Title: Yours, Johnny
Author: Hollis Shiloh
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella (63 pages)
ISBN: B00DV8TZ5O
Publisher: Spare Words Press (July 10th, 2013)
Heat Level: Low
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts
Reviewer: Cat
Blurb:Two young men start writing to one another–one a civilian, the other a soldier struggling with his life in Vietnam.
Pen pals become something more as the boys discover things about themselves and each other through their letters and their lives.
A love story.
Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/Yours-Johnny-Hollis-Shiloh-ebook/dp/B00DV8TZ5O
Review: This was a very poignant story. It is mostly written as letters to and from a soldier in Vietnam. The time is the Vietnam War era so homosexuality is still pretty much a secret. The story starts out a young girls is writing a soldier soon her brother takes over for her. He and the Soldier form a friendship and bond. This story will bring tears to your eyes. I loved when he told the little girl not to open the letters to Dear John.
I loved both men. Daniel and John, while very different, they were both struggling with the same secrets and feelings.
As short as this story is it has a couple twists and turns that left me surprised and with tears.
If you like short, sad, bittersweet, stories about fining sexuality, coming out, friends to lovers, Vietnam war, 1960-early 70 historical that are sweet yet spicy this is for you.