4.5/5 stars!

This prequel to Lilac Girls could be a stand alone if needed. You don’t need to read it before Lilac Girls to understand what happens, but I do recommend reading it after Lilac Girls as I did.

I couldn’t help by tear up with the interactions between Eliza and Henry and smile when I realized who Serge of Lilac Girls is. Carline certainly gets her spunk from her mom and grandmother.

I haven’t read a historical fiction that takes place in Russia, so I was hooked into reading Sofya and Verinka’s sections. I couldn’t help by hate Taras and even started to really dislike Verinka.

Martha certainly did it again!

I look forward to reading more historical fiction that take place during World War 1 and within Russia or Eastern Europe