Ok. It's official, Melanie Hansen writes the best M/M military romances eveeeer.

My God, this was such an enjoyable ride.

Not as anguish as Point of Contact, thank god. I don't think I have structure enough to endure another one just yet.

Anyway, this one's focused more on the romance and it's gorgeous.

Carey and Jase are best friends. They served together in the marines until Carey gets hurt in combat and have his leg shredded by shrapnel. Jase, army paramedic at the time, is able to save Carey's life but not his leg. Their friendship remains strong after both get discharged and that's when their story begins. You see, Jase has always loved Carey, but Carey has always been straight until one day he wasn't...

I can't stress enough how dreamy Jase is, outgoing, patient, caring, understanding, supportive. But don't worry, he's not perfect, he has his bad sides too.

On the other hand, Carey is quiet, serious, stubborn and set on his ways. He struggles a lot with accepting things how they are instead of how he thinks they should be. I totally understand him, though. He has his mind set on how his life should look like, he has expectations for himself and thinks marrying a woman and having a conventional relationship and family is what's right for him.

I know what you are thinking "argh, another closet case. He's going to be hot and cold and in denial until the very end". Well, there's a little bit of that, but honestly, most of the book is about Carey and Jase building this new relationship between them. And there's plenty of hot, caring, loving times.   

It's an extremely well done GFY, I'll tell you that. The sex is smoking hot and the transition from friendship to love is delicious.

I'm not gonna lie, though. I felt strong urges to shake the hell out of Carey sometimes.

I really love their background and how that impact their personalities and choices, it made the character have more depth. You see, Carey frustrated me, but I could understand him. He's a foster care kid, used to care for himself and not share his burdens, feelings and thoughts with anyone. So yeah, I could totally see why he acted the way he did. Same goes for Jase, he's open and caring because he had a good structure growing up, a close family, caring and understanding. So he put himself out there with more ease than Carey.

I loved them both together and as individuals, loved the sided characters too, and absolutely adored this story.

While I was reading, Oceans by Seafret began playing and became my own soundtrack for this book. There's so much longing and love in this song that fits perfectly with the story.

Good read for you, guys.