I was hoping this was going to be a fun drama, but it tried to deal with a lot of sensitive issues and didn't necessarily deal with them all particularly well. The book needed to be a lot more nuanced to handle adult/teen relationships, mental disorders, abuse, and of course antisemitism well. The easiest example of this is Gretchen starting the book literally believing that Jews are subhuman (her words) and then recanting on this the first time a Jew is actually present in the story. I just needed more for those parts of the story to work.

I would have preferred this more as a fun drama that didn't deal with sensitive topics. But I did wind up having a good time while reading this and appreciated that the romance wasn't instalove (even if it wasn't my favorite). And I liked the historical accuracy surrounding Eva Braun and Angela Raubal.

I will be picking up the sequel and I'm looking forward to it, but I don't think this is a book I'd be recommending, although I can see how some people would really enjoy it.