A review by dalet3
Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick

3.0

For the most part I really liked the book - the characters were interesting, the environs well set and the slow reveal of the central plot mystery nicely constructed, but.. by the closing sections it started feeling a little too constructed, too much like it had a point to make and that if characters and events had to be bent to make it then so be it.

For my money, Sunrise Over Fallujah covered similar territory for a similar readership both with more heart and more guts.