The Paris Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery

Maggie Hope is now in Paris, following her last-minute flight at the end of the previous book. She is searching for an agent who may be in trouble and her half-sister, who has escaped Nazi Germany and may be in Paris. As usual, Maggie meets many headline names and is involved in real events.

I really like this series, I hope it continues, and I look forward to the next installment.

Both characters and situations are implausible. If Great Britain had relied on Maggie Hope to bring home the bacon, Germany would have won the war. I agree that the ending was most unsatisfactory, and the Nazis throughout were Scout Masters in comportment. Hope is as incompetent and unqualified as they come.

A wonderful series with amazingly accurate, well researched and integrated, historical details. Very sensitive types (including my teenager) may find the several very brief but shocking depictions of WWII war-time atrocities troubling, readers should be aware but not at all deterred.

I found this series by accident, months ago. I have enjoyed all of the books so much. Maggie and her friends have taught me much about the
war in which my father was involved and wouldn't discuss. Sometimes a light book helps understand better than a very deep one. Maggie has become a favorite.

Once again Susan MacNeal has written a novel that kept me riveted. When the plot became very tense, she included some light hearted events to ease the tension. Based are true events during WWII, any reader who enjoys historical mystery will find this an interesting novel. I look forward to the next book in this series!

I've been following along with the adventures of Maggie Hope since [[ASIN:0553593617 Mr. Churchill's Secretary] (which I think I acquired through the store Vine, as with this novel). I've enjoyed every minute or the 7 books in the series, particularly since Susan Elia MacNeal gives us a view of what it meant to live through World War II, using someone else's eyes. It helps that Maggie is a marvelous character with unique qualities (that somehow make me willing to accept them), such as being an accomplished mathematician and having the ability to act decisively despite her fears. In addition to a rollickingly good spy story and characters I believe in, these historical novels bring to life the gritty experiences of food rationing, the sense of uncertainty and distrust among neighbors, and emotional see-saws wherein nobody knows what'll happen if the Germans win... or lose. And right now they appear to be winning.

At the end of the last novel, [[ASIN:0804178720 The Queen's Accomplice:] Maggie put herself on a plane to Paris with several goals, including finding out the fate of a missing British spy and discovering the fate of a family member. This novel is the story of her tackling that mission -- with, of course, no real idea where to start on those tasks. She also crosses paths with longtime friends who are on their own spy missions -- and who, if you have read the earlier novels (and you should; don't start here!) -- have their own frightening challenges.

In lesser hands, this could be merely an entertaining frippery. But the characters are so compelling that I keep wanting to know what happens to them, and the author brings alive the feel of not-really-conquered Paris.

"I'll read just one more chapter," I told myself as I went to bed, knowing full well that I had a meeting at 8am. But I didn't go to sleep until I'd finished the entire book.

Yeah, it's that good. Highly recommended.

I was somewhat disappointed. I didn’t think this story was as gripping as her other books. However I still think the main character, Maggie Hope, is appealing & I will look forward to her next adventure.

I love the Maggie Hope books. This book was exciting. Some parts for desperate people in desperate situations. What happened at the end? It left us dangling until the next book? I dislike books that don't have a plausible ending. I could be dead before the next book is written and published. Why do authors do this to their dedicated readers? I feel cheated and my mouth is still open in disbelief on how the book ended.

I love the Maggie Hope books. This book was exciting. Some parts for desperate people in desperate situations. What happened at the end? It left us dangling until the next book? I dislike books that don't have a plausible ending. I could be dead before the next book is written and published. Why do authors do this to their dedicated readers? I feel cheated and my mouth is still open in disbelief on how the book ended.

I have, sadly, come to realize that Maggie is, actually, a "Mary Sue". Though typically found in fan fiction, a Mary Sue is usually (but not always) female, and is a character who is competent in far too many areas, is physically attractive, and is viewed as admirable by virtually every other sympathetic character. Maggie Hope meets the criteria in every way. She is all things to all people---including Churchill, the Royal Family, Eleanor Roosevelt and even the girl a gay character would marry if he weren't "that way". Had Eva Braun not been in seclusion for the entire war I would not be surprised if the author would, eventually, contrive some way be make Maggie---working "undercover", of course--- her BFF. Her interaction with so many major actors/prominent personages of WWII has become simply unbelievable.

