Briggs,Remember when we parted ways in Germany? It was the day I broke your heart. What you didn’t know was that I was breaking mine too.I thought they’d be enough–my husband and my son. That I’d get home and everything would go back to the way it was . . .Before the war. Before the ambush. Before you.But, no matter how hard I try, I can’t erase the trauma we shared. I can’t seem to forget the … trauma we shared. I can’t seem to forget the way my heart beat in time with yours.
The truth is I’m lost without you.
I thought the nightmare was over when they pulled us from that hole in the ground, but nothing could have prepared me for the war I’d face at home.
I know it’s selfish of me to ask, but, please, I have to see you one last time. . .
All my love,
Scottie
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This was such a good read! Because Kate Stewart is my girl, I went in blind and I was not at all disappointed. This is a powerful book that gives you all the feels. The writing was perfection and the storyline was intense and moving.
This isn’t an easy guy meets girl and they fall in love story. This love is hard and it hurts. It’s complicated, and it’s impossible sometimes. But it’s real, raw, and gut wrenching.
Highly recommend going in blind for this one.
5++*
Wow!
Absolutely fabulous. This author is new to me and I’m am so happy to have read this book and found another new favorite author.
This book is an emotional gut wrenching romance experience. To have found love once is great but twice is aamazing. Then add war to the story and it becomes more complex.
I cried and sobbed for these characters. I felt their pain and heartache. Only a fabulous writer can make you experience what the characters are feeling. I’m grateful for the hea, because I’m not sure my heart could have handled any more sadness.
There are not enough words to describe this story and how perfectly heartbreaking it is. The title Heartbreak Warfare sums it up perfectly. This is one of those stories you will not forget. Its no surprise I see so many other readers recommending it.
If you like angsty romance, military romance, and or love triangles this is a must read. This is such a powerful book that even days later I’m still thinking about it. I’m finding it hard to write a review that will do this book the justice it deserves.
Going to war isn’t an easy thing. It’s hard to leave your family behind and go off into the unknown. While you’re deployed you have to find some way to make the best of it. Making friends with your fellow soldiers certainly help to pass the time. That’s how Katy and Briggs meet, on a military base in Baghdad. After weeks of being there their world is sent into a tailspin by an ambush. What happens next will dig it’s way right into your soul and will break your heart.
All the emotional turmoil this book will put you through is 100% worth it. I’m so glad that I read this story, I just know it will be one to stick with me through the long run.
It’s the perfect title. Heartbreak Warfare. Crushing. Gut-wrenching. Frustrating. Heart-stealing. All words that describe this story. If you like to hurt so good, then Heartbreak Warfare IS the book for you. My heart hurts so bad, yet it is full. HW is the kind of story that will leave you gasping and longing and wishing you could snap your fingers and magically make everything just right for the characters. But it’s not magic. It’s REAL and it’s raw and painful. It’s stunning in it’s heartache though, and I promise you may leave torn, but the amazingly written Katy, Gavin and Briggs, and their exceptionally written story will stay with you. 5++ stars for this piercing book. Give it a chance and you won’t regret it!
So many feels. Such a great story about PTSD and the angst was all over the place. The book was super face paced and left me guessing constantly with which way it was going to turn. I felt for each and every character in this book and I hurt for them.
Heartbreak Warfare by Heather M. Orgeron and Kate Stewart is on sale for only 99 cents right now!! If you haven’t read this gripping story of military love and separation, GET IT NOW!! This story will truly have you sobbing and your heart breaking for the characters during their journey. Heartbreak Warfare is a book that you won’t forget after you’ve read it. I HIGHLY recommend!!
Holy Crap, this story is unbelievably gut wrenching and amazing. This story is so visual, emotional, heartbreaking yet heart warming at the same time.
Watching Katy struggle will hit you and you just want to help her. Soldiers go through so much we are unaware of, and this story doesn’t candy coat it, it’s honest, and raw.
The authors are great at showing how everyone is effected by Katy’s struggles. This book is just so good! Don’t miss out ! Read it as soon as you can!
Ok so This book started out really great , well written kind of playful , big event that was dramatic and awful.
And I even went in knowing there may be some love triangle type action
But I really struggled to like Katy it Briggs ! and given the story revolved around them this was a big down fall.
Even worse was I really loved Gavin and when I realized things weren’t going to in his favor and in favor of keeping their family together at around 60% I struggled to keep going . I did push through but I really wish I didn’t bother . This is not my kind of story and I’m left just feeling sad and angry – if I knew Gavin found something better I’d be much happier haha
So! If I had to describe this book in one word it would be Rollercoaster!
It’s a sad story but there’s more than sad that’s in it! I’m sorry I waited this long to read it but all the loose ends are tied up and I’m satisfied with how it ends.
They go to war with clear ideals, they know the motives. They believe in what they do and don’t question the reasons. And in the blink of an eye, their life changes and they find themselves in a place where nightmares come true, where time is lost and freedom is a vague and distant memory.
