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A review by suetrav
The Ways We Hide by Kristina McMorris
4.0
Historical fiction is my absolute favourite genre so I was super excited to get my hands on this book early.
This was a great book and I really liked Fen and was rooting for her the whole way. The way the whole story was set up to use her childhood love of magic/illusion and Houdini was perfect. From her escaping from the orphanage to escaping from Holland during the war to her career before and after the war.
I found the first part of the book a bit slow. Once Fenna was recruited to work for M19 the pace of the book really picked up and it was hard to put down!
My only knock on this story was the ending with Arie (no spoilers here). I really liked his character and was rooting for them as a couple the whole way through. The whole situation in Holland was not really believable but this is a fictional story so I understand the author's spin on this.
Make sure you read the Author's Note at the end. It is fascinating to see how she pulled the story together and did her research.
This was a great book and I really liked Fen and was rooting for her the whole way. The way the whole story was set up to use her childhood love of magic/illusion and Houdini was perfect. From her escaping from the orphanage to escaping from Holland during the war to her career before and after the war.
I found the first part of the book a bit slow. Once Fenna was recruited to work for M19 the pace of the book really picked up and it was hard to put down!
My only knock on this story was the ending with Arie (no spoilers here). I really liked his character and was rooting for them as a couple the whole way through. The whole situation in Holland was not really believable but this is a fictional story so I understand the author's spin on this.
Make sure you read the Author's Note at the end. It is fascinating to see how she pulled the story together and did her research.