The Huntress – Cannonball Read 17

Night Witches and Nazi Hunters!

The Huntress: A Novel by Kate Quinn

November 12, 2020 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

A couple of Cannonballs ago, I reviewed Kate Quinn’s novel The Alice Network, a work of historical fiction about female spies and the two world wars. With The Huntress, Quinn returns to familiar ground. This riveting novel is set during WWII and the five years following the end of the war. Like The Alice Network, The Huntress features strong female characters who defy social norms, taking on jobs traditionally reserved for men and insisting on getting their due. It’s a long story that reads very […]

“I have no interest in your orders, I have no interest in what was legal at the time”

The Huntress by Kate Quinn

July 30, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: History Schmistory Kate Quinn’s follow up to The Alice Network once again follows multiple timelines and perspectives, though the timelines are much closer together this time around and involve three people. After a short prologue which includes the only part from the perspective of the titular huntress and a newspaper article introducing the war crimes the huntress committed during World War II, the novel alternates between the character views of Jordan, a teenage girl living in 1946 Boston. Her widowed father, an antiquarian, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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