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Just One More Day
When Britain declares war on Germany in 1939, Carolyn Maddison is still a schoolgirl. Her elder brother Alastair wastes no time in joining the RAF as a flying officer, and Carolyn decides that when she is eighteen she will follow him into the service by joining the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. While reporting to the Air Ministry in London she meets a good-looking, charismatic pilot, Charlie Wade, currently employed in propaganda work. He believes that with her calm demeanor and resilience, Carolyn should work as an Intelligence officer, and suggests she serve on an active bombing station. At her side throughout the courses and postings that follow is Lucy Gaston, naturally quick-witted and sparky, a perfect foil for her friend. The young WAAFs both obtain prestigious postings in 5 Group Bomber Command, where they perform the vital tasks of briefing and debriefing aircrew returning from operations over Germany. Lucy, an incorrigible optimist, falls head over heels for a member of a Lancaster bomber crew while Carolyn resists her feelings for its dashing pilot. She decides it's not worth the risk of loving a man in wartime...only to wonder if she has done the right thing when a new WAAF on the station sets her cap at him. For Lucy and Carolyn, life on a WWII bombing station brings drama, heartbreak and suspense in this touching love story.
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First published February 5, 2015
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Jessica Blair
56 books28 followersMy real name is Bill Spence. Jessica Blair came into being when my publisher, Piatkus, accepted my first historical saga and declared that, for various reasons, they would prefer to publish it under a female name and they suggested Jessica Blair.
I was born in Middlesbrough in 1923. I trained as a teacher but never followed the profession as war intervened. I served in the RAF as a bomb aimer doing thirty-six operational flights in Lancasters of 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron Bomber Command. After the war I was sent to Rhodesia by the RAF.
It was on the voyage to Durban that I wrote my first short story and was bitten by the writing bug. On return to England I wrote articles for newspapers and magazines and fulfilled my desire to write a novel by using some war time experiences as background.
My second book was a Western and 36 were published between 1960 and 1993. During that time two more war novels and a romance appeared in print. Along with my wife, Joan, I wrote three books dealing with aspects of Yorkshire. I started a review column in the Yorkshire Gazette and Herald and that is now in its fiftieth year.
Visits to Whitby, on the Yorkshire coast, sparked off an interest in whaling and ten years intermittent research into the subject resulted in the publication of an illustrated history. It was from this study that the Jessica Blair novels arose. The first of these appeared in 1992 and a new phase in my writing career began.
There have been twenty-five Jessica Blair novels published to date (February 2015) One more is with my publisher, Piatkus, an imprint of the Little Brown Book Group. All Jessica Blair novels are available in hardback, paperback, ebook, audio download, and Large Print.
Writing was a part-time occupation until 1977 when, with the full support of my wife, Joan, it became full-time. Throughout my whole writing career I have had her, and my four children's, unstinting support, advice, and inspiration.
I was born in Middlesbrough in 1923. I trained as a teacher but never followed the profession as war intervened. I served in the RAF as a bomb aimer doing thirty-six operational flights in Lancasters of 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron Bomber Command. After the war I was sent to Rhodesia by the RAF.
It was on the voyage to Durban that I wrote my first short story and was bitten by the writing bug. On return to England I wrote articles for newspapers and magazines and fulfilled my desire to write a novel by using some war time experiences as background.
My second book was a Western and 36 were published between 1960 and 1993. During that time two more war novels and a romance appeared in print. Along with my wife, Joan, I wrote three books dealing with aspects of Yorkshire. I started a review column in the Yorkshire Gazette and Herald and that is now in its fiftieth year.
Visits to Whitby, on the Yorkshire coast, sparked off an interest in whaling and ten years intermittent research into the subject resulted in the publication of an illustrated history. It was from this study that the Jessica Blair novels arose. The first of these appeared in 1992 and a new phase in my writing career began.
There have been twenty-five Jessica Blair novels published to date (February 2015) One more is with my publisher, Piatkus, an imprint of the Little Brown Book Group. All Jessica Blair novels are available in hardback, paperback, ebook, audio download, and Large Print.
Writing was a part-time occupation until 1977 when, with the full support of my wife, Joan, it became full-time. Throughout my whole writing career I have had her, and my four children's, unstinting support, advice, and inspiration.
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February 22, 2017
3.5
I've been reading and enjoying Jessica Blair novels for a long time. I also enjoy books written about both World Wars.
This book just didn't do it for me. I really tried but it just didn't grab me. It was all just a bit too nice. Everything that happened was easily accepted and solved. I felt like I never got to know the characters properly. Carolyn, who was the main character was to me an unlikable person. She was very self pitying and made ridiculous decisions on a five minute meeting or on a whim. I liked the character of Lucy. I thought there should have been even more made of her story.
According to this book everything in the services ran as smooth as silk and everybody was lovely and completely amenable.
When I got into the second half of the book I enjoyed the descriptions of the Lancaster's flights over Germany. I thought this was very well done.
I suppose you can't win them all and it won't put me off reading more Jessica Blair novels.
I've been reading and enjoying Jessica Blair novels for a long time. I also enjoy books written about both World Wars.
This book just didn't do it for me. I really tried but it just didn't grab me. It was all just a bit too nice. Everything that happened was easily accepted and solved. I felt like I never got to know the characters properly. Carolyn, who was the main character was to me an unlikable person. She was very self pitying and made ridiculous decisions on a five minute meeting or on a whim. I liked the character of Lucy. I thought there should have been even more made of her story.
According to this book everything in the services ran as smooth as silk and everybody was lovely and completely amenable.
When I got into the second half of the book I enjoyed the descriptions of the Lancaster's flights over Germany. I thought this was very well done.
I suppose you can't win them all and it won't put me off reading more Jessica Blair novels.
February 13, 2015
"Just One More Day" is my first book by Jessica Blair and as I am a fan of historical fiction and the blurb has promised a fantastic, interesting story and also, I was hooked by the fact that the author, Jessica Blake, is in fact a 90 year - old WW II veteran, Bill Spence, I was more than a little excited to see this beauty landing on my doorstep. My first thought was: intriguing.
