Wow okay so THIS is what I wanted from The Alice Network!

So we get 3 povs of women who are insanely interesting, historically accurate, well developed, distinct and smart as hell yet feeling the limitations of gender roles. I loved Loved FREAKING LOVED how the romances were used + their purpose. They offered something to the characters and story which is so lacking in so many books. The romances are just thrown in but they HAD A PURPOSE! THANK YOU! This is a feminist WWII historical fiction. From top to bottom and exactly what I freaking wanted and needed to read.

I find many historical fictions use multiple timelines and pics because it's pretty expended and popular right now but this is (once again) a situation where it should've been used and it was used effectively to connect the plots of many of these women, to build tension and ALL THREE WERE FASCINATING! I wasn't eye rolling everytime a certain character came on.

The mystery of what is happening with the women on e in France + the radio transcript is SO GOOD. I had to put the book down once to work (Ugh, the audacity of my job) and I sat at my desk thinking "I wonder if they were betrayed by..." and I caught myself at least FOUR times in 6 hours doing this! I highkey gasp cried the last quarter of the book with everything being tied together. I can see those pictures in my mind. I can feel the losses in my gut. I feel the anger from the betrayal.

This is such a fantastic book and I'll have to keep an eye on this author from now on.