Welcome to Litsy!

Was expecting a generic WW2 romance, got something rather more substantial. This is a well-written & engaging novel about a young woman's experiences of being recruited by an enigmatic man for a spy mission in Yugoslavia. I enjoyed the revealing of her story, the various little twists, the moral complexity of the characters, the grittiness. Loved that the happy ending managed to be neither cheesy nor twee. A solid page turner.

Which is worse, fellow Littens, a book that is bad from the get-go or one that starts off strong but then deteriorates? I've read a lot of the latter just recently - I'm always left feeling slightly conned! This one is starting strong so I'm hoping it's the one one to buck this unpleasant trend!

Book #81. Not that it matters. I‘m way behind on my goodreads reading challenge and I‘m fine with that. 😁

I started listening to this one and just can‘t get into it. I made it 34% and I just can‘t make it another 7 hours. I rarely bail on a book, but I had to. It sounded so good so I‘m a little sad about this one...but that means I‘m free to start a new #audiobook 😁

Have some errands to run this morning so starting a new audiobook for the trip!

This surprised me a bit - Kindle First picks don‘t tend to be as solidly plotted or written as this book, which is something of a spy novel combined with a thriller combined with, well, WWII and what the British (and Americans) did to partisans to ensure more compliant, aka fascist, governments after the war. Pretty good and somewhat horrifying historical spy thriller about a woman trying to remember why she tried to stab her husband. 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.