Military Wives 101 is a provocative and inspiring novel about Tayler and Sandy, two women who marry uncharacteristically into the military lifestyle. Although Sandy currently has no male suitors, Tayler has a tentative proposal from Carl, an Army soldier with whom she had a one-night stand, two years ago. Ironically, Sandy’s promiscuity introduces Tayler to Carl, and her selfishness tries to keep them apart. Fed up with Sandy’s childish behavior, Tayler cuts Sandy off from their one-way friendship, and vows to accomplish her future dreams without her. Sandy is disturbed by this, and impulsively makes some choices that she soon regrets.Eventually, Sandy and Tayler both travel down similar paths that lead them in different directions. Even though the two women longed for marriage and commitment, they never dreamed that it would happen in such an unconventional manner. They are both inadequately prepared for the cross-country relocations, low pay, marital stress, and the explicit, unavoidable, DRAMA! Soon, they are both reaping the consequences of their impetuous past decisions. It does not take either of them long to realize that, even though they both hold graduate degrees, the one class they must struggle to pass is Military Wives 101.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star Not what I expected
This book is in no way what I expected. I read it then gave it away. Don’t waste your money on this book. It reads like a crappy novel.
5 Stars Enjoy This Book Very Much
I think something must be wrong with me because I read this book twice and each time I ENJOYED it. Forget the grammatical errors. That doesn’t have anything to do with the book on a whole. I’m a reader not a PROOF-reader. As a military spouse and I found the book funny and a page-turner. As I mentioned before, I read it twice.
Sonia
1 Star Awful
THis book was horrible even if I overlooked the typos. The two characters are beyond stereotypical black women. All they do is spew out slang and two bit inside jokes that rarely make sense. This book was like acid for my eyes. I would give it negative stars if I could.
2 Stars Disappointed
For someone with a BS in “Industrial Organizational Psychology” and a Master of Public Administration in Public Personnel Management, I would think the grammar and spelling would be a little better. Between not knowing which ‘their’ or ‘there’ to use there were many more spelling and grammatical errors, many of which were pointed out by other readers. Although you can’t totally blame the author for it, because the publisher did publish the book as is, so they should take part of the blame.
The story has a lot of potential if you can overlook the above. As a military vet and military spouse of 20 years I did find it hard to relate to this story as I have never encountered people like this in my career or since then. I’m sure they exist, but I’ve never met them and I really just couldn’t relate.
It is a pretty quick read (a day for me). The story read fast and I had a pretty good visual in my head of the characters and could hear the attitude in their voices.
If you are looking to read this book to get a picture of military life, don’t. But if you are looking for a quick summer read, enjoy.
1 Star Terrible
I was very frustrated with all the reviews I read about this book because they all gave the indication that it would be an excellent book. In fact, the book was probably the worst I have ever read. I honestly couldn’t even get to the plot because the grammar and punctuation were so bad. There is a typo on the acknowledgement page, where the author dedicates the book to her “ion-laws” instead of her “in-laws.” On the first page of the book, the author switches from writing in past tense to present tense and back again. The thing that really blew me away was that in the author bio, it says that she has her Masters Degree!!! Besides the grammar, all I really felt this book showed me about military life (and I am an army wife myself!) was that everyone sleeps around and has really screwed up lives. Not really much of an insight to someone wanting to learn more about military life. I highly DO NOT recommend buying (or even reading) this book.
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