"A beautiful historical romance"
A wonderful mix of history, romance, and drama. Beautifully written and performed perfectly. I'm looking forward to listening to the sequel.
Overall(796)Performance(721)Story(721)
"Equal part educational/heart breaking/entertaining"
Other than what I learned in the movie GI Jane (stop laughing, I was very young when I watched it!), I knew very very little about Navy SEALs and their training, other than they were totally badass. So I found Brandon's upbringing and how it helped him excel at both his Navy career and his Navy SEAL training and career fascinating. I appreciated the balance of technical explanations, funny stories, and brutal honesty. The editing of the audio left something to be desired. There were a handful of sentences that were recorded twice. I did a double take to see if my phone was malfunctioning...it wasn't. But I did enjoy Brandon's personal introductions to each chapter and the bonus stories at the end. Definitely a perk of buying the audio version.All in all, I enjoyed the story (as much as one can enjoy a story that includes real-life accounts of our nation's heroes giving their lives to protect us and our freedom. Because I'll admit to having to pause the book to collect myself. There aren't words strong enough to express the tragedies described in The Red Circle.)
"A beautiful historical romance"
A wonderful mix of history, romance, and drama. Beautifully written and performed perfectly. I'm looking forward to listening to the sequel.
Overall(796)Performance(721)Story(721)
"Equal part educational/heart breaking/entertaining"
Other than what I learned in the movie GI Jane (stop laughing, I was very young when I watched it!), I knew very very little about Navy SEALs and their training, other than they were totally badass. So I found Brandon's upbringing and how it helped him excel at both his Navy career and his Navy SEAL training and career fascinating. I appreciated the balance of technical explanations, funny stories, and 
brutal honesty. The editing of the audio left something to be desired. There were a handful of sentences that were recorded twice. I did a double take to see if my phone was malfunctioning...it wasn't. But I did enjoy Brandon's personal introductions to each chapter and the bonus stories at the end. Definitely a perk of buying the audio version.All in all, I enjoyed the story (as much as one can enjoy a story that includes real-life accounts of our nation's heroes giving their lives to protect us and our freedom. Because I'll admit to having to pause the book to collect myself. There aren't words strong enough to express the tragedies described in The Red Circle.)