Allie is basically a downtrodden young woman who has been told that she's plain and boring so long that she believes it. She tries so hard to please her parents, even entertaining Baxter Hicks, a man that hardly seems capable of loving Allie. Her father's business seems a likely source of his attention. While traveling to the wedding of a friend, Allie meets Walt, a pilot who is home for the wedding as well.
Walt has always had issues talking to women unless they are unavailable. This changes with Allie, who seems to understand him better than anyone else. He not only enjoys her company, he craves more of it. They promise to write and pray for each other.
Misunderstandings and lies cause more problems to their relationship than anything else. This book shows how a little white lie can spiral out of control and cause large rifts. I was so enthralled with this book that I finished it in two days.
I really found the action scenes amazing. The flak descriptions and damage to planes was so real and I could imagine my grandfather going through similar situations. A plane crash was especially relevant, as I got a small taste of what he must have gone through when he got shot down. For those that don't really enjoy planes, the descriptions might get a little tedious, but I personally ate them up.
The characters in the book were wonderful. Amidst the pain and death of war, Walt tries to cling to Allie, and it takes quite a while for these two to admit that they would make a great melody together. There were times that I wanted to wring their necks for not writing something important, saying something that needed to be said, or saying the wrong thing. But honestly, don't we all do that at times? There are two more in this series, A Memory Between Us and Blue Skies Tomorrow. It looks like she is starting a new series, Wings of the Nightingale, with the first installment, With Every Letter, coming out in September. I'll certainly keep tracking her books and hope they come down to my price range!
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