Words I Write Crazy: Dark Side of Valor: Review

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Dark Side of Valor: Review

From Goodreads:
A child advocate and a mercenary must work together to overcome their past losses and save both of their lives and hearts.

Lelia Freeman created a life for herself after growing up homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. When the horror has passed, Lelia vows to make a better life.

Now, Lelia spends her life trying to save children. As the director of ChildSafe Shelters, she is summoned to Washington and asked to serve on a committee that aids the children of a war-torn African nation. Life takes a dramatic turn when Lelia uncovers terrible corruption and is kidnapped for her knowledge.

Her fate is in the hands of Elijah Dune, a mercenary stuck in the past. Haunted by the loss of his daughter, Elijah is the only one who can save Lelia—but he believes she is to blame for his daughter's death.

Dark Side of Valor delves into the destructive forces of guilt and revenge as two people are connected by their love for a lost little girl.

My Review:
So yeah, if you are someone who gets easily frustrated by injustice, then this book will be hard for you to read. On a scale of 1 to 10, ten being the most frustrated, I think I'm about a 7 or 8. So I'm speaking from experience!

Because, man, the injustices in this book, are just too numerous to name. Children are the future, and yet they were being treated so poorly by the bad guys, that was really hard to read. Children aren't supposed to be treated that way!

So his daughter, the one that he thinks that Lelia failed, and how Lelia felt about her, well, we know they were thinking of the same girl, or maybe we didn't, but find out, because yeah, that girl was important to the both of them!

Really enjoyed how it ended, how they worked together, and got out of there, found safety, and feel in love along the journey! That just made everything all the more sweeter! Just great characters, with a really fantastic plot!

I enjoyed this book, just so much!

Author: Alicia Singleton
Read: August 26th, 2012
Source: Pump Up Your Books Virtual Tour Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded like a great book!
Publisher: Strebor Books
Published: February 27th 2012

5/5 Hearts

4.5/5 Books

4.5/5 Stars

Bio:
Born and raised in Philadelphia, the Howard University graduate embraced the written word at an early age. She credits this to her loving, older sister whom, while they were youngsters, made the author eat lotion on a regular basis. Realizing the need to sound-out the ingredients on the lotion label, Alicia stopped the lotion-eating practice, but continued to read the labels of the concoctions her sister brought for her to try. This early necessity to read flowered to a passion; hence, a writer was born.The award winning author resides in Maryland with her wonderful husband and son. Still an avid reader, label or otherwise, Alicia is hard at work completing her next suspense novel.Her latest book is the suspense novel, Dark Side of Valor.

Visit Alicia’s website at www.aliciasingleton.com.

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