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Mission Thaw
Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling
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Mission Thaw
Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling
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Mission Thaw
Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling
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Mission Thaw
Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling
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Arvena
The Book Spy | Alan Hlad
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Mehso-so

The writing style wasn't as captivating and engaging as I expected it to be, rather contrived. The story was quite compelling and enlightening. The premise was very interesting, but the execution wasn't fictional enough :)

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Mission Thaw
Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling
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kspenmoll
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Espionage is at its best in this dual time line novel (1944; 1962). Celia (1962) lives in Southwark, a district in Central London.The specter of Nuclear annihilation & war is a political reality,one she & a friend attend rallies in protest. She works at to her,a dead end job at a nearby Antiquarian bookstore. She yearns for more: an education,a real career, a flat of her own.One day she meets an American at the shop who works at the UK Embassy ⬇️

kspenmoll ⬆️ begins an intellectually stimulating romance with him. In 1944, Anya,an undercover agent working in France, is betrayed & sent to a Nazi concentration camp as a traitor, to die.Celia discovers a possible connection to her & pursues research.As the novel nears its end, an unforeseen,astounding revelation occurs. (edited) 2d
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Mission Thaw
Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling
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Mission Thaw
Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling
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everlocalwest
Manacled | SenLinYu
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Panpan

I made it through! Honestly, I do not see how this novel works after being scrubbed of the fic. The emotional weight of it relies entirely on feelings readers bring to it from HP. Genuinely, nothing here for me. Very curious to see the wider world's reaction to Alchemised but I don't think I'll be reading it. I don't trust that the publisher invested in the editorial work this would have needed to stand on its own (if that edit were possible).