This book came in from nowhere and absolutely baffled me with how much I enjoyed it. I rarely enjoy the double POV-thing that’s become fashionable, often finding that there’s one of the timelines (on occasion more than one, when there’s more than two) that feel like they’re not adding anything to the story and are just there to make up a word count. That wasn’t the case here. The setting up of the story was long, yes, but for both Marion and Evelyn they felt necessary, both to get to know them as characters, but also to see where they were coming from in their later actions. 

This was super well-researched, wonderful characters, a really enjoyable plot, and a very, very well-written novel. My rating is fully based on a very heavy emphasis on romance that, especially in one POV, felt unnecessary and didn’t actually give anything to the story. There were some ways a few things were handled that didn’t sit well with me, but overall this was a thoroughly enjoyable historical fiction novel that uncovered a rarely explored part of the World Wars. 

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.