review This should have been just my thing. England. World War II. London during the Blitz. Thwarted love. Awesome, right? Except that the "love" story is settled in 30-40 pages. The entirety of World War II takes place in 150 pages. And the characters whisper such treacly, cliched, ridiculous nothings to each other. Nothing about this book was real, and that is a shame. ( )

In the beginning, I felt there were just too many cliches. A teenage girl, confused about whether she is really in love with her boyfriend, hears the story of how here widowed grandmother fell in love when she was the grand-daughters age. And this is only the first chapter. The book takes place in 1938, in England during World War II. An Oxford University student falls in love, and like many a romance it is filled with both adoration and heartbreak. This isn't the type of book I normally read, and I still felt like I've head it all before.

The ending is very touching though and I'm glad I finished it. Ultimately I enjoyed this little novel, most of the time. ( )

very good stroyline and kept you thinking about what is really going in as things are happening. ( )