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Lindsey McKenna really knows how to tell stories and that is why I keep buying her novels although the quality of the editing runs hot and cold. Because Taking Fire was published by Harlequin, it was edited well for the most part. My gripe is how someone in the editorial process let Ms. McKenna down about Navy ranks. I'm a retired chief petty officer and assuming Mike Tarik's boss, Mac, really is a master chief, he would always be referred to as "master chief." He was alternatively referred to as a chief and master chief and it confused me. (Calling a master chief a chief is like calling an admiral (paygrade O9) a captain (O6). Good luck with that!) The US Navy's rank structure, and those of our other military branches, are published on websites like military.com. The worst and funniest error was mention of "senior master chief petty officers." If someone had checked, they would find no such rank because it doesn't exit. I realize Taking Fire is a work of fiction but that went a little too far for this retired sailor. In rising order of rank, the Navy has chiefs (paygrade E7), senior chiefs (paygrade E8) and master chiefs (E9). Master chiefs often choose to go the "command master chief" route, which means they are the most-senior enlisted Navy person at their command (i.e., the entire base or ship). They then are referred to as "command master chief." Senior chiefs are referred to as "senior" or "senior chief." Please, Ms. McKenna, Harlequin, take a few minutes to get the ranks right. When screwed up, it's distracting and pulled me right out of the story. Anyone reading this review, thanks for your patience with this Navy rank structure lesson. I absolutely recommend the book.


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Taking Fire Lindsay McKenna 9780373785056 Books Reviews

If you want to read a treatise on the dire situation in Afghanistan, and about how women are mistreated and unworthy there...you may like this book. I look to the news for this information/education, not to my romance/suspense leisure reading.
Excellent story. Khat is an strong heroine and Mike the exceptional hero. His protective nature, love and strong desire to let Khat be the person she wants to be is something every woman would love to have in her man. Every man should read this book and learn from it. The writing and story line live up to every thing i have always love about Lindsay McKenna's writing. Nice job!
It doesn't make a lot of sense and gets a little bit mushy (in a cheesy way) and despite all of that its enjoyable. It has interesting action. The ending is a little abrupt and lacks a strong conclusion. However, if you like McKenna books you will like this book. It continues very similarly to the previous Shadow Warrior books. It is stand alone, you don't need to read any of the previous books to appreciate the book. However, you do get ongoing insight into the lives of characters who appeared/ were the main character in previous novels (i.e. Emma, and Bay). Overall it is good.
A good read..Khat and Mike both are American & Afghan people who are in the military. Khat has a price on her head and her handler doesn't care if she lives or dies. she saves 4 SEAL's and one of them is injured and she takes him to her cave to heal and when Mike wakes up, The first thing he see's were the scars on her back. a Fast paste book. Khat lives in the shadows and is suffering from PTSD. Who isn't? I liked this book and enjoyed it..
I wanted to like this book more because it started so well. The plot is really good and I liked the characters. What killed it for me was the dialogue. Seriously, there isn't a man on this planet that would talk the way the H talks, never mind that he is a Navy Seal. The h is not any better. Blah, blah, blah. I thought I was going to go into a sugar induced coma.
This Shadow Warrior series just gets better and better as they go and this one will not disappoint. I could not put this one down and read it in one sitting it was that riveting!!! This is the story of Khat and Mike and they are both strong, dedicated people. Khat saves Mikes life and for Mike it's love at first sight, but Khat feels a strong sense of loyalty to her people and to staying where she is. This book has every strong emotion a great book should have, tears, love, sadness, the ravages of war, family loyalty. I love Lindsay McKennas writing, you know she writes from the heart in every story tells, thank you Lindsay for another fantastic read!!!
This is probably one of the best books in Lindsay's series of books about our military in Afghanistan. The plot is excellent, the characters are truly amazingly well developed, the urgency is there on all fronts about the dangers of fighting in that country. I especially appreciate Lindsay's portrayal of our 'special ops' people - she obviously researches really well and indeed, she responded directly to my questions when I started reading the Afghan series of her books. I think this is truly admirable and says a lot about the author herself, by the way. Be sure to read this book, but if you would like a REAL treat, start at the first book in the series and read them in order - the characters appear again and again and each book develops them more and more. Yes, the subject matter is dark in these books, but in real life our people are going into harm's way on our behalf, so it behooves us to know exactly what that means. Taking Fire lays it out in detail.
Lindsey McKenna really knows how to tell stories and that is why I keep buying her novels although the quality of the editing runs hot and cold. Because Taking Fire was published by Harlequin, it was edited well for the most part. My gripe is how someone in the editorial process let Ms. McKenna down about Navy ranks. I'm a retired chief petty officer and assuming Mike Tarik's boss, Mac, really is a master chief, he would always be referred to as "master chief." He was alternatively referred to as a chief and master chief and it confused me. (Calling a master chief a chief is like calling an admiral (paygrade O9) a captain (O6). Good luck with that!) The US Navy's rank structure, and those of our other military branches, are published on websites like military.com. The worst and funniest error was mention of "senior master chief petty officers." If someone had checked, they would find no such rank because it doesn't exit. I realize Taking Fire is a work of fiction but that went a little too far for this retired sailor. In rising order of rank, the Navy has chiefs (paygrade E7), senior chiefs (paygrade E8) and master chiefs (E9). Master chiefs often choose to go the "command master chief" route, which means they are the most-senior enlisted Navy person at their command (i.e., the entire base or ship). They then are referred to as "command master chief." Senior chiefs are referred to as "senior" or "senior chief." Please, Ms. McKenna, Harlequin, take a few minutes to get the ranks right. When screwed up, it's distracting and pulled me right out of the story. Anyone reading this review, thanks for your patience with this Navy rank structure lesson. I absolutely recommend the book.