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True Valor (2005)

True Valor (2005)

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1414310633 (ISBN13: 9781414310633)
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tyndale house publishers

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In True Valor, Major Bruce “Striker” Stanton is a parajumper who is not fond of the water. His only living relative is his sister, Jill, who is a civilian dating a Navy Seal, “Wolf” who works with Joe “Bear” Baker from book 1. Jill’s best friend is Wolf’s cousin, Lieutenant Grace “Gracie” Yates who is a fighter pilot with the Navy. After a near death experience, Striker writes her a letter. She gets it before her next deployment and they strike up a relationship by mail.Gracie can’t see how a relationship can survive military separations but starts to fall in love with the man who writes her letters baring his heart and cracking open hers. When her plane goes down in enemy territory, it is Striker who rescues her and finds that he is in love. Now he just has to convince her to take a chance on him.This was not a wishy-washy relationship, on and off type of thing, this is one that blooms over time, distance and real physical threats. I enjoyed the letter writing part of this which is a unique way to tell part of a story and reveal character’s hearts. Again, Dee Henderson gives lots of details about missions and planes and made me realize I would never want to be one of those people flying and trying to land on an aircraft carrier! I felt anxious with every landing! That’s how well they are written.

I tried really hard to like this book as much as the first in the series but I just didn't. There's too much in this book that is disjointed, unconnected and without driving force. Rather than saying that there's anything wrong with this book, I'll say that there wasn't anything right. I never really connected with Bruce or Grace. The relationships between Bruce, Jill, Wolf and Grace, while explained briefly seemed to hint at a backstory not given in this book. The plot meandered through several months (maybe a year?) of the character's lives without having any really antagonist or driving purpose. That's the part that bothered me the most. I like my books to have a climax (at least the fiction ones). Without a proper climax (including a build-up to that climax and a denouement) the book flops around like an invertebrate. Thankfully the rest of Ms. Henderson's books don't suffer from this particular problem. It has enough to recommend it to keep it in my library but it's not one that will get another read through (probably).

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I have read maybe a dozen books by Dee Henderson and loved practically all of them giving them five stars. I did not enjoy True Valor nearly as much. she did not develop her characters enough, it was very surface in terms of their emotions, relationships, and their faith,; the scriptures used in this book did not resonate with me and the constant use of Air Force jargon which I did not understand made it a difficult read. My husband was navy and I have read Henderson's books about submarines, and solar systems and other technical areas with unique jargon and enjoyed them. She touches on some hard issues in this book about laying your life on the line for your country, the impact it has on loved ones, and the controversy of the U.S. entering into warfare in other countries. Yet it seemed almost as impersonal as a newspaper article.
—Melody

I was not as impressed with this book as I was with the first one. It may be my opinions about duel military families (I won't get into most of my military view points right now, not really wanting to offend others), sure I think that they can work out, but the reality of someone living in one area, and the other living somewhere different for a long period of time is just unrealistic to me. Air Force and Navy assignments, plus deployments, and thinking that a marriage can last through letters, come on. The way that things are described in the this book had me saying, "ya right" at times, but it was alright. I also didn't like how they thought it should be God, Country, and then Family. Even in the military when one spouse is required to be gone for a period of time I still think that the Family has a way of being a top priority and should be seen that way. I am excited to read the next book though and see what the new story will be.
—Christy

air force major bruce "striker" stanton has his sights set on navy pilot lt. grace "gracie" yates. he carefully plots out his pursuit of the beautiful blue eyed grace, approaching her at a bbq hosted by a mutual friend, then communicating with her by letters as they are sent of on their seperate missions. he has respect for her toughness, as a girl growing up with a dream to fly she bucked convention to rise up through the ranks and become a capable fighter pilot. bruce's job is as a medic recuing downed pilots or soldiers caught behind enemy lines. their courtship is daunting because of all the miles seperating them and the physical danger they face everyday.[return][return]style characterisics: pacing, clarity, structure, narrative devices, etc.[return]the story alternates points of view, mostly between grace and bruce with mutual friends also getting in on the action. of course with their occupations there is plenty of opportunity for action and adventure scenes. little touches, like the details about bruce's elderly dog, add a realistic touch to the story. [return][return]how good is it?[return]seemed to be about average for books of this type, not much to make it stand out.
—Deb

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