Reviewed by Bethany Hemstreet on
Overall, I did like it and it is definitely worth reading. It was just disappointing compared to her others.
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- 6 January, 2018: Reviewed
Collateral
by Ellen Hopkins
Meet Ashley, a graduate student at San Diego State University. She was raised in northern California reading poetry and singing back-up in her best friend's band. The last thing she ever expected was to end up a military wife. But one night, she meets a handsome Marine named Cole. He doesn't match the stereotype of the aggressive military man she'd always presumed to be true; he's passionate and romantic, and he even writes poetry. Their relationship evolves into a deeply felt, sexually-charged love affair that goes on for five years and survives four deployments. Cole desperately wants Ashley to marry him, but when she meets another man, a college professor, with similar professional pursuits and values, she begins to see what life might be like outside the shadow of war.
Overall, I did like it and it is definitely worth reading. It was just disappointing compared to her others.