The Orphan's Tale is a sweet story about friendship and love set during the time of the Holocaust in Germany. It's about a female aerialist in the circus who is Jewish and a young woman who comes to the circus after saving a Jewish baby. The two and the baby develop a close bond as they hide from the Nazis. It's a very beautiful story that I would definitely recommend. I even cried at the end, which doesn't happen too often!

I think ultimately the only thing I didn't like was the insta-love. Noa and Luc fall in love so quickly and while I respect that that is realistic in some cases, it felt rushed to me considering the pacing of the story. I also had a few qualms with how contrived the ending felt (literally it was the only way to successfully end the novel without having it be messy), but I was so swept up with emotions that I didn't end up minding it as much as I otherwise would have!

Ultimately, I highly recommend this! Great book! Really sad! Solid read! If you're looking for a WWII book that's not like other WWII books, I'd give this one a shot!

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Wow that shouldn't have been allowed to make me cry the way it did at the end, holy shit.

Review to come probably tonight so look out for that! I'll hopefully do a little one on here once I...get it together haha

-Book Hugger