Carolyn Maddison is a young girl living with her family in a small town in Middlesborough. As the World War II broke out, Carolyn's brother, Alastair, volunteers for the RAF and leaves Carolyn longing to serve her country as well. She decides, despite her parents' hesitations, to volunteer for WAAF - the Women's Auxiliary Air Force - right after finishing her studies. Fast forward a little, and she quickly finds herself working her way up in the 5 Group Bomber Command, together with other women and especially Lucy, a girl she met on her first day and with whom they hit it off immediately, and , luckily, they are always relocated together. Her job is to work closely with the aircrews being sent to attack Germany, to manage them and cope with the post - raid tempers, but she must also learn how to keep her emotions under control when a plane suddenly explodes by a take - off. She and Lucy become the best friends with a crew of U - Uncle and find themselves falling for those men, even if they don't want it - Carolyn, after experiencing that a young man that she met on her way to London on a train and for whom she fell, was reported killed, and then after witnessing the accident in their base, doesn't want to fell in love. How can she, if this young man may not come home from his mission one day? Would she be able to bear the pain?
You can immediately see that those people were different, and those were other times when people non - selfishly volunteered to help their country, not thinking about their own safety but putting this of their land above all.
At first Carolyn seemed very likeable to me. I mean, young girl who volunteers, who is clever and bright and funny. Unfortunately, the more I read, the more I wanted to shake her hard and tell her to wake up. It is a war, girl, and this is the way you've chosen by yourself. I also understand she was only 17/18 years old but I also heard that people in wars matured quickly and yet here she was, behaving like a Princess and the Pea. On one hand she wanted to be perceived as an adult and act as an adult, on the other she was very childish and picky. There is no depth in her, she reminds me of a puppet being pulled at the strings. I just wanted to shake her and tell her, girl, stop pitying yourself so much!
Then we have some other characters. Lucy was a big part of Carolyn's new life but she was so bland and plain that I really don't have anything to say about her.
There are of course other characters, especially those connected with the females' main characters and those of the U - Uncle crew, but there were so many of them, especially at the beginning, and the narration switched from one to the other so that I didn't know who is the main character. They were introduced and then suddenly they were disappearing, their stories were over and I couldn't help but think why they were a part of the book at all. Also, through the whole novel, together with the girls being posted in different places, there came new characters, only for a moment, but we are forced to get to know all of their names, who they were, and all their titles, and it made the reading confusing for me more than once. So as there were thousands of them introduced to us, in the end I didn't know on whom I should concentrate, on whom I should focus and whose story should be significant to me. Sorry. Apart of Rick, of course, who at the beginning was a normal guy but in the end turned out to be selfish and jealous. He could be a champion in the air but on the ground he was not the best of people.
The characters were ones to admire because of the fact they served their country but on the other hand, they all seemed so... I don't know, unfinished? Superficial? I missed some depth to them all.
The whole story is one great concept and brilliant idea, and introducing the readers to the life of bombing station, to what happens before and after a raid, how this whole machine worked is described very meticulously and I really found it very interesting, but after some time, after so many repetitions of the same things, even I felt tired and lost my attention. I really do believe that their lives couldn't be as monotonous as described, the girls seemed only to be posted to different places, then they all used to be on leave, of course all of them, the girls and the U - Uncle crew together, then they were back and then, one page later, magically fast - forward, they were on leave again. Also the raids were nothing in particular, I wasn't expecting blood and volley shot from machine gun, but maybe some more emotional descriptions, events?
I also had some small issue with the romance aspect in this story. Carolyn - after 5 seconds of getting to know a man she was considering if he could be the man in her life. First she meets a man on a train journey and she quickly assumes there could be something between them, and I would cheer them on this because he was a great man, but unfortunately, fate meddled in their lives and Carolyn is left alone. Then we have Rick, the pilot of the U - Uncle crew and she also thinks he may be the one, but after seeing the accident of a plane taking - off and people being killed she decides she's going to go platonic this time. I mean, there were just too many romantic interests coming and going that eventually I lost my interest and it made no difference to me if Carolyn is going to have a beau or not. It was the same with Lucy in fact, both the girls only seemed to be falling in love and talk about love and potential marriage but there was no potential husband around! I realise it is also a romance but all the characters falling in love and falling out of love within few pages was just too much and honestly, it didn't put the characters in the best light, made them in my eyes a little too shallow.
But this book showed the war times from different angle, different perspective. I was always thinking that people then were just spending their time hidden and thinking how to survive, and it is totally different side to the war, shopping for dresses, going to dinners... I'm not criticizing this, oh my god, I'm the last to do this, I am sure people deserved a little time - out and they couldn't only think about war all the time.
This story is written in a very simple style following the pattern: I did this, then I did that, then I went there, ate and went to bed.The passages ended very abruptly and often left me with a feeling that I've missed something, that I skipped some important information, that something was forgotten or not said at all.
Overall, on the one hand the book deserves recognition, it is about war and people serving their country, on the other, it is a fiction and I am judging it as fiction, and it lacked in emotions and felt flat. The romance aspect was over - done and in the end I really couldn't care less who is going to end up with whom and if Carolyn is going to stay with Greg after his accident. I guess this all should draw some tears from us and feel touching but it was just too shallow and too flat.
It started out really well but then the book slowed down very significantly and I struggled to the end. I was waiting for a climax, for something big to happen, and couldn't understand why it doesn't hit the mark for me. The romance was not believable, and the every - day reality felt too dull - yes, that was everyday life in a base, but this is a book, fiction. The dialogues were too wooden and I can't imagine them happening in real life, even in those times. Everything looked so perfect and too obvious, and the pace was a little awkward, some events being stretched over time, and some passed in a paragraph or two, which was confusing. I wanted something more from this book, as I felt it has an incredible potential. Nevertheless, I did appreciate the story and am willing to give Jessica Blaire a go in the future.
Copy received from publisher in exchange for a review.
Carolyn Maddison is a young girl living with her family in a small town in Middlesborough. As the World War II broke out, Carolyn's brother, Alastair, volunteers for the RAF and leaves Carolyn longing to serve her country as well. She decides, despite her parents' hesitations, to volunteer for WAAF - the Women's Auxiliary Air Force - right after finishing her studies. Fast forward a little, and she quickly finds herself working her way up in the 5 Group Bomber Command, together with other women and especially Lucy, a girl she met on her first day and with whom they hit it off immediately, and , luckily, they are always relocated together. Her job is to work closely with the aircrews being sent to attack Germany, to manage them and cope with the post - raid tempers, but she must also learn how to keep her emotions under control when a plane suddenly explodes by a take - off. She and Lucy become the best friends with a crew of U - Uncle and find themselves falling for those men, even if they don't want it - Carolyn, after experiencing that a young man that she met on her way to London on a train and for whom she fell, was reported killed, and then after witnessing the accident in their base, doesn't want to fell in love. How can she, if this young man may not come home from his mission one day? Would she be able to bear the pain?
