I really enjoyed the first two-thirds of this book. I thought the characters were intriguing and complex, and I found myself rooting for all of them in different ways even if I didn't really like them. I thought the competition was an interesting idea and enjoyed that The Kitchen Front was actually a real WWII radio show. I enjoyed the writing and I found great joy in the often-strange recipes at the end of almost every chapter. I'm not one for war-era historical fiction but this is definitely an exception.

And then the ending sort of let me down. Everyone seemed a little too eager to get together and toss years of trauma aside to sing kumbaya. I love a good happy ending and I wasn't reading this book to have my heart ripped out, but I almost felt like the ending wrapped things up too nicely. All in all, a fun read that I really enjoyed, but I was ready to give this book four and a half stars and the ending soured that for me.