I recently read this and was trying to think of a comment that I could add to recommend this for people to read. I'm cheating and copying Joy Phillips comment below. It sums up the emotions of the story much better than I could.

https://bigclosetr.us/topshelf/book-page/65321/squad
Well, I read this through in the past few nights. Let the reader beware, this is not a happy story. It is not all resolved in the end. It's not all better at the end of Chapter 17. In fact, the whole list of consequences and fallout is left in shambles. It's raw, gritty, and real to life. This shows the chain of events set off by one thing, and the far reaching effects of that decision.

My heart broke for different reasons each chapter. Don't read this expecting to be happy. You will be crying.

With that said, it's well written, and the plot follows what would occur in this chain of events. It's perhaps a bit cynical, but it is good anodyne to all the sugar in the rest of the stories.

I'm keeping it in my personal library, and that's the highest praise I can offer.