This is the second book in the London Chronicles
series. The first book was called ASecret Courage.
This book is set around WWII, and children in Czechoslovakia
need help getting out of the country before the Germans take over. Amity is a tutor to the daughter of an
English writer. Even though she’s
American, she’s in England to be close to her brother, who works for the
British government. When Amity’s brother
sends her a telegram around Christmas, her life is going to take a turn she’d
never have imagined.
There’s also another plot to follow, revolving around a
Jewish family and the German soldier who is (sometimes) tracking them for a
treasure he obviously never finds. I say
sometimes because there are stretches of time where that plot ends up pushed to
the side as we read about Amity and her plight.
Anything dealing with the horrors of WWII is going to have a
somber tone to it, and that’s understandable.
But as a result, I was more interested in the plight of the children
than the romance between Clark and Amity.
When I picked this book to read, I didn’t realize I’d read
the first book in the series. I wasn’t a
huge fan of that one, and most of the issues I had with the first book would
apply to this one. There’s one
exception, and that’s the fact that this one feels like a complete story, so I
ended up liking it more. This book isn’t
connected to A Secret Courage, so you could read these out of order or
alone. The book wasn’t as depressing as
it could have been, and I did enjoy it overall.
I give it 3.5 stars.
*I received a copy of this book from Harvest House through
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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