A review by sveareads
The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake

adventurous emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

4.75 stars - I really liked this book.

Many Thanks to NetGalley for an eARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review!

Important to say: This book is based on a true story. Most of the characters (except the germans) are based on actual people. 

Summary:

This book is about Yvonne Rudellat. She's a woman in her 40s with an estranged husband and daughter. When their house gets destroyed, she gets left to fend for herself. After some hurdles along the way. She becomes the first ever female British SOE in France. The book has a dual time line in which both her time in training and her actual time in France get covered.

Story & Characters:

I found the story and the characters to be captivating. Yvonne was such a brave person. Together with Pierre Culioli she trained people to participate in the resistance and did so much more than anyone expected from an 'old' woman. It was so nice to see people working together and how seemingly tiny explosions can have such an impact.

Emotions:

This left me shocked and going on a deep dive into female spies during different time periods.

PS: Do you know the feeling when you love a book, but you can't really put into words how good it was... That's how I'm feeling about this.