Genre: Historical Fiction
# of Pages: 343
RAC: Yes
Verity is a young female British spy who is captured in France while on a mission simply for looking the wrong way when crossing the street. The first half of the novel is Verity’s written confession about her incarceration, interrogation, and even torture by the Gestapo for information on the British. Some of the things she says seem tedious or unimportant, but in the second half you hear from her best friend, Maddie, who is a female pilot working for Britain. She was the pilot who flew Verity in on her mission, but her plane was hit and Verity had been forced to jump out with a parachute leaving both of them unaware of the other’s fate. Maddie ended up crashing, but then found herself stranded in a land where if she were caught she would definitely be put in jail as well. As Maddie’s story is told some of the facts Verity mentioned suddenly make sense. All of this leads up to the shocking ending when the reader learns what happens to these two dedicated friends.
This title has received amazing reviews and for good reason. The story is captivating, intriguing, mysterious, and unique. Verity and Maddie’s friendship ends up reflecting just how important these relationships were during wartime. The very beginning starts a little slow as the setting it set, but eventually this leads up to an exciting premise as these two unique voices tell their tales of female involvement in WWII. Highly recommended.
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