Lots of great aspects of WW2 in France going on in this book - fashion in Paris, gangsters making the most of the war, resistance espionage and escorting escapees out of the country. It showed well how sometimes things aren’t what they look like on the surface and often ethics or choices can be very grey. War blurs so many lines and makes things rarely black and white. 

All the main themes worked really well tied all together pretty seamlessly. I liked the characters and perspectives of Paulette, Nicolle, and Sabine. I thought they complemented each other and I liked their storylines. 

There were some weird transition gaps, missing details or jumps in scenes or character actions that would have made more sense if they were fleshed out more but maybe by the time the book is published it’ll be edited a little more. 

The crossover between the other books was great but apparently it actually was more like a series, at least with The Widows of Champagne and this, and there were tie ins with Paris Housekeeper. I read Paris Housekeeper awhile ago but never Widows. I wish I’d known they were in sequence and were listed as an actual series so I could’ve read them that way. This one can stand alone, but it would’ve given more context to Paulette if I’d read the other first. 

Thanks to Netgalley for the advanced copy of this book. All opinions are mine.