Thank you to Netgalley for the Arc. All thoughts are my own

I actually had a lot of fun reading this. It was a historical fiction set in New York during World World 2, following E, our English Ph.D holding protagonist. I really liked E and her friends as characters, although I wish her friends and the other supporting characters were fleshed out some more. The opening scene was absolutely incredible and I loved how E was shown as struggling to process her grief. I honestly wasn't sure which direction the plot was going to head, and I thought at first it was a simple murder mystery but it turned into so much more.

There are several small issues I did have with the story though. The book was paced very slowly with me wondering several times what was going to happen next because it felt like nothing was happening at the moment. The language that all of the characters used felt a bit older than the 1940's and honestly felt like belonged in the 1800's instead. I also wish more of E's upbringing was dived into, especially her history with her dad.

All in all, this was an extremely interesting historical fiction and I was very satisfied with the ending and how all of the pieces fell into place throughout.