And do not get me started on the glaring historical inaccuracies. Hitler NEVER thought the Allies would land in Normandy---and he would not accept even the possibility of defeat until the closing days of the war, let alone 1942. He sacked one general after the next for such "defeatism". His unspoken motto seemed to be "don't confuse me with the facts". With novels supposedly so heavily-researched, the author should know these things...

I really like this series, and unlike some readers I was pretty taken by the story. However, the ending left me cold. I have two thoughts on why it was written like this, but they are sort of spoilers so I won't include them here. Time will tell us the reason.

This series has always been something I have looked forward to...but this book was not my favorite. Not sure if I am doing too much WWII stuff but this made me uneasy. Not what I was looking for - and really did not like the ending.

The latest Maggie Hope novel, 7th in this excellent series, starts off at a run and never stops. Maggie is in Paris looking for a spy whose communications have stopped. She's also looking for her half-sister Elise, who is in hiding, but nothing is easy. The Nazis have taken over the city and Maggie is undercover as a young Irish woman assembling her trousseau. In that capacity she interacts with Nazi officers and historical figures like Coco Chanel. But the story does not take place mainly in that glamorous if treacherous world but rather in the intense goings-on beneath the veneer of civilization.

Maggie's friends, Hugh and Sarah, are also in Paris, working as entertainers and arranging the pickup of material vital to the upcoming D-Day invasion. An exciting storyline is the possible existence of a mole, a double agent working with the Nazis. There are several suspects -- and plenty of interesting twists -- as one would expect in a novel rooted in skullduggery.

This is a wonderful, fun series, enhanced by our knowledge of what is going to happen -- and an entertaining glimpse at the young people who would later be called the Greatest Generation. For every elder who made it home there was another who did not. The Nazis were a terrible enemy, and characters we've come to know do suffer.

This is a grim chapter of the great war period. The Nazis lorded it over Paris and the Allies were trying to muster one great action to establish a military presence on the continent. The stakes were high and morale was low, not least at the thought of a traitor in the midst of SOE.

As always MacNeal loads the story with interesting facts from the time -- cultural, political and military -- and it's all wrapped up in an exciting fast-paced story with great characters. I can almost see Ginger Rogers or Irene Dunne playing Maggie Hope, or any of a number of talented young actresses working today. There's even a scene for Churchill and the support staff back in the UK, and one for Hitler, though the primary action is with the spies.

This is a great series, best to read in order because of the war story progression, but absolutely enjoyable as a standalone. In order the books are: Mr. Churchill's Secretary, Princess Elizabeth's Spy, His Majesty's Hope, The Prime Minister's Secret Agent, Mrs. Roosevelt's Confidante, The Queen's Accomplice and The Paris Spy.

The Paris Spy is the seventh installment in the Maggie Hope series and my favorite book in the series. I began reading the series when MacNeal first wrote Mr. Churchill’s Secretary and always eagerly anticipate Maggie’s next adventure. The Paris Spy does not disappoint as Maggie navigates Nazi-occupied Paris on a mission to recover two individuals that have disappeared, one another SOE spy and the other her half-sister. Coco Chanel makes an appearance, and since Maggie is posing as an engaged socialite gathering her trousseau, there is a focus on 1940’s fashion which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Paris is my favorite place to visit, and I was fascinated by MacNeal’s details regarding Nazi-occupied Paris (she clearly researched extensively). Even though I have read countless World War 2 books dealing with this time period in Paris, I was unaware that the Nazis made Paris operate on Berlin time (two hours ahead) and how silent the streets became because no one but Nazi officers drove cars for the most part. While it is common knowledge that the Nazis were horrifically cruel, the sections of the book describing atrocious Nazi behavior made my stomach turn and once again question how Germany managed to sink so low. On the flip side, I always love anecdotes about Parisians who resisted, and The Paris Spy contains many honorable Parisians subtly standing up for what they knew was right.

This series is outstanding, and I highly recommend The Paris Spy (and the other 6 books before it). Thanks to Bantam for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I save five stars for a masterpiece, but, this time, I wish I could give 4.75 stars! This may be the best Maggie Hope yet. I loved the way the author's descriptions carried us along through Paris streets and out into the country. It was easy to get wrapped up in Maggie's mission, and keep turning pages well into the wee hours.

