Review: Frisco’s Kid by Suzanne Brockmann.

Hero: Alan “Frisco” Francisco
Heroine: Mia Simmerton
Grade: 5 out of 5

She couldn’t mend his wounded body . . . but could she heal his heart? Being a navy SEAL is more than a career to Alan “Frisco” Francisco — it is his whole identity. But now a bullet has threatened that existence. How can he function in combat when he can barely walk? Still, despite the doctor’s warnings, Frisco is determined to achieve a full recovery. But the unexpected appearance of his abandoned niece leaves Frisco with little time for anything but dealing with the five-year-old girl. He knows even less about parenting than about how to mend his broken body. And there is no way he’s going to accept offers of help from his neighbor Mia Summerton. He doesn’t need anyone’s help . . . not to care for his niece, not to learn to accept his limitations and certainly not to fall in love.

Oh. Em. Gee.

I loved this book, like seriously loved this story. I thought it was perfect and I loved, loved, LOVED Frisco. Suz has done it again, she’s made me love her heroes more and more with each book that I read. I’m so in love with every single one of her Alpha Squad guys from Joe to Blue to Cowboy (who’s book I have already started, haha), Harvard Lucky and most especially, Frisco.

Oh Frisco, how I love thee!

*sigh*

I don’t know why I have a soft spot for heroes that are broken in spirit and watching them grow through out the story into strong, men of worth at the end. To watch their journey to remembering the worth of their souls is so rewarding for me as a reader because, I’ve seen them at their worst and I’ve watched them slowly gain their confidence and their thirst for life back. It’s never an easy thing to read about characters with problems and characters who don’t see what everyone else sees in them but I just loved, loved, loved Frisco in this book.

To see him finally accept that he’s done as an active duty SEAL, to see him learn to embrace the life he could have NOW was just great and Mia was such a great heroine for him.

She’s a history teacher and she didn’t want to fall in love with the soldier from next door, because he was so moody and so unhappy but she couldn’t help herself. She was so kind to both Frisco and to little Natasha. I loved the way she fit right into their lives and the way she made herself available to help out, not because she felt sorry for him but because she genuinely wanted to help a neighbor in need. She was a great heroine. A heroine that didn’t drive me batty with her indecisiveness where the hero was concerned. She was brave, strong and the perfect heroine for Frisco.

I loved little Tasha and Thomas King. They were fantastic additions to the story. I loved how Tasha helped bring Frisco back to the land of the living. I loved how she wanted to award Frisco for keeping her rules after being rewarded for keeping his rules. It was too cute.

What I liked about this book was that yes, the book was about Frisco learing to accept his disabilities and to accept the new path his life must take but it was also about Tasha coming into his life and changing the course he was on. Tasha’s life was turned upside down right alongside Frisco’s and I loved watching them make it work. Tasha was only 5 years old and Frisco had a lot of growing up to do. They worked together on everything and they proved to be a team just like his SEAL team were, their own unique team and it just made for great, great reading.

Oh and I loved the pink couch.

Big kudo’s to Suz Brockmann for my new favorite SEAL book…=) Go on now, get this book and read it if you haven’t…it’s FABULOUS!

This book is available from Mira Books. You can buy it here or here in e-format.

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