The Huntress
Author: Kate Quinn
Genre: Historical Fiction
Original publication date: February 2019
Book description: Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina’s bravery and cunning will keep her alive.
Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.
Growing up in post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. When her long-widowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiancée, Jordan is thrilled. But there is something disconcerting about the soft-spoken German widow. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmother’s past—only to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family . . . secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear.
Thoughts:
First off, I was mistaken about the premise of this book, I was wrong even about the genre, this was not a fantasy, it was historical fiction. I did not read the description no, worse, I read about a different book with a similar title.
It begins following different people Jordan and her family, while she faces the struggle of her father remarrying. She is a lovely girl, willful and with ideas that are not entirely suited for the time she is living on. Yet she does not fully go against everything society sets for her, that is until she gets back up from the last person she expected, her stepmother.
There is something about the stepmother she does not fully trust initially but then she gets over it as she starts to know her. She lvoes her family and you see them all become a great blended family.
On the other hand, we follow Nina, a mystery, her husband Ian, the coworker who is just as invested in hunting down Nazi party members and the war criminal that never faced trials. Initially, it was jarring to move from one to the next, adding that there were flashbacks to the time of war as well, so we have two timelines, one for the now, the 50s and then the 40s when the war was still full-on. That requires a little getting used to. But after you get invested in the characters it gets so much better. At point I was annoyed because as we were making discoveries there would be a sudden change ad you would have to leave without knowing what happened and then come back to it later.
I really liked it. I see what it would be so high on people's top reads of 2019. Yet I really want to read more historical fiction and that is not about WWII. It seems there have been plenty of them about it, or at least the ones I have picked up lately. I will have to read a few more of the ones in the category to make up my mind about it.
I really enjoyed it, the twists, the turn of events that were plain to see as you were reading it. but impossible for the characters to make the connections as they had pieces missing.
Of course, it had a very convenient ending, there was a lot of thing falling into place a bit too nicely so that everything could be felt like it was crucial and about to end bad and then bit by bit a lot of lucky hits one after the other, but oh well. It was still enjoyable to read.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Original publication date: February 2019
Book description: Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina’s bravery and cunning will keep her alive.
Transformed by the horrors he witnessed from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials, British war correspondent Ian Graham has become a Nazi hunter. Yet one target eludes him: a vicious predator known as the Huntress. To find her, the fierce, disciplined investigator joins forces with the only witness to escape the Huntress alive: the brazen, cocksure Nina. But a shared secret could derail their mission unless Ian and Nina force themselves to confront it.
Growing up in post-war Boston, seventeen-year-old Jordan McBride is determined to become a photographer. When her long-widowed father unexpectedly comes homes with a new fiancée, Jordan is thrilled. But there is something disconcerting about the soft-spoken German widow. Certain that danger is lurking, Jordan begins to delve into her new stepmother’s past—only to discover that there are mysteries buried deep in her family . . . secrets that may threaten all Jordan holds dear.
Thoughts:
First off, I was mistaken about the premise of this book, I was wrong even about the genre, this was not a fantasy, it was historical fiction. I did not read the description no, worse, I read about a different book with a similar title.
It begins following different people Jordan and her family, while she faces the struggle of her father remarrying. She is a lovely girl, willful and with ideas that are not entirely suited for the time she is living on. Yet she does not fully go against everything society sets for her, that is until she gets back up from the last person she expected, her stepmother.
There is something about the stepmother she does not fully trust initially but then she gets over it as she starts to know her. She lvoes her family and you see them all become a great blended family.
On the other hand, we follow Nina, a mystery, her husband Ian, the coworker who is just as invested in hunting down Nazi party members and the war criminal that never faced trials. Initially, it was jarring to move from one to the next, adding that there were flashbacks to the time of war as well, so we have two timelines, one for the now, the 50s and then the 40s when the war was still full-on. That requires a little getting used to. But after you get invested in the characters it gets so much better. At point I was annoyed because as we were making discoveries there would be a sudden change ad you would have to leave without knowing what happened and then come back to it later.
I really liked it. I see what it would be so high on people's top reads of 2019. Yet I really want to read more historical fiction and that is not about WWII. It seems there have been plenty of them about it, or at least the ones I have picked up lately. I will have to read a few more of the ones in the category to make up my mind about it.
I really enjoyed it, the twists, the turn of events that were plain to see as you were reading it. but impossible for the characters to make the connections as they had pieces missing.
Of course, it had a very convenient ending, there was a lot of thing falling into place a bit too nicely so that everything could be felt like it was crucial and about to end bad and then bit by bit a lot of lucky hits one after the other, but oh well. It was still enjoyable to read.
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