Maggie has come a long way in her adventures, and now is ranked among the top agents for SOE, the British equivalent of our CIA. Maggie is sent into Nazi-occupied Paris to find a British spy who has stopped communicating - or has she - and her half-sister, who hasn't been heard from for too long. A very tangled weave of not quite perfect messages received in England, and the Nazis having too much detailed information, lead to the conclusion that there is a mole afoot. And, this arises as plans are being made for the Normandy invasion.

As an example of the details we are provided, the agent Maggie must find was carrying sand samples from the beaches at Normandy - information needed in order to plan for the equipment they will use! And who has this bag of samples now?

We're not too sure that Maggie will ever get back to England, so serious are her obstacles - and we won't know who the mole is until the last. The good news is that the ending holds the promise of another Maggie Hope adventure, thank goodness!

This is not only a great and fun summer read. I'm keeping it and Maggie's others in my collection for a cozy winter re-read as well. There's nothing like a good British WWII mystery!

Another exciting Maggie Hope Mystery! As a huge fan of this series, I truly believe that MacNeal's books keep getting better and better. If you are new to the series, Maggie Hope is an American code breaker who works for England as a Special Operations Executive (SOE). In this novel, she is sent to Paris to locate a captured spy and to find a traitor who is leaking information to the Nazis. The race is on, as the invasion of Normandy is planned, and Maggie must work to stop the Nazis from learning of this location.

What I like best about these novels is that they are well researched and provide enough history to engage and provide context, but not so much that it takes over the plot. The descriptions of Nazi-occupied Paris are compelling and the suspense is palpable. Maggie must move with utmost caution, and this is conveyed very well. Maggie is a great character, and it's a thrill to watch her evolve and grow. Also, the cliffhangers keep getting more intense and exciting. Though it's not imperative that you read the other books first, I would say that it definitely helps with some of the secondary action of this book. For example, Maggie has a half-sister who is still missing, and that plays a prominent role in this book.

All in all, The Paris Spy is definitely one of my favorite Maggie Hope books. The descriptions and complexity really kept me engaged.

The latest story of Susan Elias MacNeal, The Paris Spy, has all the smoothness of a Chàteau Lafitte Rothschild. The descriptions are lovely on the Rue Saint Honorè, a boulevard filled with People- though there is the palatable taste of fear mixed with patriotism. I can actually see Paris like a downtrodden flower, with rainy streets trampled by the Germans. The darkness, filled with humiliation for some... beauty and fashion for others.

Maggie Hope has a job to do for Intelligence. She is posing as a neutral Irishwoman coming to buy her trousseau and accidentally meets the famous Coco Chanel. They attend the ballet and Moulin Rouge together. That opens the door to the fashionable among the Germans and the French. Four other Agents are there in the huge gathering and an arrest occurs. Two of those four are friends of Maggie and she will not rest until they all complete their Assignments. British Agents have been signing in with information in code and leaving off their security checks. It is vital the Germans do not have the codes.Tension is high as the SOE has a mission to complete and the alternative is death for thousands of Soldiers if any leaks occur.

MacNeal, writes descriptively of the life that the Parisians had in the midst of a takeover by the Germans.The beautiful Women, that German Officers pursued in their boredom, with drink and fashion... may be Collaborators or something else. But the Author also masters the wartime terror of the Agents sent in to bring back information. For those outside the favor of the Nazi Officers are dealt a much different treatment than most of France. They see only starvation and torture.

I have always loved WWII research and the detail that goes into these stories. The glamour of mixing artists and actresses with the descriptions of creativity in a Country at War and the horror seem to go hand- in -hand. The little vignettes of courage were touching that those people who went into intelligence faced. For they knew the risks when they were sent behind enemy lines and went anyway. They did not take the easy way out.

I found this book well researched and incredibly moving for the sake of its contents. The tension kept me on the edge of my seat. I read this in one night and couldn't sleep until I had finished it.

My thanks to Netgalley and Bantam

WWII military history has always been an interest of mine. For many years I focused on holocaust studies, but now I am more interested in the spy stories, especially the history of the SOE, made up mostly of civilian women who were trained quickly and dropped in enemy territory. I read and reviewed a book on Vera Atkins, and was hooked. When I saw that this novel was based in the history that I have been reading, I knew I had to read it. Note that I have not read any of the series prior. I love this book, and now am reading all of the others.

