For me, these books are perfect during a pandemic! Many of the description are beautiful but the modern voices in all of her books don't work as well as the historical stories. The narratives are too simple, forced and repetitive. That said, I'm devouring these books like candy. What I do love, are the interwoven characters from each book, the multilayering of stories and Valpy's ability to draw me into WW2 France. They may be formulaic Valpy but there's a warmth I love.