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Reviewed by Christian Sia for Readers' Favorite
What happens when the one person who matters most in one's life dies, without saying goodbye, in an unlikely kind of way? Kate Masters spent twenty years denying Army scout Ethan Shepherd the one thing he craved — to be the love of her life. Twenty years of courting and when she finally says "yes" to his best friend, his life is brutally taken away while on deployment. The blow is devastating and it plunges Kate into a dark despair that seems to have no cure. Army medic Nick Hunter moves into his best friend's town to uphold a promise he made to Ethan before his death, but the challenges he faces are far worse than what he'd expected. Can he help Kate find a reason to live again? The Day He Went Away by Jennifer Millikin is a compelling romance with powerful themes and memorable characters.
Jennifer Millikin's writing casts the kind of spell that grips readers, with their eyes riveted on the pages. She writes masterfully about two of the powerful emotions humans have to deal with — loss and grief. The story is so human and it sounds so true that readers will find it easy, even natural, to identify and connect with the protagonist. The Day He Went Away has a strong and gripping plot, and readers will want to find out how the protagonist will deal with the devastating loss. Kate is a well-developed character, the very epitome of a grieving soul. The conflict drives the plot in powerful ways and it's so huge that the reader can feel the tension, waiting anxiously for the denouement. Jennifer Millikin is an author that fans of women's fiction and romance should watch out for, a gifted writer with a great skill for character.
