⛰️ 🧗🏻♀️ 🧗🏻♂️ 🚑 The Way of the Brave 🚑 🧗🏻♂️ 🧗🏻♀️ ⛰️ (2020) [Global Search and Rescue #1] - Book Review
MY REVIEW
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Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Revell (January 7, 2020)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0800735846
- ISBN-13: 978-0800735845
“Former pararescue
jumper Orion Starr is haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong. He may be
living alone in Alaska now, but the pain of his failure--and his injuries--has
followed him there from Afghanistan. He has no desire to join Hamilton Jones's
elite rescue team, but he also can't shirk his duty when the call comes in to
rescue three lost climbers on Denali.
Former CIA profiler and psychiatrist Jenny Calhoun's yearly extreme challenge with her best friends is her only escape from the guilt that has sunk its claws into her. As a consultant during a top-secret mission to root out the Taliban, she green-lighted an operation that ended in ambush and lives lost. When her cathartic climb on Denali turns deadly, she'll be forced to trust her life and the lives of her friends to the most dangerous of heroes--the man she nearly killed.
Her skills and his experience are exactly what's needed to prevent another tragedy--but in order to truly set Orion free from his painful past, Jenny will have to reveal hers. They'll have to put their wounds behind them to survive, but at what cost?”
Former CIA profiler and psychiatrist Jenny Calhoun's yearly extreme challenge with her best friends is her only escape from the guilt that has sunk its claws into her. As a consultant during a top-secret mission to root out the Taliban, she green-lighted an operation that ended in ambush and lives lost. When her cathartic climb on Denali turns deadly, she'll be forced to trust her life and the lives of her friends to the most dangerous of heroes--the man she nearly killed.
Her skills and his experience are exactly what's needed to prevent another tragedy--but in order to truly set Orion free from his painful past, Jenny will have to reveal hers. They'll have to put their wounds behind them to survive, but at what cost?”
Thank you in advance to Revell Books for providing a review copy. A positive review was not required, and all words are my own.
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While I got a copy of a Susan May Warren book
from Tyndale’s rewards program late last year, this book –“Way of the Brave” –
is the first one I’ve read by her.
“Way of the Brave” is the first in the Global
Search and Rescue series. The cover is striking and draw attention to itself
right off. You can’t help but notice it. It definitely fit with the theme of
the book and somewhat adds a level of excitement and adventure before I opened
the book.
Written in third person from the Orion/Jenny
and Jake/Aria/Sasha perspectives, this story focuses on the characters of Orion
Starr a former military para-rescue jumper (PJ) and former CIA profiler and
psychiatrist Jenny Calhoun. Despite the years since they last saw each other ... she keeps hearing him say he would find her.
With that promise, this action packed novel
takes off. The action starts about the third chapter and goes until the very
last. It doesn’t stop. I felt like I was on an emotional roller coaster and
even held my breath at a few points. It was an “edge of the seat” feeling,
almost like it was a movie. The writer has a very vivid way of writing this in
that it felt real in the “life or death” manner as I was reading it.
While categorized as a contemporary romance in
the Christian theme (according to the bar code), it felt more like an
adventure/suspense novel to me, especially with the rescue. During the rescue,
which was about 90% of the book, there wasn’t too much time for romance. Inside
with the copyright information – it did list it as “suspense”.
This book has a LOT of climbing references such
as equipment, maneuvers, and other jargon. This fit very well with them theme
of the book. I will admit that the unfamiliarity with the terms threw me. It
would be an understatement to say this is well-written – perhaps TOO well
written. This can be a challenge for those unfamiliar with technical terms.
However, I was able to read between that for
the heart of the story. And, this is a story with a lot of heart.
I kept wanting to pick it up and read it. I
definitely want to read the rest of the series. I also want to seek out her
novels.
Since this is a Christian-themed read, there
are strong references to biblical passages, God, and faith. There are moments of
redemption as well.
For those who might enjoy climbing, mountain sports,
search and rescue, or military reads – this would be one to put on the radar.
RATING:
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –
Goodreads
5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –
Bookbub
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ –
Personal Rating (see rating explanation in this blog: https://readingexcursions.blogspot.com/2020/01/rating-system-2020-changes.html)
SUSAN MAY WARREN is a USA Today bestselling author with more than 1 million books sold. Winner of a RITA Award and multiple Christy and Carol Awards, as well as the HOLT Medallion and numerous Readers' Choice Awards, Susan makes her home in Minnesota. Find her online at www.susanmaywarren.com, on Facebook @SusanMayWarrenFiction, and on Twitter @susanmaywarren.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
SUSAN MAY WARREN is a USA Today bestselling author with more than 1 million books sold. Winner of a RITA Award and multiple Christy and Carol Awards, as well as the HOLT Medallion and numerous Readers' Choice Awards, Susan makes her home in Minnesota. Find her online at www.susanmaywarren.com, on Facebook @SusanMayWarrenFiction, and on Twitter @susanmaywarren.
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