When Fliss has to move from London to the middle of Wales with her mother, she’s not too happy. It’s also not so great that there going to live with her strict grandma Margo for six months who is not the typical storybook granny. When Fliss finds Margo’s wartime journal, she’s immediately sucked in and ends up finding out Margo’s biggest secret.

This is definitely one of those books that got an extra star because of my enjoyment reading the audiobook. It was read by Eilidh L Beaton who did a fantastic job - her voice was Fliss was amazing, and genuinely sounded like a teenage girl. All he frustration, and emotion was there for the entire story and I loved, loved, loved it.

I loved everything that Fliss went through in this book with dealing with her mom’s illness and also being in a new town and new school. Her attitude was great, and I loved how she dealt with everything. Her crush on the librarian definitely made me cringe a bit and when it got to that moment I actually skipped a few seconds forward because I just couldn’t.

I loved Margo’s diary a lot. I feel like with the mix of the two stories this would make a great movie. Young Margo was just a fantastic character with such British heart and stoic. I dd definitely guess what was going to happen with Rick but I like how it played out at the end with Fliss.

Fliss’s voice was so authentic. She genuinely felt like such a teenager but not too young and immature or too old and mature. She was just there, a 15-year-old dealing with crushes, and bullies, and school as well as a ton of other emotions.

I actually teared up near the end at Fliss’s dance scene. It was wonderfully written and had so much emotion in it. Just wow.

Fantastic book, recommend to everyone who loves contemporary or historical fiction. Or someone who just loves a great cast of female characters.