Ok so unsurprisingly I loved this. I am a fan of World War Fiction and a good sprinkling of my top 10 are novels about the first or second world war.

This one isn't getting up there; it's pretty high in melodrama and it lays it on pretty thick, which just isn't necessary with the sheer emotional tension of war time.

But it's great to read about from the female perspective for a change. I absolutely routed for everyone and mourned the losses. It wasn't a 'literary' read, it was easy and quickly digestible.

I'll check out some of her other novels as well although I'm not sure I'll manage the romantic fancy quite as well if it's not a war setting.