A Soldier's Duty

The way my husband told me this story, it sounded fascinating... the way it read, for me, was less so. I am going through a 'down with juvenile fiction!' phase, though, so I'm sure that's a large part of my lack of interest in the main character and her trials and tribulations. I am going to try and read it again in a year or two and see if I can get more out of it. I think another problem I had was getting into the main story - the beginning is way too long for my taste. I would have appreciated something to get my teeth into earlier in the sequence of events. I'm giving it three stars because it's probably a lot better than I feel it is at the moment. ;)