I read and loved The Alice Network by Quinn. That coupled with my manager at Barnes & Noble, who doesn't typically like historical fiction going on and on and on about how much she loved this book made it a must read for me.
And it so very much was!!! It was so good!! The tension was crazy. Trying to figure out if people are who they say they are was intense. Here Quinn did an amazing job of telling a story in three distinct voices. The story is told in alternating chapters from the perspective of and in the voice of Ian, Nina, and Jordan. Nina's story is told in the war years and Nina and Ian's are a few years post war. While Nina is present in the other chapters, her story, how she got where she is, is told from before she meets Ian and how she ended up with them. It is a really great storytelling method here and adds to the excitement and tension. And it makes it impossible to stop from falling in love with Nina.
Jordan is such a great female character. She doesn't want to be pigeonholed into the role young women were expected to fulfill in the 1950's. She wants to be a photographer, her idols are female war correspondents and photographers. She wants to do well and be happy even if it is bucking norms. And Ian, he is so much more than the buttoned up Englishman he seems. He is easy to love and admire. But Tony!!! He doesn't get his own chapters but he is my favorite character. He is Jewish, a New Yorker, not perfect because he is a Yankee fan, and he has heart and brains. He sees so much value in Jordan and her work and desires.
I don't want to spoil anything about this, I want you to have the full experience so I will stop here. But if you like WWII historical fiction, mystery, family drama, and a love story, then this book will please you.
(Finished March 18, 2019)
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