4.5 stars
We don’t know where to start with this heartbreaking, love-
story. We love ourselves a Military
story, but Between Ghosts by Garrett Leigh is so much more than that.
We first start with Connor Regan a
journalist at the Guardian who has requested to be embedded with an SAS group
in Iraq. He is fighting the ghost of his
dead brother who died under secret circumstances 3 years ago in the same
war. Connor finds himself looking for
pieces of James, trying to figure out who his brother and following his
footsteps has lead him to Charlie-3 company, trying to tell the real story of
war.
Charlie-3 company is a band of brothers, military men who
have been together for over 3-years. Their
leader, Nathanial Thompson - Nat is a career SAS man, finding it harder and
harder to understand the war that they are fighting. Nat is not happy when his company is dumped
with a journalist to babysit, but quickly finds that he wants to protect
Connor, but finds it hard to open pieces of himself that have long been buried.
Military Romance usually stumble on the balance of war and
romance, Between Ghosts finds a perfect balance, showing how these 2 men come
to rely on each other. Garrett Leigh
doesn’t shy away from the realities of this war, in fact uses it to build empathy
for Nat and the team of Charlie-3. You
see that living and working in these conditions could do nothing but harden a
person, and making the relationship between Connor and Nat real, that they can
rely on each other to be real in all the chaos.
The writing of this book also sets it apart from other
Military Romance books, Garret Leigh spends quite a bit of time developing the
other characters, and the personalities of Charlie-3, making you feel like a
part of this family. There isn’t much
softness here, not a traditional romance with touches and looks, but instead
based on a true need to connect to someone, and Connor and Nat fit together beautifully. In the end it leaves you rooting for this
unlikely couple and hoping that even through the blood, pain and tears, Nat and
Connor can find what they both need.
We LOVED this book.
And you will too!
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