The blurb promised me a story where ”Kristin Hannah meets Tom Clancy: a thrilling, emotional women’s journey …” but I think this book was let down by its marketing.

This isn’t a thriller or even much of a romance - the romance was quite incidental and could have been left out of the main plot without much change. This was more of a coming of age military fiction perhaps. The military sections were actually pretty good, reflecting the author’s previous experience.

I enjoyed the read but more work was needed on the characters and the romance. The last 50-60 pages of action were good - it was like I finally found the thriller I was promised - just a little too late.

In the end, it was a little amateur but it was mostly cheesy fun given that there was no real danger to our intrepid heroes. 3 stars.