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Reviews for The best is yet to come : a novel

Kirkus
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In Oceanside, Washington, an injured veteran undergoing court-ordered therapy and community service after a drunken brawl finds purpose as he puts his war-induced demons to rest. John Cade Lincoln Jr. joined the Army after a screaming match with his father, making it clear he wouldn’t be entering law school and joining the family law firm. Fast-forward nearly six years, and Cade is an angry veteran who's still reeling after having been injured and seeing his two best friends die in Afghanistan. He doesn’t want to do physical therapy, and he doesn’t want to go to counseling. When he's arrested following a drunken brawl, the judge—the mother of a vet who took his own life—orders him to do both as well as community service. Hope Goodwin has moved to Oceanside in an attempt to redefine her life after the loss of her twin brother, an Army Ranger, in the Afghan desert. She's a teacher and school counselor, and she gets to know Cade when they end up volunteering at the same animal shelter. A second plotline follows a handful of Hope’s students: Spencer, a geeky computer nerd, is infatuated with Callie, who’s on the dance team and dates the high school quarterback, Scott. Callie’s twin brother, Ben, is also on the football team, and when Callie discovers that he's been using drugs, she convinces Spencer to hack into his computer to try to figure out where they're coming from so she can stop him. Macomber has a staccato writing style that takes some getting used to, and her storytelling leans toward telling rather than showing, with characters who deviate only slightly from archetypes: the wounded vet, the woman who loves him, the lecherous female barfly, the bullying high school quarterback, the beautiful dance-squad girlfriend, the nerdy computer kid, etc. A story that focuses on the idea of redemption through love and understanding. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.


Kirkus
Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

In Oceanside, Washington, an injured veteran undergoing court-ordered therapy and community service after a drunken brawl finds purpose as he puts his war-induced demons to rest.John Cade Lincoln Jr. joined the Army after a screaming match with his father, making it clear he wouldnt be entering law school and joining the family law firm. Fast-forward nearly six years, and Cade is an angry veteran who's still reeling after having been injured and seeing his two best friends die in Afghanistan. He doesnt want to do physical therapy, and he doesnt want to go to counseling. When he's arrested following a drunken brawl, the judgethe mother of a vet who took his own lifeorders him to do both as well as community service. Hope Goodwin has moved to Oceanside in an attempt to redefine her life after the loss of her twin brother, an Army Ranger, in the Afghan desert. She's a teacher and school counselor, and she gets to know Cade when they end up volunteering at the same animal shelter. A second plotline follows a handful of Hopes students: Spencer, a geeky computer nerd, is infatuated with Callie, whos on the dance team and dates the high school quarterback, Scott. Callies twin brother, Ben, is also on the football team, and when Callie discovers that he's been using drugs, she convinces Spencer to hack into his computer to try to figure out where they're coming from so she can stop him. Macomber has a staccato writing style that takes some getting used to, and her storytelling leans toward telling rather than showing, with characters who deviate only slightly from archetypes: the wounded vet, the woman who loves him, the lecherous female barfly, the bullying high school quarterback, the beautiful dance-squad girlfriend, the nerdy computer kid, etc.A story that focuses on the idea of redemption through love and understanding. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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