3.5 stars

Daisy is 15 years old when she is shipped off to live with her cousins in England. But only a while after she gets there, a world war breaks out and Daisy and her cousins are left to fend for themselves. For the first time, Daisy learns how to look after others, and falls in love, while trying to keep everyone together and alive.

The first time I read this I think I was too young to understand everything going on and now I've read as an older reader, I definitely understood a lot more though the whole story isn't explained that well as we are getting Daisy's POV and she doesn't even really understand what is going on. It's very hard to know who is the bad guys and who are the good guys and what countries are fighting against who is it just rebels in every country??

I enjoyed the character development of Daisy and her love for her cousins, and her romantic love for her cousin Edmond (which yes, is kind of icky, but you kind of just go with it). I do think the ending is still a bit choppy and odd, and I really hated it when I was younger and I still didn't totally enjoy it now. As a youngish YA book, I feel like it's too open-ended and still full of questions, and definitely doesn't satisfy me much as a reader. I'm glad I gave this book a second chance though.