Warrior by A.M. Brooks

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Lyric:
I fell in love with him when we were kids.
He promised me forever when we were teenagers.
Months later he leaves me without a care in the world.
One week during senior year was all it took for Colt Street to decide I was no longer what he wanted. Then, just like his brother, Colt took off for the military, leaving the life we longed for, behind.
Eight years later he’s back, and now everything has changed. We’re both not who we once were… and I don’t know if we ever will be.

Colt:
Running into Lyric Taylor again brought back the reality of the situation I put us in all those years ago.
I left when my world came crashing down. Instead of letting her know what was going on, I chose to run, and leave her behind.
This time I won’t make the same mistake.
She’s guarded.
I’m broken.
Now danger is waiting to tear us apart, and I’m ready to put my life on the line.
Whether she accepts it or not, I will always be her warrior.

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File Name:warrior-by-a-m-brooks.epub
Original Title:Warrior: A Salvation Society Novel
Creator:A.M. Brooks
Language:en
Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B093N5BQW1
Publisher:Wild Thorns Press
Date:2021-05-08T16:00:00+00:00
File Size:231.573 KB

Table of Content

1. Title Page
2. Copyright
3. Contents
4. Prologue
5. Chapter 1
6. Chapter 2
7. Chapter 3
8. Chapter 4
9. Chapter 5
10. Chapter 6
11. Chapter 7
12. Chapter 8
13. Chapter 9
14. Chapter 10
15. Chapter 11
16. Chapter 12
17. Chapter 13
18. Chapter 14
19. Chapter 15
20. Chapter 16
21. Chapter 17
22. Chapter 18
23. Chapter 19
24. The Salvation Society
25. Acknowledgments
26. About the author

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Kiley O：

*Spoiler Alert: Some might find this review contains spoilers. While I tried not to do that, it's possible that I couldn't leave important facts out.

Warrior, part of The Salvation Society series, was about 26-year-old Colt Street, a former army sergeant-turned-Cole Security Forces employee, and 26-year-old Dr. Lyric Taylor, the owner of Bluebird Behavioral Testing "BBT", a clinic that worked with the government in deducing the behavior of potential employees.

I decided to condense Colt's and Lyric's childhood, which took up the first nine chapters of the book. Otherwise, this review would be longer than the unending stories some authors like to write. I had to include Zane in the review as well because he played such a significant role throughout their lives.

At age 7, Colt and his BFF Zne, both first graders, watched as the 9/11 attacks flashed across the television screens. Colt's brother Alex, who was 18, decided to join the Marines and fight for his country, just as their father before him had. To Colt, his big brother had become not only a soldier but a hero. A Warrior. Three years later, Lyric's family moved to Colt's neighborhood. On the same day she moved in, Colt's family was told his brother had been KIA. It was also when he and Lyric bonded for the first time, even though they'd never spoken a word to each other. The mere fact that she shed tears over learning he'd lost his brother was enough to seal their connection. It wasn't until 5 to 6 weeks later that they finally met, and that was after Alex's funeral service.

Six years later, Lyric and Colt started dating at the age of 16. A year, Lyric met up with Colt at their special place, where he surprised her with an anniversary "gift". He had carved their initials into the tree where they had first met. That night they agreed to go to the same college after graduation. It was also the night they both lost their V-card to each other. Things changed when they were 18, seniors, and two months from graduating. When he returned, Colt started lying to Lyric. Zane started avoiding her too, so she knew something was wrong. The day before graduation, Lyric caught him in a flat-out lie which made her think Colt was cheating on her. Having been unsuccessful in her attempts to contact him, Colt finally reached out with a message that said they would talk after the graduation ceremony. Several families gathered to celebrate their new graduates, so Colt tried to take Lyric aside to tell her that he had enlisted instead of going to college with her and that he and Zane were leaving in two days. He left the party soon after. When she and Colt met up later, she asked what was to become of their relationship. The only thing he agreed to was writing to each other. Ten weeks later, Lyric knew he was backing off and pushing her away.

The night before she was to leave for college, Lyric ran into Zane, who was home on leave. When he tried to apologize for not telling her, or for not helping Colt tell her, he stuck his foot in his mouth by letting her know that Colt was in town...and hadn't told her. Colt ended up being at the going-away party she had planned to attend. But instead of being there to see her, he was with another girl. When he saw her, it was then that he told her they were over. After leaving the party, she chose to return the following morning to confront him one last time. Except, this time, she found him coming out of a bedroom dressed only in boxers...and the girl from the night before coming out of the same bedroom wearing nothing but the shirt Colt had been wearing the night before. She knew then it was over.

Eight years passed with Colt barely returning to his hometown. This time, he was home for the funeral of a fallen friend. After it was over, Colt went to his father's house for dinner. Although he hadn't seen him in 8 years, his father had been writing to him regularly. Upon entering the house, he saw his nephew for the first time in over 10 years, and his father had made a lot of changes. As he was leaving for the night, his father suggested he avoid the park at all costs. He called Zane, who then told him that a year after he broke things off with Lyric, she had taken an ax to the tree in which he'd carved their initials.

The angst, drama, and conflict in this story were so high that they felt like overkill. So much of it didn't fit, and the plot seemed to meander down too many paths that came to a dead-end. There were too many things going on that had no explanation as to why they were included in the story, or how they pertained to the two main characters. The push/pull between the two main characters was through the roof and, for the most part, unwarranted. It was also true that the spice level was almost non-existent and, when it did put in an appearance, it felt contrived, dull, and boring.

The MMC was decidedly NOT well-developed OR mature. He made snap decisions based on where his emotions were, and he never took into consideration what anyone else thought about it. This held true right up to the final words of the story. Even when the FMC told him she didn't want to start over with him, he put his wants/needs above hers. On the other hand, the FMC went through all of the stages of grieving the lost relationship, and she came out on the other side in better form than what the MMC left her in. She even moved on. Whether or not she remained celibate during their separation was never fully addressed to the reader's satisfaction. Nor was the MMC's celibacy confirmed or denied to any satisfaction.

The author managed to skim over most of what happened in the past and did not allow the reader (or the main characters) to get any real closure on most matters that should have had a simple resolving answer. With all of the information dumbing that went on in this book, it left even more important issues out and felt incomplete because of it. Most of the conflict was out of place and made for a sluggish reading.

The fact that it took the MMC 17 chapters to realize that "I finally have something and someone to be here for" was a major blow and downer, especially as the "someone" happened to be the one person he had all along and tossed aside like yesterday's news.

I only gave this story a three-star rating because there were too many unresolved issues and the book felt incomplete. I went into this book with such high hopes, only to be let down repeatedly. Unfortunately, there were too many questions that remained unanswered, and that's never a good thing in such a book.

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