Yet another stone in my giant pyramid of WWII historical fictions. This one is, surprisingly, a women's story and a romance, yet it isn't sappy or cloying. I didn't reach much of the blurb - which is my policy, to stop reading when my interest is piqued.

I find jacket blurbs sometimes spoil the story. In this case, I might've been turned off by the words "breaktaking beauty". To me, that says that the author's trying too hard. "Achingly lyrical" is another one that bugs me.

Anyway - yes, I really liked it. The bombing of Coventry is a subject I knew slightly before reading this book. This book won't fill in a ton of details for you, so if you are interested in the facts, this is not the book for you. It is a well-written character story set on the backdrop of the bombing.