Those who like WWII historical fiction will enjoy this novel. Nor did I put it down until I was finished.
However, upon picking it up again the story became more complex and sucked me right in to where I didn’t want to put it down. That may have been because the soldier was mostly unconscious in the first few pages so the narrative was primarily about the woman and how she was dealing with the situation she found herself in. The first few pages were interesting enough that I wanted to read more but not quite enough to grab me and keep me until I finished it. The next afternoon I picked it up again and didn’t put it down until I finished at 3:00 a.m. I picked up the book and read a little one day and put it down. His training is to trust no one and she has her own grudges against both the Allied forces and her own country’s government. Trust issues between Franka and the soldier who insists he is Werner Graf of the Luftwaffe are difficult to overcome at first. The propaganda that the German people were given about the Allied forces and the propaganda given to Allied soldiers about the German people gave some insight into the minds of the people. He made the Gestapo character of the worst of all you ever heard about the Gestapo. I wasn’t alive during this war and all I know is from history and things I’ve read, but, this author managed to create a convincing story. The characters are well done and the plot is excellent. This isn’t a romance story, it is a story of survival, espionage and intrigue.
It is the story of a young German woman who has lost everyone she loved as a result of the war and an Allied soldier she finds in the Black Forest because he missed his jump target when the plane he was on took damage over the Black Forest. White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey takes place during WWII. Today I’m reviewing a book Jen got for me in an Amazon special promotion.
Although I would like to try and keep up with a couple reviews a month at the minimum. I’ve been doing other things and can’t promise I’ll be having regular book reviews again. It has been awhile since I read and reviewed a book here.
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