A trauma that will bind Scottie and Riggs, making them question every believed they had until that moment. After being rescued, Scottie goes back to her husband and her son. Her plan seems simple: to pick up her relationship where she left off before being deployed and to be the mom she always was. But soon she will find that, maybe, you don’t escape the war. That perfection doesn’t exist and that what it used to be might not be enough anymore.
As she writes to Riggs, “I thought the nightmare was over when they pulled us from that hole in the ground, but nothing could have prepared me for the war I’d face at home.”
Done for! This book shattered my heart into a million tiny pieces. Kate and Heather broke me in the best possible way with Heartbreak Warfare. I ugly cried so hard. The love between Gavin and Katy and Briggs had me completely torn. I wanted to see Katy’s marriage with Gavin work but then I wanted to see her and Briggs live happily ever after, especially with all they had been through. I was extremely satisfied with the ending. I’m a sucker for an HEA, no matter how or why. I definitely recommend reading this book. You’ll be heartbroken the entire time, but it will be well worth it in the end.
This is excellently written book with so much human inner turmoil you just felt everything along with the characters. I enjoyed it very much.
*stares off lost in thought*
I resisted reading this novel for as long as I could. I KNEW after seeing social media blow up over this book that I was going to be torn to pieces while reading it and I can wholeheartedly say that that is the understatement Of. The. YEAR! I think this is one of those novels that you can NOT prepare yourself for. Mentally, physically, EMOTIONALLY….it is IMPOSSIBLE to fathom the turmoil that runs rampant while reading this story, within yourself and the characters. I have NEVER cried this much or this hard while reading a novel before. I repeat, N-E-V-E-R. I was a blubbering mess at times! While reading, I felt too like I was at war. At war with my mind, my heart, my soul! I could literally feel my heart falling apart with every chapter read. It’s nearly indescribable the anguish I was feeling while reading this book.
This story was an extremely HARD journey. It is raw, heartbreaking and real. I will forever be changed because of it. I know I will compare other love triangles I read from now on, to this book.
HW was about finding yourself after an earth shattering experience happens in your life that ultimately alters WHO you are. It is a story about discovery…discovering your strength and will-power you have within. It is about unforeseen circumstances that result in leaving you torn in two…torn between two men. Both of which are deserving of your love and whom love you unconditionally. This story was about picking up the pieces that are YOU and figuring out how to fit those pieces back together, but in a different shape. This story was about finding your happiness again. It may not look how you originally planned, but sometimes life has other plans and you just have to learn to shift with the tides.
“Run far and fast, dance that sexy dance, have that second baby. Smile, Scottie. Lighten up, tell jokes, live a long and happy life, for me.”
“Trust me?” I whisper.
“Always.”
“Still love me?”
“Forever.”
Both of these authors are new to me and after finishing this novel, which is MOST DEFINITELY on my TOP READS of 2018 list, I will be checking out their back-list. If they can produce this much feeling from me in one novel, then I have to know what else they are capable of!
**Be warned, this novel is not for the faint of heart. This book deals with war situations and has some descriptive scenes that were hard to read, but those scenes were part of the story development. At the end of the day, people need to take into account that it is impossible to judge someone’s mental state after an experience such as Katy’s in this novel. She becomes a different woman because of it and she has to find a way back to her new “normal” afterwards. *tears*
I know HW won’t be for everyone, but I still recommend it for the angst lovers out there. If you want a book that will tear you in two, this is that book!
5 stars
This book…….I am hoping as I start writing that words will come because I just don’t know what to say how I feel about this story! Heartbreak Warfare is a military romance, but it’s a twisted love triangle in a way I never anticipated. It made me feel things I never expected and I was conflicted about what was right and what was wrong and I honestly don’t think there is an answer to that! However this book ended I think I would have been happy with how it played out. I was so glad I had a book buddy who had read the book already to vent to as I read, like my own personal counsellor!
Katy is an Army Doctor drafted on her first tour in Baghdad, leaving behind her Army Officer Husband Gavin and 6 year old son. While on tour she is captured alongside her best friend and comrade Briggs as POW’s. Things quickly take a serious turn for the worst and show the dark side of war. In that situation when the only person you have to encourage you to keep fighting when all you want to do is give up, is the person sharing that hell with you, I can understand why feelings develop. When the rescue mission occurs Katy and Briggs have to face life back in the real world, a position they both thought they would never be in again. The Authors portrayed the struggle military personnel face when returning as civilians after war, the PTSD, the loss of discipline and routine, the loss of having people around you that have seen the horrors you have.
The novel as a whole is so compelling, you read through 3 POV’s all of which are needed to completely understand the gravity of each person’s experience of navigating their way through each type of relationship this story explores. Some readers may choose to hate Katy for the choices she makes but I honestly can’t see how, I know I can’t deny I would make the same choices if I had gone through the same hell. My heart hurt for Katy, it broke for Briggs and it bled for Gavin.
