I received a copy of this title to read and review for Wicked Reads 
 3 Stars. 
 Afraid to Fly can be read as a standalone, but I highly recommend the first in the series- Just Drive. 
 As a big L.A. Witt fan, one who was interested in where this series was leading after Just Drive, I need to preface this review by saying the story didn't resonate with me due to the slow pacing. 
 Afraid to Fly features bisexual men in the middle of their lives. They're established, have children, and have learned from lessons in the past. 
 Travis is an officer in the Navy, dealing with a nearly debilitating injury that grounded him from flying. Travis has an adult daughter. 
 Clint works on the same floor with Travis, but they don't work together. He's an officer, with an ex-wife and three children. He's dealing with the alcoholism that fractured his marriage and is trying to reconnect with his children. 
 Both men have demons they are struggling with, debilitating pain, alcoholism, and PTSD. This novel features two men later on in their lives finding love and romance despite their issues. It's sweet, heartfelt, and hope-filled. 
 I felt the author was thoroughly educated and informed with all aspects of the Navy included in the story, especially the realism with PTSD. 
 My issue with the story was the pacing. Even at the start, it was 15% of a long novel for one scene. It just crawled along as the characters were introduced, with mostly inner monologue that became tedious to wade through. Combined with the accurate military info, that I felt also slowed the pacing down, it was a real struggle for me to remain engaged until the end. Another issue, I had difficulty grasping who was narrating, not that it wasn't accurately marked at the heading of each chapter- both narrators had a ton of inner monologue, inner monologue that had the same 'voice' as their partner, making it difficult to distinguish between them. Outside of names being thought about and specifics to their situations, they were interchangeable characters. 
 Afraid to Fly was a solid military romance, devoid of angst and tension, which I'm sure many romance fans will find a comfort. I need to note, the novel ended more on a HFN, without an solid conclusions to many of the threads started in the novel. 
 This installment wasn't my cup of tea, because I need more angst, more tension, more story on the pages, and a swifter pacing to stay engaged, but I do look forward to more in this series and more by this author.