You can immediately see that those people were different, and those were other times when people non - selfishly volunteered to help their country, not thinking about their own safety but putting this of their land above all.
At first Carolyn seemed very likeable to me. I mean, young girl who volunteers, who is clever and bright and funny. Unfortunately, the more I read, the more I wanted to shake her hard and tell her to wake up. It is a war, girl, and this is the way you've chosen by yourself. I also understand she was only 17/18 years old but I also heard that people in wars matured quickly and yet here she was, behaving like a Princess and the Pea. On one hand she wanted to be perceived as an adult and act as an adult, on the other she was very childish and picky. There is no depth in her, she reminds me of a puppet being pulled at the strings. I just wanted to shake her and tell her, girl, stop pitying yourself so much!
Then we have some other characters. Lucy was a big part of Carolyn's new life but she was so bland and plain that I really don't have anything to say about her.
There are of course other characters, especially those connected with the females' main characters and those of the U - Uncle crew, but there were so many of them, especially at the beginning, and the narration switched from one to the other so that I didn't know who is the main character. They were introduced and then suddenly they were disappearing, their stories were over and I couldn't help but think why they were a part of the book at all. Also, through the whole novel, together with the girls being posted in different places, there came new characters, only for a moment, but we are forced to get to know all of their names, who they were, and all their titles, and it made the reading confusing for me more than once. So as there were thousands of them introduced to us, in the end I didn't know on whom I should concentrate, on whom I should focus and whose story should be significant to me. Sorry. Apart of Rick, of course, who at the beginning was a normal guy but in the end turned out to be selfish and jealous. He could be a champion in the air but on the ground he was not the best of people.
The characters were ones to admire because of the fact they served their country but on the other hand, they all seemed so... I don't know, unfinished? Superficial? I missed some depth to them all.
The whole story is one great concept and brilliant idea, and introducing the readers to the life of bombing station, to what happens before and after a raid, how this whole machine worked is described very meticulously and I really found it very interesting, but after some time, after so many repetitions of the same things, even I felt tired and lost my attention. I really do believe that their lives couldn't be as monotonous as described, the girls seemed only to be posted to different places, then they all used to be on leave, of course all of them, the girls and the U - Uncle crew together, then they were back and then, one page later, magically fast - forward, they were on leave again. Also the raids were nothing in particular, I wasn't expecting blood and volley shot from machine gun, but maybe some more emotional descriptions, events?
I also had some small issue with the romance aspect in this story. Carolyn - after 5 seconds of getting to know a man she was considering if he could be the man in her life. First she meets a man on a train journey and she quickly assumes there could be something between them, and I would cheer them on this because he was a great man, but unfortunately, fate meddled in their lives and Carolyn is left alone. Then we have Rick, the pilot of the U - Uncle crew and she also thinks he may be the one, but after seeing the accident of a plane taking - off and people being killed she decides she's going to go platonic this time. I mean, there were just too many romantic interests coming and going that eventually I lost my interest and it made no difference to me if Carolyn is going to have a beau or not. It was the same with Lucy in fact, both the girls only seemed to be falling in love and talk about love and potential marriage but there was no potential husband around! I realise it is also a romance but all the characters falling in love and falling out of love within few pages was just too much and honestly, it didn't put the characters in the best light, made them in my eyes a little too shallow.
But this book showed the war times from different angle, different perspective. I was always thinking that people then were just spending their time hidden and thinking how to survive, and it is totally different side to the war, shopping for dresses, going to dinners... I'm not criticizing this, oh my god, I'm the last to do this, I am sure people deserved a little time - out and they couldn't only think about war all the time.
This story is written in a very simple style following the pattern: I did this, then I did that, then I went there, ate and went to bed.The passages ended very abruptly and often left me with a feeling that I've missed something, that I skipped some important information, that something was forgotten or not said at all.
Overall, on the one hand the book deserves recognition, it is about war and people serving their country, on the other, it is a fiction and I am judging it as fiction, and it lacked in emotions and felt flat. The romance aspect was over - done and in the end I really couldn't care less who is going to end up with whom and if Carolyn is going to stay with Greg after his accident. I guess this all should draw some tears from us and feel touching but it was just too shallow and too flat.
It started out really well but then the book slowed down very significantly and I struggled to the end. I was waiting for a climax, for something big to happen, and couldn't understand why it doesn't hit the mark for me. The romance was not believable, and the every - day reality felt too dull - yes, that was everyday life in a base, but this is a book, fiction. The dialogues were too wooden and I can't imagine them happening in real life, even in those times. Everything looked so perfect and too obvious, and the pace was a little awkward, some events being stretched over time, and some passed in a paragraph or two, which was confusing. I wanted something more from this book, as I felt it has an incredible potential. Nevertheless, I did appreciate the story and am willing to give Jessica Blaire a go in the future.
Copy received from publisher in exchange for a review.
February 12, 2015
I really enjoyed this book which was about life on a bombing station during World War 2. As a young girl when War was declared- Carolyn's brother joined the RAF. As soon as she was old enough she joined the WAAF and following advice from her brother and a young pilot she meets- she goes for a commission. She meets up with another WAAF Lucy, and they become good friends.
It's their job to debrief the flying crew after they return from their missions- and to help with any stress that may arise.
There are some very touching and sad times during their time there and once they start dating some of the team they become more anxious to see 'Uncle'- the plane return each time.
It was a very interesting account of what roles there were for women during the war years and of the very important job those who chose to join the intelligence handled.
It's their job to debrief the flying crew after they return from their missions- and to help with any stress that may arise.
There are some very touching and sad times during their time there and once they start dating some of the team they become more anxious to see 'Uncle'- the plane return each time.
It was a very interesting account of what roles there were for women during the war years and of the very important job those who chose to join the intelligence handled.
January 16, 2015
I absolutely loved this book and was sad when I finished it. True to life characters and events, a must read, highly recommended.
January 28, 2015
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February 8, 2015
Just One More Day is the first book I have read by Jessica Blair and it started out well and promised to be an enjoyable read but by the end I was struggling to turn the pages to get it finished. I am a big fan of historical fiction and normally love family sagas set during WW1 or WW2. This is not a family saga but I did not let this put me off as it was centred around women who work for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (W.A.A.F) and their lives spent on an airbase as they help with intelligence for bomber crews as they risk life and limb to serve their country. Throughout the book I really couldn't quite pinpoint why this wasn't hitting the mark for me as it did have all the right ingredients for an interesting read. Only when I had finished reading did I discover that Jessica Blair is actually the pseudonym for Bill Spence and then alot became clear for me. I have no problem reading books written by men under a female name in fact one of my favourite Irish women's authors is actually a man but in the case of Just One More Day the author really couldn't get inside the head of a women and bring forth all the emotions experienced during the war of love and loss instead only the surface was scratched when there was so much more to explore and delve into.
Set just at the outbreak of WW2 Carolyn Maddison lives in the small town of Nunthorpe in Middlesborough. She has had a pleasant upbringing and wanted for nothing as her father Guy is a solicitor and mother Sally a housewife. Her brother Alastair volunteers for the R.A.F and when Carolynn finishes her studies at just 17 she volunteers for the W.A.A.F despite her parent's obvious hesitations. What struck me initially was that at such a young age Carolyn was very brave to volunteer and for something that was highly skilled and involved alot of training and sacrifice when she could have easily just joined the Land Girls and not been at the forefront of the action but yet helping out in some way. As she embarks upon her initial training she meets Lucy and would you believe almost as soon as they have met they are firm friends and get posted together. Lucy was a nice character but it just seemed all that convenient that the two girls would bond so quickly and that their superiors would post them in the exact same place even after training.
Throughout the novel as the girls progress in their training until they are posted to Waddington we are introduced to so many characters, in fact way too many that it was hard to keep track of who was who and what their job was. At one point over the course of just several pages we are met with an influx of characters, where they came from, what they did and their titles. For me it was too much too soon and just utterly confusing keeping track. Carolyn meets a man on the train as she begins her journey, who we then presume will be her love interest but before we know it he has left the picture and Rick and his flight crew are on the scene. I know sometimes I have minor gripes about knowing way too early who the female character will end up with but in this case it's the exact opposite. There were too many men/romantic interests coming and going that we never got to know them before they had left the scene and the women had moved on to someone else. I wanted to get inside the women's heads and experience how they felt for these men and for the important job they were doing and this in all honesty was sadly lacking along with any real heartfelt emotion.
Something else which really bothered me was all the technical jargon used throughout the book in order to explain military aircraft. For a book that is aimed at the women's fiction market this was not really necessary and all too often I found myself glossing over these parts as they were far to in depth. Yes, I realise it is historical fiction but achieving the right balance between detail and emotion is essential in this genre and here it did not happen. Some of the terms I didn't understand and I think alot of readers would feel the same as you would need to have a special interest in this area.
Initially I liked Carolyn, she seemed brave and ambitious but at nearly halfway through I wanted to give her a good thump and tell her to toughen up as this was the life she had chosen. She knew what her job entailed and its consequences and she needed to just get on with it. Carolyn also seemed too picky and childish in her relationships, she let an incident at the beginning of the war affect everything and all the decisions she made. We never really got inside her head, she says she has been hurt and that's about it we never go beyond the surface of her emotions and feelings and I just wanted more from her. Whereas the main male character Rick came across as petty, jealous and selfish in his relationships but was master in the air and someone to whom his crew looked up to and admired but still I couldn't warm to him.
Every character seemed to fall in and out of love so quickly and as they seemed to be on leave an awful lot there must have been plenty of time for romance. Would they really have gotten as much leave as mentioned in the book at a time when Britain was doing its best to defeat Hitler? By the end I just didn't care who ended up with who and yes the book did show the harsh reality of war as some bomber crews did fail to return from overnight missions but the overall it lacked any real emotional development and I'm sorry to say left me disenchanted with the whole story and its outcome.
Just One More Day was different from any other historical world war two fiction novel I had read before as it focused on just the flight bomber aspect instead of the overall picture but unfortunately it just wasn't quite for me. Aspects were just too impersonal (the characters relationships) and others way too technical for what was supposed to a wartime romance. There was far too much repetition of the day to day routines at the airbase and I know this was probably the case at the time but it didn't make for very enjoyable reading and in my case I won't be rushing to read another book by Jessica Blair although I'm sure the fans this author already has will not give up just yet and eagerly wait for the next release.
I received Just One More Day from Little Brown Book Group on NetGalley in return for an honest review.
Set just at the outbreak of WW2 Carolyn Maddison lives in the small town of Nunthorpe in Middlesborough. She has had a pleasant upbringing and wanted for nothing as her father Guy is a solicitor and mother Sally a housewife. Her brother Alastair volunteers for the R.A.F and when Carolynn finishes her studies at just 17 she volunteers for the W.A.A.F despite her parent's obvious hesitations. What struck me initially was that at such a young age Carolyn was very brave to volunteer and for something that was highly skilled and involved alot of training and sacrifice when she could have easily just joined the Land Girls and not been at the forefront of the action but yet helping out in some way. As she embarks upon her initial training she meets Lucy and would you believe almost as soon as they have met they are firm friends and get posted together. Lucy was a nice character but it just seemed all that convenient that the two girls would bond so quickly and that their superiors would post them in the exact same place even after training.
Throughout the novel as the girls progress in their training until they are posted to Waddington we are introduced to so many characters, in fact way too many that it was hard to keep track of who was who and what their job was. At one point over the course of just several pages we are met with an influx of characters, where they came from, what they did and their titles. For me it was too much too soon and just utterly confusing keeping track. Carolyn meets a man on the train as she begins her journey, who we then presume will be her love interest but before we know it he has left the picture and Rick and his flight crew are on the scene. I know sometimes I have minor gripes about knowing way too early who the female character will end up with but in this case it's the exact opposite. There were too many men/romantic interests coming and going that we never got to know them before they had left the scene and the women had moved on to someone else. I wanted to get inside the women's heads and experience how they felt for these men and for the important job they were doing and this in all honesty was sadly lacking along with any real heartfelt emotion.
Something else which really bothered me was all the technical jargon used throughout the book in order to explain military aircraft. For a book that is aimed at the women's fiction market this was not really necessary and all too often I found myself glossing over these parts as they were far to in depth. Yes, I realise it is historical fiction but achieving the right balance between detail and emotion is essential in this genre and here it did not happen. Some of the terms I didn't understand and I think alot of readers would feel the same as you would need to have a special interest in this area.
Initially I liked Carolyn, she seemed brave and ambitious but at nearly halfway through I wanted to give her a good thump and tell her to toughen up as this was the life she had chosen. She knew what her job entailed and its consequences and she needed to just get on with it. Carolyn also seemed too picky and childish in her relationships, she let an incident at the beginning of the war affect everything and all the decisions she made. We never really got inside her head, she says she has been hurt and that's about it we never go beyond the surface of her emotions and feelings and I just wanted more from her. Whereas the main male character Rick came across as petty, jealous and selfish in his relationships but was master in the air and someone to whom his crew looked up to and admired but still I couldn't warm to him.
Every character seemed to fall in and out of love so quickly and as they seemed to be on leave an awful lot there must have been plenty of time for romance. Would they really have gotten as much leave as mentioned in the book at a time when Britain was doing its best to defeat Hitler? By the end I just didn't care who ended up with who and yes the book did show the harsh reality of war as some bomber crews did fail to return from overnight missions but the overall it lacked any real emotional development and I'm sorry to say left me disenchanted with the whole story and its outcome.
Just One More Day was different from any other historical world war two fiction novel I had read before as it focused on just the flight bomber aspect instead of the overall picture but unfortunately it just wasn't quite for me. Aspects were just too impersonal (the characters relationships) and others way too technical for what was supposed to a wartime romance. There was far too much repetition of the day to day routines at the airbase and I know this was probably the case at the time but it didn't make for very enjoyable reading and in my case I won't be rushing to read another book by Jessica Blair although I'm sure the fans this author already has will not give up just yet and eagerly wait for the next release.
I received Just One More Day from Little Brown Book Group on NetGalley in return for an honest review.
July 26, 2018
A fabulously promising start to the book , beautiful character build up, intrigue, story line. But by the half way point through to the end, it’s exceptionally monotonous. Just repeating the same story over and over of their day to day lives in their job with some very gentle romance.
I had presumed and kept waiting for a plot twist, such as a marvellous secret operation or a spy within, or an exuberant romance. But nope. Really did try with this book, but ended up scanning and skipping after many chapters of much the same.
I had presumed and kept waiting for a plot twist, such as a marvellous secret operation or a spy within, or an exuberant romance. But nope. Really did try with this book, but ended up scanning and skipping after many chapters of much the same.
July 24, 2022
I’ve dnf-Ed this book on page 105. I usually love reading these books but I just do not like how it is written. All the more interesting parts are happening in like “cut-scenes” and so much is happening but I have no idea what time/day it is and introducing so many characters with not much description on them so I can’t keep track. I just simply couldn’t get into the book. It feels harsh but I don’t want to continue to read something that I’m not enjoying.
December 26, 2019
Lovely story and plenty of pace. I'm sure Jessica Blair has researched her work well. I'm rather surprised though by just how much leave the WAAF girls had. I found some of the dialogue a little irritating - Blair missed the opportunity of making speech seem natural by using the normal shorter versions e.g "I have" instead of "I've".
October 29, 2017
Excellent book highly recommend it,such a lovely story of friendship and love during ww2 I found this book very entertaining I didn't want to put it down well worth the 5*
January 16, 2018
Enjoyable read, nothing extra special about it. Nice book to read.
May 22, 2018
a very interesting read and gives us an incite into what it was like for women during the war.
May 3, 2023
I loved this story set around Waddington Air Base in WWII.
January 31, 2015
I don't read too many war historical romances, but this one promised a suspenseful storyline and romantic pilots who would sweep the main characters of their feet. How could I say no? In the end, though, this one was lacking in both suspense and a believable romance for any of the characters.
As soon as she turns 18, Carolyn Maddison is determined to do her duty and follow in her older brother's footsteps to join the war effort. Once she's of age, Carolyn wastes no time signing up for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and finds herself working her way up to the prestigious posting in 5 Group Bomber Command working closely with the aircrews sent to attack Germany. Carolyn and her close friend Lucy befriend the crew of one of the bombers and find themselves falling for the men putting their lives on the line. But can Carolyn truly give her heart to someone when there's a very real chance he may never come back home?
This story had so much promise. Girls volunteering to work in the war, only to fall in love with some dashing pilots and members of the bomber crews? From the start, though, I could already tell from the fake and unbelievable dialogue that this one was going to hard to get through. The characters were always talking about the lessons they've learned and constantly supporting each other in a way that seemed much too forced and not at all natural. I could never imagine most of the conversations the characters had actually happening in real life. Everything was a little too perfectly planned out and stereotypical, instead of giving us a realistic look at the fear of losing loved ones in a war. Also, the pace of the plot was really awkward to me and hard to follow. It seemed like they were always on leave, then two months would pass in a paragraph of them doing who knows what, only to be on leave again. I wanted a more realistic and smooth pacing of their lives instead of a rushed timeline that was hard to keep track of.
As for the romance, I was definitely not a fan. Almost every couple who fell for each other happened in a love-at-first-sight way. Literally every guy Carolyn and Lucy talked to seemed to want to date them and they had no problem finding guys to like them back. Then, they were instantly in love and wanting to get married when they had hardly even talked to each other. They talked about being in love, but I didn't really get that feeling from the relationship. I wish there was more passion and that I could feel the romance instead of being told that it was there. They just conveniently met dashing men to sweep them off their feet. Even Lucy and Carolyn conveniently met at the very beginning of the novel and instantly became inseparable. I just couldn't connect with any of the characters or the relationships they developed throughout the book.
Overall, this one fell very flat for me. There was pretty much no suspense until the very end and, even then, it was pretty predictable how everything would conclude. I was more bored during the "exciting" bombing parts because all they would say is that they released the bombs and flew away. I wanted much more action, more realistic emotions and relationships, and realistic dialogue that wasn't too mushy or neatly tied up. While it had potential, I just couldn't enjoy this one.
As soon as she turns 18, Carolyn Maddison is determined to do her duty and follow in her older brother's footsteps to join the war effort. Once she's of age, Carolyn wastes no time signing up for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and finds herself working her way up to the prestigious posting in 5 Group Bomber Command working closely with the aircrews sent to attack Germany. Carolyn and her close friend Lucy befriend the crew of one of the bombers and find themselves falling for the men putting their lives on the line. But can Carolyn truly give her heart to someone when there's a very real chance he may never come back home?
This story had so much promise. Girls volunteering to work in the war, only to fall in love with some dashing pilots and members of the bomber crews? From the start, though, I could already tell from the fake and unbelievable dialogue that this one was going to hard to get through. The characters were always talking about the lessons they've learned and constantly supporting each other in a way that seemed much too forced and not at all natural. I could never imagine most of the conversations the characters had actually happening in real life. Everything was a little too perfectly planned out and stereotypical, instead of giving us a realistic look at the fear of losing loved ones in a war. Also, the pace of the plot was really awkward to me and hard to follow. It seemed like they were always on leave, then two months would pass in a paragraph of them doing who knows what, only to be on leave again. I wanted a more realistic and smooth pacing of their lives instead of a rushed timeline that was hard to keep track of.
As for the romance, I was definitely not a fan. Almost every couple who fell for each other happened in a love-at-first-sight way. Literally every guy Carolyn and Lucy talked to seemed to want to date them and they had no problem finding guys to like them back. Then, they were instantly in love and wanting to get married when they had hardly even talked to each other. They talked about being in love, but I didn't really get that feeling from the relationship. I wish there was more passion and that I could feel the romance instead of being told that it was there. They just conveniently met dashing men to sweep them off their feet. Even Lucy and Carolyn conveniently met at the very beginning of the novel and instantly became inseparable. I just couldn't connect with any of the characters or the relationships they developed throughout the book.
Overall, this one fell very flat for me. There was pretty much no suspense until the very end and, even then, it was pretty predictable how everything would conclude. I was more bored during the "exciting" bombing parts because all they would say is that they released the bombs and flew away. I wanted much more action, more realistic emotions and relationships, and realistic dialogue that wasn't too mushy or neatly tied up. While it had potential, I just couldn't enjoy this one.
February 16, 2015
I was offered this book for review by Piatkus Books in exchange for an honest review. I was interested in reading this book because I though the context was absolutely fascinating.
The main thing I enjoyed about this novel was its main character's potential. Carolyn is quite headstrong and very convinced about what she wants. Although she's not too proud to ask for advice she is very determined to make it in her own way, and this determination is one of the most important things that (female) characters need nowadays. The World Wars are a time which seem to come with very strict stereotypes. The men are out fighting while the women are at home, writing letters and despairing. What I loved about Just One More Day was that Jessica Blair took these stereotypes and turns them upside down. In 2013 it was revealed that 'Jessica Blair' is actually 90 year-old WWII veteran Bill Spence, who has been a full-time writer since 1977, writing almost seventy books under various pseudonyms. Not only is it amazing to see Spence stepping into the limelight, but for me it also added something extra to the portrayals of the characters, since clearly he had hands-on experience in this time.
However, there were a few things in the book which put me off a bit while reading, such as the love-at-first-sight-trope. I understand that this is a romance novel and that therefore romance is a must. I have nothing against romance and very much enjoy it if it is well-developed. Love at first sight, however, in a time as chaotic and terrifying as the Blitz doesn't necessarily strike me as the best angle for a romance. Alongside this, I felt that some of Carolyn's potential was wasted on her chasing after romance rather than helping the war effort etc. Although the awkward timing is something that is discussed, I would have wished for something else. This wasn't helped by the fact that some of the dialogue fell flat for me and didn't strike me as realistic. Of course I'm not a young woman in the 1940s, but there are certain things which simply wouldn't happen or be said the way they were in Just One More Day.
One of the things that struck me was the way in which Blair/Spence managed to describe something as hectic and stressful as a bombing station in a way that made the reader feel like they understood what was happening. However, on the other hand the book also lacked suspense because of the almost "tame" descriptions of the violence. At times, I feel that Blair/Spence could have gone into a lot more depth about his experiences and the experiences of others during WWII. However, Blair/Spence's writing style was very descriptive and fun and easy to read. The story flowed well, almost too well at times, and the family scenes towards the beginning of the book were some of my favourites because Blair/Spence really managed to capture some of the affection of the family circle.
I enjoyed reading Just One More Day, despite the fact that it was not entirely to my taste. The main characters are fun and have a lot of potential. Overall, this is a fun book to spend some time with without getting too deeply into anything. I recommend it to fans of romance and light war literature. If you're looking for an in-depth war account, Just One More Day is not for you.
The main thing I enjoyed about this novel was its main character's potential. Carolyn is quite headstrong and very convinced about what she wants. Although she's not too proud to ask for advice she is very determined to make it in her own way, and this determination is one of the most important things that (female) characters need nowadays. The World Wars are a time which seem to come with very strict stereotypes. The men are out fighting while the women are at home, writing letters and despairing. What I loved about Just One More Day was that Jessica Blair took these stereotypes and turns them upside down. In 2013 it was revealed that 'Jessica Blair' is actually 90 year-old WWII veteran Bill Spence, who has been a full-time writer since 1977, writing almost seventy books under various pseudonyms. Not only is it amazing to see Spence stepping into the limelight, but for me it also added something extra to the portrayals of the characters, since clearly he had hands-on experience in this time.
However, there were a few things in the book which put me off a bit while reading, such as the love-at-first-sight-trope. I understand that this is a romance novel and that therefore romance is a must. I have nothing against romance and very much enjoy it if it is well-developed. Love at first sight, however, in a time as chaotic and terrifying as the Blitz doesn't necessarily strike me as the best angle for a romance. Alongside this, I felt that some of Carolyn's potential was wasted on her chasing after romance rather than helping the war effort etc. Although the awkward timing is something that is discussed, I would have wished for something else. This wasn't helped by the fact that some of the dialogue fell flat for me and didn't strike me as realistic. Of course I'm not a young woman in the 1940s, but there are certain things which simply wouldn't happen or be said the way they were in Just One More Day.
One of the things that struck me was the way in which Blair/Spence managed to describe something as hectic and stressful as a bombing station in a way that made the reader feel like they understood what was happening. However, on the other hand the book also lacked suspense because of the almost "tame" descriptions of the violence. At times, I feel that Blair/Spence could have gone into a lot more depth about his experiences and the experiences of others during WWII. However, Blair/Spence's writing style was very descriptive and fun and easy to read. The story flowed well, almost too well at times, and the family scenes towards the beginning of the book were some of my favourites because Blair/Spence really managed to capture some of the affection of the family circle.
I enjoyed reading Just One More Day, despite the fact that it was not entirely to my taste. The main characters are fun and have a lot of potential. Overall, this is a fun book to spend some time with without getting too deeply into anything. I recommend it to fans of romance and light war literature. If you're looking for an in-depth war account, Just One More Day is not for you.
February 8, 2015
3.5/4 stars!
This book isn't my typical read at all and I probably wouldn't have picked it up if I had seen it on my own, but I was surprised with an early review copy by the UK publisher, and the cover really drew me to it! The synopsis sounded really interesting as well, so I wanted to give it a go and read a book outside my comfort zone! I also don't think that I've read a book set during World War Two before, but I know quite a few things about that time from learning about it in school, so I was looking forward to finding out more! This book was really good! It wasn't so much a romance book, but it was more about the value of friendship and family during a disastrous and destructive time! There was romance in it as well though, which I liked and it added a lot! While I liked this book, it did take me over a week to get through! I had to force myself at certain stages to continue reading it as well because it isn't my typical kind of read! I did like it though! The plot was really good and written very well! It was very, very detailed and it really showed the amount of work that women did during the Second World War! I just found it all really interesting, and that even though it did take me a while to get through, I'm really glad I stepped outside my comfort zone to read this book! The characters were very real! Carolyn and Lucy were the main characters and this book was about their friendship and about them finding love and trying to keep everything together during a devastating war! I loved both Carolyn and Lucy! They both had similar personalities, which is what made them likable, but they had differences too! I felt like Carolyn went through more than Lucy though in this book, but they were always there for each other and they were such good friends! They remained good friends all the way through this book as well! I also loved that both characters found love and that they were able to find love during such a difficult time! I loved that their main focus wasn't about finding love though and that it was to do as much as they could to help during the war! This showed the kind of people they were! They really impressed me and I found both characters very intriguing! This book was written from multiple point of views, which confused me a little as the book progressed, so I had to take my time with it and try and work out whose point of view it was! There were also a few characters whose point of view just appeared and I had no idea who they actually were until a few chapters later! I liked the different point of views, but I would have enjoyed it more if it was indicated as to whose point of view it was so that I wasn't as confused! I can completely understand why this book is a standalone! The ending was beautiful and both main characters were happy and the book ended at a really good place! The cover for this book suits it perfectly! It has that war feel to it, which suits the book and it's even more stunning in person! Big thank you to Piatkus for sending me an early hardback copy of Just One More Day for review!
This book isn't my typical read at all and I probably wouldn't have picked it up if I had seen it on my own, but I was surprised with an early review copy by the UK publisher, and the cover really drew me to it! The synopsis sounded really interesting as well, so I wanted to give it a go and read a book outside my comfort zone! I also don't think that I've read a book set during World War Two before, but I know quite a few things about that time from learning about it in school, so I was looking forward to finding out more! This book was really good! It wasn't so much a romance book, but it was more about the value of friendship and family during a disastrous and destructive time! There was romance in it as well though, which I liked and it added a lot! While I liked this book, it did take me over a week to get through! I had to force myself at certain stages to continue reading it as well because it isn't my typical kind of read! I did like it though! The plot was really good and written very well! It was very, very detailed and it really showed the amount of work that women did during the Second World War! I just found it all really interesting, and that even though it did take me a while to get through, I'm really glad I stepped outside my comfort zone to read this book! The characters were very real! Carolyn and Lucy were the main characters and this book was about their friendship and about them finding love and trying to keep everything together during a devastating war! I loved both Carolyn and Lucy! They both had similar personalities, which is what made them likable, but they had differences too! I felt like Carolyn went through more than Lucy though in this book, but they were always there for each other and they were such good friends! They remained good friends all the way through this book as well! I also loved that both characters found love and that they were able to find love during such a difficult time! I loved that their main focus wasn't about finding love though and that it was to do as much as they could to help during the war! This showed the kind of people they were! They really impressed me and I found both characters very intriguing! This book was written from multiple point of views, which confused me a little as the book progressed, so I had to take my time with it and try and work out whose point of view it was! There were also a few characters whose point of view just appeared and I had no idea who they actually were until a few chapters later! I liked the different point of views, but I would have enjoyed it more if it was indicated as to whose point of view it was so that I wasn't as confused! I can completely understand why this book is a standalone! The ending was beautiful and both main characters were happy and the book ended at a really good place! The cover for this book suits it perfectly! It has that war feel to it, which suits the book and it's even more stunning in person! Big thank you to Piatkus for sending me an early hardback copy of Just One More Day for review!
February 1, 2015
The year 1939 was tumultuous for all. It brought such great change to the social mores of the time and especially marked a turning point in the status of women. At that point in time, the worth of what a woman could do began to be pointedly noted and though there was a long way to go, this was a good starting point.
Carolyn was just a schoolgirl but someone who was bright and intelligent. When her brother Alaistair joins the Air Force immediately Britain declared war against Germany, Carolyn knew where her future lay. The moment she legally could she with the reluctant blessings of her parents joined the WAAFs - the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Whilst on her way to enroll she meets up with a friendly airman who helps her out with directions to her posting in London and her conversations with him despite being of a short duration makes a lasting impression on the young Carolyn. Joining up, meeting up with other young women equally determined to contribute to the war effort Carolyn has to learn to be independent, away from home for the first time and also learn how to manage the many young men who are around her.
She finds the work heady, the environment tense but at the same time feels so alive to be doing something vitally important for the war effort. Underlying all this however is the threat of constant death and the death of so many comrades - here today gone by nightfall makes living on a bombing station like walking on the edge of a precipice. Unlike her other girl friends she decides to only have a platonic relationship with any young man who shows interest in her because she feels that she will not be able to cope with a loss of a loved one so early on in her life.
The story of life on a bombing station, the picture of what goes before an actual bombing raid starts, the collection of intelligence and information and how it is all brought together before a briefing as to how it should be managed was meticulously done but was not boring. The life of the station was equally important to the story as the story of Carolyn herself.
A touching love story as well as a good descriptive one of WWII in this corner of England.
Carolyn was just a schoolgirl but someone who was bright and intelligent. When her brother Alaistair joins the Air Force immediately Britain declared war against Germany, Carolyn knew where her future lay. The moment she legally could she with the reluctant blessings of her parents joined the WAAFs - the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Whilst on her way to enroll she meets up with a friendly airman who helps her out with directions to her posting in London and her conversations with him despite being of a short duration makes a lasting impression on the young Carolyn. Joining up, meeting up with other young women equally determined to contribute to the war effort Carolyn has to learn to be independent, away from home for the first time and also learn how to manage the many young men who are around her.
She finds the work heady, the environment tense but at the same time feels so alive to be doing something vitally important for the war effort. Underlying all this however is the threat of constant death and the death of so many comrades - here today gone by nightfall makes living on a bombing station like walking on the edge of a precipice. Unlike her other girl friends she decides to only have a platonic relationship with any young man who shows interest in her because she feels that she will not be able to cope with a loss of a loved one so early on in her life.
The story of life on a bombing station, the picture of what goes before an actual bombing raid starts, the collection of intelligence and information and how it is all brought together before a briefing as to how it should be managed was meticulously done but was not boring. The life of the station was equally important to the story as the story of Carolyn herself.
A touching love story as well as a good descriptive one of WWII in this corner of England.
February 5, 2015
Firstly, I have to admit that I am not a fan of war related movies but I have now read a few novels based around the lives of people living in war torn Europe and have found them an interesting insight into how people cope under these conditions. When I read the synopsis for Just One More Day I knew I wanted to open the book and find out more about the characters.
The storyline was very sympathetic to the woes of WWII. I was instantly warmed to the main female character, Carolyn. Her desire to volunteer to become a WAAF and help the country as much as she can was very commendable. She started out as quite a shy young woman but with the knowledge and skill she learned during her training her confidence grew and she blossomed into a lovely young lady. However, her start to her career was soon marred by tragedy and Carolyn had to gain an inner strength to continue with her chosen career.
Friendships made in the military, especially during times of conflict, played an important part to all concerned. These friendships became a new extended family.
I found it fascinating to learn of life in war torn Britain. Life as a WAAF was very different than life as a civilian. The author, Jessica Blair, drew you into this story and kept you enthralled with the highs and lows. My heart was racing many a time during the novel as I was awaiting news of a certain aircraft to be returned. You certainly felt like you were amongst the characters in the book. This story was also about experiencing and finding love and there were some beautiful moments of warmth and friendship.
This was a charming, romantic WWII story that is worthy of a 4/5*
The storyline was very sympathetic to the woes of WWII. I was instantly warmed to the main female character, Carolyn. Her desire to volunteer to become a WAAF and help the country as much as she can was very commendable. She started out as quite a shy young woman but with the knowledge and skill she learned during her training her confidence grew and she blossomed into a lovely young lady. However, her start to her career was soon marred by tragedy and Carolyn had to gain an inner strength to continue with her chosen career.
Friendships made in the military, especially during times of conflict, played an important part to all concerned. These friendships became a new extended family.
I found it fascinating to learn of life in war torn Britain. Life as a WAAF was very different than life as a civilian. The author, Jessica Blair, drew you into this story and kept you enthralled with the highs and lows. My heart was racing many a time during the novel as I was awaiting news of a certain aircraft to be returned. You certainly felt like you were amongst the characters in the book. This story was also about experiencing and finding love and there were some beautiful moments of warmth and friendship.
This was a charming, romantic WWII story that is worthy of a 4/5*
January 26, 2015
I loved this book, the story, the characters, the whole lot, I didn't want to put it down after I started reading it and was so disappointed when it ended. The story focuses around the main character of Carolyn Maddison who joins the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in WWII. It goes through the challenges and drama that she sufferes during this work and this gives her the time to consider if she should ever fall in love during wartime, and if she can ever be happy with the terrible times going on. Its a delicate tale written in with her role as an Intelligence Officer on an active bombing station. It really is a touching love story and I am delighted that I was given the opportunity to read a review copy. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from the publishers via NetGalley.
January 27, 2015
Probably one of the book that I finished for no reason at all because I didn't particularly like the story, plus it was not even so well written in my opinion. Even if the author wrote with an alias, it was in my opinion pretty clear that he was a man and not a woman, too many explanations for the feelings....
Probabilmente uno di quei libri che ho letto e finito senza una ragione apparente, prima di tutto non mi è piaciuta la storia, piuttosto scontata, e inoltre non l'ho trovato nemmeno particolarmente ben scritto. Anche se l'autore ha poi utilizzato uno pseudonimo femminile, per me era piuttosto evidente che fosse un uomo per via del fatto che dava troppe spiegazioni per tutte le parti che includevano dei sentimenti....
Recensione completa il 19 febbraio
Probabilmente uno di quei libri che ho letto e finito senza una ragione apparente, prima di tutto non mi è piaciuta la storia, piuttosto scontata, e inoltre non l'ho trovato nemmeno particolarmente ben scritto. Anche se l'autore ha poi utilizzato uno pseudonimo femminile, per me era piuttosto evidente che fosse un uomo per via del fatto che dava troppe spiegazioni per tutte le parti che includevano dei sentimenti....
Recensione completa il 19 febbraio
April 8, 2015
Was very excited about this one, but found the writing too simple, almost juvenile, and it lost me when it began to introduce characters and their problems...and I mean characters who had no real impact on the story or who weren't going to appear again, like Bob and his mother-in-law. Pretty much as soon as the story went from following Carolyn (she really needed to get away from Lucy, btw), and went to Rick and his crew, it lost me.
February 5, 2015
Just One More Day captures the essence of the war brilliantly. The more I read the book, the more I felt like I was really there. The characters Carolyn and Lucy are very different, but their friendship and situation connects them in a wonderful way. As can be expected by a book based on the war, there is a lot of heartache and sadness but that doesn't mean that the story isn't ultimately an uplifting one. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys books about romance.
March 30, 2017
I was attracted to this book because of its subject.
It's an okay story but lacked any real depth and excitement for me, sorry.
There are better books out there on WW2, Jane Thynne, Claire Harvey and Diney Costeloe.
It's an okay story but lacked any real depth and excitement for me, sorry.
There are better books out there on WW2, Jane Thynne, Claire Harvey and Diney Costeloe.
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