his skills as a draftsman are in demand. He also has to serve as driver to First Lieutenant Tony Stryker.

 

Tony Stryker is not an easy man to get along with. The word in the barracks is that he is a spoiled brat. Their first encounter isn’t auspicious, but once the two men get to know each other better, things improve drastically.

 

Tony is a career Army man, but Robert eventually wants to go back to San Francisco to study architecture. What will happen to their budding relationship when Robert’s tour of duty ends in eighteen months?

 

This was a nice story.  Robert and Tony meet Robert’s first day of deployment in Germany and things don’t get off to a great start.  The next day is even worse until Robert snaps back at Tony for his attitude.  Unfortunately they both know there is an end date to their time together.  Tony is probably the only pacifist army lieutenant to exist and it takes him getting the courage to speak to his father (another career army man) for their future to be possible.

 

This story is told from Robert’s point of view which helps show how hard Tony is to get to know (as everyone in barracks says).  They open up with each other when they are stranded away from base during a storm and have to stay in a hotel overnight.  I liked the fact that they became good friends before anything is a big help to making it a last relationship.

 

The cover art is cute and shows the characters connections to each other.

 

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Book Details:

ebook, 86 pages

Published: November 12, 2016 by JMS Books

ISBN: 9781634862233

Edition Language: English