I love reading stories about World War Two, in particular when they star women kicking ass as nurses and dashing men in uniforms. We Shall Remember is definitely slightly different than the typically, mainly british-based novels I've read but it certainly didn't take away from Irena's loyalty and bravery. The first part of the book is such a guessing game as he reader tries to figure out who Magdalena Drobnik is, and what she has to do with Irena and Richard.

There was a while I really wondered about whether or not Irena's friend was still alive from the start of the book as I had felt that those letters were so vague and may have been staged.

Irena definitely annoyed me at times, her refusal to give in to Richard when she clearly felt so much for him - they could have had so much more time together! And then her refusal to try and leave Poland afterwards. It makes me sad that they didn't have any children or legacy left behind other than Lena, who wasn't blood-related or carried their name and essentially Irena was on her own for so long. I maybe would have liked Neil to have been introduced earlier and maybe a bit saucier things happening between him and Sarah but for such a brief character, he was a very strong, vivid one. The chemistry was definitely there.