Historical fiction featuring badass ladies (who often don't get the credit they deserve) is kind of our jam so you can imagine our excitement over Among the Red Stars, a novel inspired by true events from WWII.

Here in the US, much of our education revolves around what lead the US to get involved in WWII so something as cool as the NIGHT WITCHES (hello, how badass is this name!) got left in the dust. Luckily debut author Gwen C. Katz is here to give us a riveting tale of a group of Russian female pilots and navigators who gave the Germans hell.

Told in back and forth letters between Valka and her childhood friend (who was drafted to fight in combat) as well as on the battleground (air?) with Valka, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. First, wanting to know which of the ladies would make pilot or navigator, then when Valka's cousin goes missing, and THE ACTION NEVER STOPS! I can't say more than that without giving it away but I was enamoured with these characters and their story.