Maggie Hope is an American-born British spy, and in this book she is an extremely competent, well-known SOE agent who immerses herself in occupied Paris to find two missing women, one of whom is her sister. We are immersed in Paris - the juxtaposition of the beauty of the Ritz, Coco Chanel, Nina Ricci, and the ugliness and terror of the Nazi occupiers and their sympathizers.

And, it has a bibliography! I am now reading several of the history books on the list, and am excited that my interest in the women of WWII has been reignited thanks to this book.

Like many series, this mystery benefits from being read in order. That said, the author does a good job of making enough information available on an as-needed basis so that new readers can understand what is going on and enjoy the book. In this installment, Maggie is undercover as an Irish national in Paris to shop for her trousseau as she secretly tries to find her half-sister. She bumps into some familiar faces as SOE agents work to get vital data necessary for the Allied invasion back to England, and she meets some new ones, too -- who among them is worthy of her trust? Back in England concern grows over certain irregularities, and how to best use agents in the field is debated, with some startling conclusions. The author has done a brilliant job integrating details of Paris life under occupation and the resistance with an intricate plot. Coco Chanel's involvement in the story is a clever pretext that gets Maggie into places she would not otherwise be permitted to go, and highlights the different life experience for collaborators and ordinary Parisians. This was a compelling read. My only complaint is the ending pulls my least favorite series' trick: the cliffhanger ending. The Historical Notes section mollified me somewhat and gives the reader plenty of ideas what to read while waiting for the next installment.Hopefully it won't be delayed.

This is the seventh book featuring Maggie Hope. The books are becoming darker and darker as World War II continues. For the past few books, Maggie has been working with British Intelligence. As suggested by the title, Maggie is in Paris posing as a wealthy Irish girl shopping for her trousseau. Her mission is a mix of the personal and the official as she is looking for her sister and for a missing British spy. Paris under Nazi rule is a dangerous place for most people, but especially for British spies. Our author does an excellent job of describing the atmosphere and building the tension. The moral issues presented in wartime are complicated and enormous. Commanding officers know that they are sending people to their deaths, they just don’t often know who will live and who will die. Is it different when they do know that they are sending a specific person to torture and death? The stakes couldn’t be higher for the allies as they are planning the invasion. They need the spies for both concrete intelligence about the landing sites and for planting disinformation. This is a series that should be read in order. There are continuing characters whose stories from previous volumes are relevant to this book. When the series is read in order, you will know those back stories; you will see how the war has taken its toll on Maggie; and you will understand the progression of the war. This series tells an important story as we continue to face hate groups and speech in today’s world. Intolerance and hate must be defeated over and over again. Maggie’s story reminds us of why we cannot let it slide and why we must say never again. The series reads like a light mystery story, but the stories are so tense and dark that they do not fit that genre.

Picking off basically where we left off, Maggie is in Paris waiting to get put in her role as Paige so that she can find her sister and the spy without security checks from the last book. Mixed in with this is the planning for Normandy and double agents and Coco Chanel. Maggie as Paige is staying at the Ritz and on the way helps a German soldier who was knocked down. The man who bumped him isn't so lucky and this immediately sets the stage for how Paris is under occupation. Maggie works to find out what happened to the spy, but mostly on how to find her sister. Hugh and Sarah are also in town with their own mission. Coco Chanel gets a fair shake, she is not an unredeemed character but she did collaborate per the historical record. Big questions about whats right dominate the end and cant wait for next installment to find out how Maggie deals with these issues

In this seventh book in Susan MacNeal's WWII mystery series, the intrepid spy Maggie Hope is undercover in German-occupied Paris, trying to find the whereabouts of a missing British spy, and also find her own sister. It's a deadly serious business as Maggie risks her life every day.

In a grim city where most residents scrounge for food, Maggie assumes the identity of an Irish woman friendly to the Germans. She meets the famed designer Coco Chanel, who's friendly with the occupying forces, and other local luminaries. She also sees a couple of fellow spies in a restaurant but cannot help them when they run into trouble.

This is a complex installment with some pretty grim scenes. As with her other books, the author has done meticulous research on the period. The ending sets the stage for the next book.

I have thought throughout the series -- I have read all of the books -- that MacNeal is a better researcher than writer, but she's improving. This book held my interest.

Do to the complexity of the overall story and number of characters, I recommend reading the series in order. This one could work as s stand-alone, though.

