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Jasinda Wilder
Book ArchiveContemporaryMolten
War has taken everything from me. My family. My home. My innocence. In a country blasted by war and wracked by economic hardship, a young orphan girl like me has very few options when it comes to survival. Thus, I do what I must to live, to eat, and I try very hard to not consider the cost to my soul. My heart is empty, and my existence brutal.
The one impossibility in my life is love.
And then I meet HIM.
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War is hell. It takes a chunk out of a man's very soul to do the kinds of things war demands of you. You live with fear, you live with guilt, and you live with nightmares. If you haven't been through it, there's no understanding it. War leaves no room for love, no room for tenderness or softness. You gotta be hard, closed off, and ready to fight every moment of every day. Lose focus for a split second, and you're dead.
Now the only thing that can save me is HER.
Maybe this has been said before about Wounded, but they’re not me, and I’m gonna say what I wanna say, dammit. This damn book left my heart wounded. Yes, that sounds cliche. But there’s really no other way to read this book and not be affected deep down in your heart. As with all of Jasinda Wilder’s other books, Wounded is an emotional roller coaster, complete with intense love scenes that are meant to make you feel at some times slightly uncomfortable and other times grateful you get the chance to read them. There are very intense scenes of violence, sexual assault, scenarios of war, and taboo subject matter. This is not a comfortable book to read, but it is one I highly recommend for those of us who enjoy having our emotions shaken. [January 2014]