The Reality of Everything is book 5 in the Flight and Glory series but it totally stands alone! Here are just a few of the reasons I loved this book:
- The setting: The Outer Banks of NC! I lived in NC for years and there is just something unique and gorgeous about the banks. I love reading books set there because I have such vivid images of all the places and things I saw.
- The heroine is a war veteran. I always love books about military heroes, but I especially love to see stories about how female military heroes reacclimate to daily life.
- The hero is a single dad with a cute 5 year old! LOVE it.
What I feel for you isn’t quiet. It’s loud and inconvenient and demands to be said as often as possible
I think that quote sums up so much! First, Morgan is grieving someone who was prominent in previous books in the series, so I really suggest you read in order or you will feel like you are missing something. Readers of the series will break along side Morgan and that makes Jax even more loveable. I'm not a huge fan of the dead first love theme...how could the next love ever NOT feel like a consolation prize?! But, that is all part of what makes the story so emotional. There is just so much baggage. I don't mean that in a bad way-just that both Jax and Morgan have a lot of crap to wade through and process in order to find their HEA.
Since this is part of a series, you have great secondary characters that really help lighten the plot at times. Jax's daughter is great as well. While the story is certainly a tear jerker, its real. There is not fabricated drama for emotional manipulation happening here. Bring tissues. The Reality of Everything is beautifully written and intensely raw (emotionally); readers will gobble up the opportunity to be back in the Flight and Glory world.
- POV: dual 1st
- Tears: yes
- Trope: ex military, single dad
- Triggers: obviously, Morgan is dealing with a death and also her own trauma from being in a war
- Series/Standalone: series
- Cliffhanger: no
- HEA: yes
other romances featuring former military men and women like Lethal Edge by Kaylea Cross, Dream Maker by Kristen Ashley, May Contain Wine by Lani Lynn Vale ...then you will probably like The Reality of Everything!
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