This is the seventh book featuring Maggie Hope. The books are becoming darker and darker as World War II continues. For the past few books, Maggie has been working with British Intelligence. As suggested by the title, Maggie is in Paris posing as a wealthy Irish girl shopping for her trousseau. Her mission is a mix of the personal and the official as she is looking for her sister and for a missing British spy. Paris under Nazi rule is a dangerous place for most people, but especially for British spies. Our author does an excellent job of describing the atmosphere and building the tension. The moral issues presented in wartime are complicated and enormous. Commanding officers know that they are sending people to their deaths, they just don’t often know who will live and who will die. Is it different when they do know that they are sending a specific person to torture and death? The stakes couldn’t be higher for the allies as they are planning the invasion. They need the spies for both concrete intelligence about the landing sites and for planting disinformation. This is a series that should be read in order. There are continuing characters whose stories from previous volumes are relevant to this book. When the series is read in order, you will know those back stories; you will see how the war has taken its toll on Maggie; and you will understand the progression of the war. This series tells an important story as we continue to face hate groups and speech in today’s world. Intolerance and hate must be defeated over and over again. Maggie’s story reminds us of why we cannot let it slide and why we must say never again. The series reads like a light mystery story, but the stories are so tense and dark that they do not fit that genre.

Picking off basically where we left off, Maggie is in Paris waiting to get put in her role as Paige so that she can find her sister and the spy without security checks from the last book. Mixed in with this is the planning for Normandy and double agents and Coco Chanel. Maggie as Paige is staying at the Ritz and on the way helps a German soldier who was knocked down. The man who bumped him isn't so lucky and this immediately sets the stage for how Paris is under occupation. Maggie works to find out what happened to the spy, but mostly on how to find her sister. Hugh and Sarah are also in town with their own mission. Coco Chanel gets a fair shake, she is not an unredeemed character but she did collaborate per the historical record. Big questions about whats right dominate the end and cant wait for next installment to find out how Maggie deals with these issues

Last updated on 12 Jul 2017
MY Review of "THE PARIS SPY"

I enjoyed "The Paris Spy" by Susan Elia MacNeal. The genres of this story are Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Mystery. The timeline of the story is during World War Two, and takes place mostly in Paris, and London.

This is the seventh novel in a series of books. This is the first book that I have read, but I found it easy to keep up with the characters. I don't think it is necessary to read the other books, but I would like to.

The author describes the characters as complex and complicated. There is loyalty and betrayal, and good and evil. Maggie Hope goes to Nazi-occupied France to look for two women. Maggie is working undercover and is pretending to be Irish and looking at Paris fashions for her wedding. She is staying at the elegant Ritz Hotel that is has swastika banners all over. She gets to meet Coco Chanel, who is staying there.

I appreciate the research of World War Two activities in Paris and France, and how the emotional upheaval is evident. The author's descriptions of the surroundings , landscape and people is interesting. There is espionage, double agents, and hazards,

It is a very dangerous time, and other agents are missing, and communication seems to be difficult. Who do you trust? I found this novel to be exciting, captivating, intriguing and enjoyable, and would highly recommend this. I look forward to reading more novels in this series by the author. I received this Advanced Reading Copy for my honest review.

WOW!!! I have found a new writer and series that I just LOVE! I have only now stumbled onto it because of having selected this book that was really, really good.
I am now going to go back and read this series in order. This one was suspenseful and entertaining enough to make me want to do that.
The very first chapter in this book starts off with a woman who is being interrogated committing suicide from a hotel window in order to save the information that would jeopardize the invasion. That grabs you immediately of course.
Her ability at writing makes you get involved with the characters right away.
Don't let these books get past you. This one gets published in just a few weeks.

"The Paris Spy" sees Maggie Hope, WW2 British SOE operative and mathematician, on her way to wartime Paris undercover to determine whether a fellow SOE agent has been compromised. As the novel opens, she is receiving her undercover identity and preparing for her mission, which is especially critical, as the missing agent has soil samples that are critical to the planning of the invasion of Normandy.

This is very tightly written, well-plotted book. Author Susan Elia MacNeal really shines when it comes to evoking the atmosphere of wartime Paris. Coco Chanel's character was an especial highlight, as was the constant sense of danger and decadence that Maggie encounters. It really kept me reading right up to the last page.

I did ding it a star, because I didn't care for the cliffhanger ending, but am hopeful that things will untangle in the next book.