Heartbreak Warfare is a beautiful poignant novel that I couldn’t put down. A book with skilful balance between the main antagonists and showed no bias, the fact that I didn’t know how I wanted it to turn out proved that for me. Am I happy with the ending? Heck yes I am! I think it was perfect, did it hurt to get there? absolutely! For me though there is no better compliment for a book, than one that makes me feel so strongly and one I can get lost in and this was that book!
Where does one begin with trying to explain the beauty of this book? Briggs, Scotty (Katy), and Gavin’s emotional story is gripping and healing. I couldn’t but it down, I was lost in their story of how or what was going to happen. It is truly a book for people that love angst, passion and true deep rooted love.
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This book killed me. All the pain, horror, betrayal, heartbreak and finally forgiveness and love. These ladies wrote a book that had me up until the wee hours of the morning, completely captivated by the story that unfolded before my eyes. I don’t even know what else to say, it was phenomenal. Thank you so much for your words!
If I could only sum this book up in one sentence all I would say is… This story is epic and it has to be my favorite of 2018.
Every now and again a book comes along and sticks with you, it takes a few days to shake off, your mind just keeps going there and this for me was THAT BOOK!
Firstly, military romance is not normally my choice of reads but I am so, so, glad I took the plunge.
To be honest, I struggled with were to start with this review so where better I suppose than at the beginning.
The beginning of this journey tells of Katy going to war, to Afghanistan, Katy is a soldier, a mother, and a wife, she also married a soldier and like her father before her she too has the military running through her blood, Katy has always wanted to serve and now does so as a nurse on the field. The story begins with her deployment to Afghanistan.
The first wave of sadness that hit me was Katy leaving her son and husband and then as she fought her own inner battles as she tries to settle in on the army barracks.
Heartbreak Warfare is a telling title, there are so many battles within this book, mental, physical, emotional and I felt every single one of them.
I don’t want to add spoilers to my review, this story is one to be read from how it was intended to be told and not from my words.
Told in the first person by all three main characters, I felt every single one of their fears, emotions, heartache, and battles, the writing of both Katy and Heather is flawless.
Heartbreak Warfare is a complicated story, one were you have to be able to see in color and not black and white, it isn’t for the judgmental. This is a love story some would not understand, a love triangle that you may not comprehend but if you can get it, then, you GET IT!… and you will know that its so much more than that, so much more than just a love triangle, than just choosing who to love or not to love, it isn’t like that at all, so be brave and don’t let that be a hindrance to this epic love story.
Men and women at war, the struggles with what they have seen and endured, HEARTBREAK WARFARE is so much more than a love story and I highly praise these two authors for such an emotional, heartbreaking and unforgettable story, for the images they brought to my mind for the characters I grew to love. It broke me, I won’t lie and all I could think of when I finished was, damn… get me a spoiler group NOW!
All I can say in addition to this is read it, get it, savor this emotional journey.
(4.5 stars) This book had complex characters and a wonderful storyline. Katie’s journey coping with PSTD is covered well and is, at times, hard to read, but for good reasons. You feel for her and sometimes, you flat out dislike her, but you’re meant to because, at times, she dislikes herself. The men in this story are well-written. I was torn over who to root for almost until the end. I really liked the story, but it took me a while to read it. It wasn’t a page-turner for me because I had some trouble connecting with the female character until about halfway through the book. That said, once she got home and went through her PTSD, it helped a lot. I did think it was well-written and overall, a great story.
Heartbreak Warfare by Heather M. Orgeron and Kate Stewart is an emotional, contemporary, slow burn, military romance that features a love triangle. It is told in multiple first-person points of view mostly from Katy and Briggs perspective with a handful of chapters from Gavin’s perspective.
The story follows Staff Sergeant Scott (aka “Katy” or “Scottie”) an Army medic who is away from her husband, Gavin, and six-year-old son while deployed in Baghdad. She and a fellow soldier, Sergeant Briggs, experience a horrific trauma together which bonds them in an intensely emotional way. Upon returning home Katy struggles with navigating life after war, dealing with PTSD, and trying to find “normal” again when she has been forever changed by her wartime experiences. She is riddled with confusion and torn between her feelings for Briggs and Gavin.
Although the story did not end the way I thought it should, I absolutely loved reading it. It grabbed my attention right from the start and had me crying in chapter one as Katy said her goodbyes to her son and husband. I was completely captivated as I read the entire book in one sitting. The story skillfully explores the heartbreaking and ugly realities of war and it’s aftermath along with the effects it has on not only the soldiers but also their families. This gut-wrenching tale totally wrecked me, turning me into a sobbing mess repeatedly. It was beautifully written, emotionally gripping, painfully raw, and thought-provoking. An angst lover’s dream!