It was an interesting setting being in Norway (briefly) and Shetland Islands during WW2. It was an interesting story and the writing was engaging even tho predictable.

While I liked the change in scenery from the typical France, Britain or other European country or city, I did not care for Bill’s character. He felt whiney and self-focused. I liked Hedda but towards the end she felt inconsistent and out of character at times rather than progressively growing.

Also, the mail thing bothered me at the end. Most soldiers couldn’t share the location once deployed which is why they had military postal boxes like APOs and GPOs. So it didn’t make sense why she couldn’t have written simply because she didn’t know where he was. It most likely wouldn’t have been mailed directly to him anyways.

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are mine.