This is the latest installment (but you could read it as a standalone) in what has become a deeply satisfying historical mystery series. Maggie Hope embodies a lot of what we'd all like to see illustrated more often- a determined young woman with a STEM background and terrific capabilities who is zipping along. As always, this skims the surface of the deeper historical issues but you get a good sense of Paris under German occupation and the war a young American like Maggie would have in these circumstances but she doesn't run away. Macneal has good sense of her audience (it doesn't get too dark or go low) and a good storytelling style of writing. I enjoyed this thanks to a Netgalley ARC and you will too if you'd read any in this series or if you are looking for a cracking good tale.

I'm always on the lookout for well-written mystery novels. This fit the bill nicely even though there were plot elements I didn't really catch onto. This is the seventh in the series, and I had never read any of the previous novels. That did not prevent me from enjoying this well researched, engaging book. While the book has a nostalgic vibe, it has a modern sense of plot pacing and structure (that is, fast paced and logical rather than slow and meandering like many books of yore).

The era is nicely fleshed out without becoming excessively bogged down in historical detail. I really appreciate that as too many action/adventure books become mired in excessive detail about history or other arcane detail that really doesn't advance the plot.

I will definitely be looking for more books in this series.

I've read this series from the beginning, in order, and appreciate the main character and the setting. As in any series, some of the books are better than others. This one was terrific and the research she did on wartime Paris was admirable. I won't offer any spoilers but Maggie is in wartime Paris on an assignment, and there are other characters from the series who make appearances. As in other books in the series, historical characters make appearances as well and in this book it's Mlle Coco Chanel, who is also staying at the Ritz, as well as several notorious Nazi leaders. The plot keeps one guessing and the details of Paris during the war makes for fascinating reading.
In the past I've felt that one should read these books in order to understand the continuity, but this one, more than others in the series, can stand alone. While those who have read others might understand more character background, it wasn't necessary to understand character motivations or references.
I also appreciated the list of works consulted, at the end of the book, that MacNeal used to base her story and details of Paris in wartime.
A great addition to the series and difficult to put down until the end.

“Paris Spy” is the first Maggie Hope book I have read.
It won't be the last.

At the time of this story, circa 1942, Maggie is a member of the SOE, a branch of the British military that has begun using women as spies in France, in the last critical part of WWII.

Female spies were highly unusual at the time, and the hope for success of the SOE was much doubted by a society that believed women ought do their war duty at home knitting socks for the troops.

Maggie is an undercover agent in Paris at this time, searching for a missing agent, code name Erica Calvert, as well as for her half sister, Elise, a German Resistance fighter who is in hiding, after escaping the prison camp Ravensbrück.

The beginning of the story was off-putting, with a confusingly wide range of characters, including one “Obersturmbannführer Wolfgang von Waltz,” a high ranking KGB agent, in charge of extracting info from captured spies.
Often in the book, phrases were written in German or French, with no translation given, and that irked me as well.

I stuck with the story though, and I'm glad I did.

The pace picked up and some of the characters fell into place.
There was quite a bit of name-dropping, including that of one “Coco Chanel,” who, astonishingly and instantly decides to become Maggie's new BFF.
I do believe that the historical names brought into the story were well-researched however, which lent some credibility to their presence.

The book becomes an engrossing page-turner as Maggie and her fellow agents become gravely compromised by Nazis and double agents.
The story, while a little too reliant on coincidence, is really a well-spun yarn that is grounded fairly well in true historical occurrences.

When it comes to violence, the narrative is quite graphic at times; this book is not a WWII cozy and it is not for the squeamish.

It is Maggie herself who makes this book worth reading. She has courage and integrity that hits home, and brings out the reader’s better self as well.

This was the third book in the Maggie Hope series that I have read and they just keep getting better and better.

The tension was rampant throughout this book. A book dealing with the SOE spies that were sent from England into enemy territory in the fight to win the war over the Germans. The story was mesmerizing and I was enthralled throughout. I read this all in one sitting, staying up very late to finish.

An excellent read that I thoroughly enjoyed.

And to find out that parts of the book were based off real individuals and history - shocking at times.

I am so glad that I found this series, I love books about the war and the people who lived through it. Reading what they did to defend their country and how their day to day lives were affected during this war.

Huge thanks to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and Net Galley for providing me with a free e-galley in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.