Book rec

The book I just read moved me so much, I felt the need to recommend it here.

Wounded, by Jasinda Wilder. You can get it on Amazon here.

The cover is a little misleading (to me), because this isn’t a trope-filled category romance. This is a war book. It’s a book about the effect of war on the soldiers who fight it and the citizens who endure it. It was an amazing account of a soldier named Hunter Lee and an Iraqi prostitute named Rania (or Sabah). The violence was a little hard for me to read, especially the sexual violence. But the author writes so well that I was able to continue.

These characters are SO REAL. The author switches between the hero and heroine’s POVs and sometimes repeats scenes in each POV. Normally, this bugs me in books, but I understand why Wilder does it, because the language barrier hurts our understandings of scenes. When she retells them, we get both sides.

The heroine, Rania, is probably one of my favorite heroines I have read in a long time. She’s strong and smart and loyal and most of all, she’s a survivor. She has never known the kind touch of a man until the hero, Hunter. It’s awesome and beautiful to see her become comfortable with herself and her sexuality because of his kindness.

Just. Uh. Amazing. I loved this book so much. If you check it out, I hope you do, too.

(Just a disclaimer, the book has a lot of violence, including sexual violence, and strong language.)