Sisters of Night and Fog by Erika Robuck

Sisters of Night and Fog

by Erika Robuck

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Two women, two countries. Nothing in common but a call to fight.

A heart-stopping new novel based on the extraordinary true stories of an American socialite and a British secret agent whose stunning acts of courage collide in the darkest hours of World War II.
 
1940. In a world newly burning with war, and in spite of her American family’s wishes, Virginia d’Albert-Lake decides to stay in occupied France with her French husband. She’s sure that if they keep their heads down, they’ll survive. But is surviving enough?
 
Nineteen-year-old Violette Szabo has seen the Nazis’ evil up close and is desperate to fight them. But when she meets the man who’ll change her life only for tragedy to strike, Violette’s adrift. Until she enters the radar of Britain’s secret war organization—the Special Operations Executive—and a new fire is lit in her as she decides just how much she’s willing to risk to enlist.
 
As Virginia and Violette navigate resistance, their clandestine deeds come to a staggering halt when they are brought together at Ravensbrück concentration camp.
 
The decisions they make will change their lives, and the world, forever.

Reviewed by Terri M. LeBlanc on

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I struggled with this latest release from Erika Robuck. I was delighted to meet two more amazing women who were played instrumental roles in WWII, but execution of the story failed on so many levels. 

  1. The two featured women didn't cross paths until they were arrested. 
  2. The majority of the book is spent on the individual roles they played during the war. 
  3. Since there is no connection between the women until about 70% way through this book like you were were two separate books until that point. And even then, their connection is so tenuous.

The plot just didn't gel with me. I'm glad to learn more about women's roles in the success of D-Day, but I don't think this story started in the right spot for me to have a real connection with the women and their work.

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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