Summary: Romney Marsh, July 1940. When invasion threatens, do you have to grow fast. Sixteen-year-old Peggy has been putting on a brave face since the fall of France, but now the enemy is overhead, and the rules are changing all the time. Stay on the right side of the law turns out to be harder than they expected when a plane surface in the swamp: it is Peggy who are pathetic, broken pilot; a young Polish man, Henryk, those hidden in a remote Church remains, provided secretly by Peggy. If something come more blossoms between the two, Peggy's brother Ernst curiosity peaks and other secrets to light, forcing Peggy and Henryk to the question of all loyalty and beliefs they thought they held dear.
So, recently I have craving books during WW2 (especially ones with romance in them), and this book seemed like it would've been just what I was looking for. It was ... and it was. In fact, I found the book but it felt like there was something missing.
In General (as I've probably already said many times before), I'm not a fan of the POV alternately in books and this was a book with alternate POV by. Peggy's chapters were my favorite, I was kind of indifferent Henryk, while Ernest's mostly just annoyed me or bores me and I think that had a big influence on how much I enjoyed the story.
I went in the book the romance be expected of a larger subplot than it actually turned out to be, it was hardly there at all really (at least, it felt that way to me). It felt as if we were hardly got all scenes of Peggy and Henryk together, because they just don't have many calls or because they were left out or glossed over or it was sort of drowned out by all Ernest stuff.
It's kind of hard to explain my thoughts on this book. It's just ...I liked it. I found the characters (although Ernest bugged me-probably because I have a little brother, so I was a little bit there projecting), I usually liked the story, I found the writing style, and I found Peggy and Henryk together even though there was not nearly enough of it. There wasn't really anything that I loved all.
The only thing I didn't like how it ended was--it felt a bit rushed? Abrupt? Also something, or not enough something, but I can't pin point what.
So yes, I loved the book, but I wanted to love it. I expect that love it. I just wanted more than what I have--I wanted to be completely swept up in the story and to lose myself in what the characters were feeling, but it doesn't make me feel much of anything further entertained.
I would rate it 3.5 out of 5 stars. I highly recommend it, especially if you like stories set during WW2, and you'll probably enjoy it more than I did to switch between viewing the POV and not go into the expect them to be a romance.
Later.
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