“Anna Todd’s Brightest Stars trilogy continues with The Burning and The Infinite Light of Dust, coming soon.” Ultimately facing a crossroads, their relationship will be tested by the one thing that Karina cannot accept, forgive, or understand. But that trust is fragile, like the preciousness of a soldier’s life. In her practice as a physical therapist, Karina has a strong desire to help him heal, and though it challenges her many insecurities and anxieties, she has an equally strong desire to trust him. As their uncertain and unexpected friendship starts to turn into something more, Karina tries to piece together Kael’s story: He is emotionally closed off, recovering from wounds and other trauma in the aftermath of two tours in Afghanistan.

And when she meets Kael, a handsome soldier on the cusp of discharge, she’s immediately intrigued by his brooding presence and enigmatic silence. “Like anyone who has grown up around an army base, Karina also knows the background noise that follows men and women home from war. A dutiful officer’s daughter, supportive sister to a troubled twin brother, and caring friend to her roommate, Elodie, she always puts the needs of others ahead of her own and prides herself on being a fixer of broken things-whether it’s the house she’s just bought or the fragmented family she works hard to keep intact. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play “Twenty-year-old Karina is proud of the independent life she is trying to create for herself in Fort Benning, Georgia.

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