I was excited to read this book as I liked the idea of the antagonist being a soldier, someone that we should respect and idolise. This to me was an interesting ploy of the novel however there was hardly any mention of Stanley (the treacherous English turned Nazi soldier) and was very disappointing. I knew this was a love story and was going to be focused on Cathy and her love interest Archie but was still disappointed.
I liked Cathy as a character, she was feisty and stood up for herself, something that women in WW2 were conditioned against. I liked that both Archie and Cathy were from marginalised backgrounds, it gave their characters a bit more depth. I enjoyed Stanley's Mother's character also, Violet was a nasty old woman that kept the novel a bit more interesting.
Romance novels are not my favourite as I find them dull and unfortunately this book was no different. I thought it was quite a long book for not much happening. I couldn't cheer for Cathy and Archie to be together as by the third or fourth time of bumping into each other, they were talking about wanting to get married and have children together. I didn't think there was enough of a struggle for them not to be together, it seemed as soon as he moved in they slept together and then got married.
Overall it was a fine book, nothing to shout about. Personally it was boring and uneventful but was not badly written by any means and I'm sure if you're interested in romance novels it would probably be a better read.
I liked Cathy as a character, she was feisty and stood up for herself, something that women in WW2 were conditioned against. I liked that both Archie and Cathy were from marginalised backgrounds, it gave their characters a bit more depth. I enjoyed Stanley's Mother's character also, Violet was a nasty old woman that kept the novel a bit more interesting.
Romance novels are not my favourite as I find them dull and unfortunately this book was no different. I thought it was quite a long book for not much happening. I couldn't cheer for Cathy and Archie to be together as by the third or fourth time of bumping into each other, they were talking about wanting to get married and have children together. I didn't think there was enough of a struggle for them not to be together, it seemed as soon as he moved in they slept together and then got married.
Overall it was a fine book, nothing to shout about. Personally it was boring and uneventful but was not badly written by any means and I'm sure if you're interested in romance novels it would probably be a better read.