When Skies Have Fallen is an absolutely delightful read that will make you cry, make you seething mad and will leave your heart full of joy because of the incredible journey these two wartime heroes have endured until their love was given validation by the very same people / government they vowed to defend during the war years. And FUCK THEM! They don't need their validation - those fucking assholes. Ignorant fucking assholes who are still existing till these very days. 
 (view spoiler)[ I honestly cannot fathom the ignorance of other people towards us homosexuals. If you're an homophobic - get gone now - this is one of those stories that resonated with me really well because in some ways, I've experienced similar treatment that Arty and Jim had to endure because of what they are. Seriously, I can't believe that the shit that's written here is still very much happening around the world. Don't give me the crap about the repeal on DADT. I fucking hate that DADT policy in the first place and the repeal didn't even lessen a bit of my irritation towards THAT SHIT government and leader who enacted it. And to think that was in the 90's fucking SHITHOLE ASSHOLE President!!!!!! Okay,so this is more of a rant than a review about the book. It's just that the relevance of this story is very now. It's still happening and is still going to happen. It's just a miracle that the US government finally allowed the same sex marriage nationwide but other countries, esp. those who shuts down same-sex marriage (Hi Tony Abbott - your conservative ass is one of the problems that we have in the world right now) are just ugh, be HUMAN at least. (hide spoiler)] 
 Back to the book - I really enjoyed this novella and it's definitely one of the best in the Love Is An Open Road event. There's no big twist here nor surprising event (unless you count Jim's incarceration as one) but rather a story that totally gives you a clear view of what our war time heroes who happens to be homosexuals have experienced because they chose not to deny themselves that love that each and one of us deserves. 
 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars