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Must-read historical fiction.

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

July 17, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

CBR11 Bingo – History/Schmistory After reading Quinn’s previous novel, The Alice Network, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on her new book. I adore her way of portraying women in historical fiction – finding the badass women who are the heroines of the story, not the background players. One part of this story follows the journey of Nina Markova, as she journeys from the wilds of the Soviet Union to Moscow, in order to join the Night Witches – a legendary group of […]

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The Huntress by Kate Quinn

July 11, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

I read this on the recommendation of Caitlin_D (Cannonballer Says!) after we both thoroughly enjoyed Quinn’s first novel, The Alice Network. If I remember correctly, Caitlin simultaneously got the audio book and the hard copy from the library, started the audio book and told me to read her copy of the hardback so I could get to it sooner. She’s an American hero. The Huntress flips back and forth between two narratives. During WWII, Nina Markova escapes her violent father and a village in Soviet Russia […]

Eve Gardiner is a BAMF

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

April 19, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

This book was so cool! A network of lady spies during WWI, and then a mission after WWII to find a woman that brings it all full circle. Romance, espionage, intrigue — this book would make one hell of a movie. The story is told from two perspectives. In 1915, Eve Gardiner finds herself recruited into a network of spies, where her young looks and persistent stammer allow her to pass as a nervous waitress in a restaurant full of Nazis. She keeps her eyes […]

The Hunt is On

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

April 18, 2019 by jomidi Leave a Comment

The author of the well reviewed The Alice Network is back with another big historical fiction. The Huntress is a Nazi woman who most famous crime is shooting a group of children after feeding them a meal. She has slipped though the many cracks around after WWII and disappeared. The story is set during the war and a few years after in Boston. An odd trio of Nazi hunters are after The Huntress, hoping to find her in Boston. Tony is a disillusioned American ex-GI. […]

“She used to be the hunter, and now she was the prey.”

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

March 31, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I thoroughly enjoyed The Alice Network and was very excited to hear Kate Quinn was releasing a new novel, The Huntress, this year. Quinn focuses again on WWII and its aftermath using various points of view resulting in a complex, layered narrative. Nina’s story is primarily set during the years Russian was engaged in battle with World War II. After growing up by the Old Man, an affectionate name from the Siberian lake outside her home, with an abusive father who openly denounces Stalin, Nina Markova runs away […]

What Happens After the War?

July 31, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I listened to this one on Audible – figured it’s the kind of story I’m usually interested in but also am more hesitant to pick up nowadays because the genre does sometimes blend together so it seemed like the perfect selection for, “damn, how did I end up with so many Audible credits, I have no idea what I want!” The novel begins in 1947 with nineteen-year-old Charlie on her way to Switzerland for a procedure to take care of “her little problem.” The last […]

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