Rounded up from around 3.5 stars ⭐️
A Ration Book Daughter follows Cathy, a young mum trying to look after her young son during WWII. Memories of her brutish husband frequently surface thanks to her equally horrible mother-in-law. After finding out her husband is missing in action, a chance encounter with Sergeant Archie has the ability to change her life for the better.
I absolutely love historical fiction books based in WWII. I felt like I was walking alongside Cathy, through the good and bad times. I was left completely immersed in the history and learnt some really interesting new things. I also really liked some of the characters. I fell in love with both Cathy and Archie and I loved to hate Cathy’s evil mother-in-law. It is definitely a feel-good, romance novel, with just the right amount of drama.
Unfortunately for me, there were times when I lost my focus whilst I was reading this novel. It occasionally felt a little slow and repetitive. But it definitely sped up a little in the second half. I felt so many emotions throughout the last half of this book, and at times I didn’t want to put it down! I haven’t read any of this book series before, but I will definitely be looking into getting the others now. This book does work as a stand alone, however, I feel there were plot lines and characters that weren’t fully clear to me because of missing the previous books. That being said, you can still easily follow the plot of this edition without reading the previous books.
I am so grateful to have received a review copy of this novel. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical romance novels!
A Ration Book Daughter follows Cathy, a young mum trying to look after her young son during WWII. Memories of her brutish husband frequently surface thanks to her equally horrible mother-in-law. After finding out her husband is missing in action, a chance encounter with Sergeant Archie has the ability to change her life for the better.
I absolutely love historical fiction books based in WWII. I felt like I was walking alongside Cathy, through the good and bad times. I was left completely immersed in the history and learnt some really interesting new things. I also really liked some of the characters. I fell in love with both Cathy and Archie and I loved to hate Cathy’s evil mother-in-law. It is definitely a feel-good, romance novel, with just the right amount of drama.
Unfortunately for me, there were times when I lost my focus whilst I was reading this novel. It occasionally felt a little slow and repetitive. But it definitely sped up a little in the second half. I felt so many emotions throughout the last half of this book, and at times I didn’t want to put it down! I haven’t read any of this book series before, but I will definitely be looking into getting the others now. This book does work as a stand alone, however, I feel there were plot lines and characters that weren’t fully clear to me because of missing the previous books. That being said, you can still easily follow the plot of this edition without reading the previous books.
I am so grateful to have received a review copy of this novel. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical romance novels!