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The Woman with No Name by Audrey Blake
5.0
This was an ARC I read on NetGalley. I highly recommend you read it when it comes out in March and mark it as “Want to Read” on GoodReads after you read my review!
This novel is a WWII historical fiction based on the real life story of Yvonne (aka Jacqueline) Rudellat, a French-Englishwoman who at age 45 became a spy for the British Special Operations Executive organization.
After she became estranged from her husband, her daughter became busy with war work and her home was bombed in 1942, she decided it was time to start anew. Older, she finds herself overlooked and not taken seriously, the perfect combination for a spy and saboteur.
The men are desperate and tired. Recruited as Britain’s first female sabotage agent, expectations for her are low, but her knack for explosives and quick wit set her above and soon she arrives in occupied France with a new identity, ready to (literally) set the Nazi regime ablaze.
This book was addictive and immersive. I found myself feeling as though I was right there in the ring of the resistance next to Yvonne. It ended about how I expected to, after all, war is war, but I still found myself satisfied with all she had accomplished and the spark she set alight in the lives she touched.
The only thing I found myself scratching my head at was the reoccurring focus on her difficulty with swimming, as it never came into play as an obstacle in France. Even so, it was amazing to watch the cat and mouse perspective changes between Max and herself, and I was on the edge of my seat!
Sometimes I find WWII historical fiction overdone and worn out, but this was a fresh perspective and style of writing I’d never considered! The pacing was amazing.
Audry Blake is also the author of Nora Beady series. Thank you for the chance to read this before it comes out in 2024!
This novel is a WWII historical fiction based on the real life story of Yvonne (aka Jacqueline) Rudellat, a French-Englishwoman who at age 45 became a spy for the British Special Operations Executive organization.
After she became estranged from her husband, her daughter became busy with war work and her home was bombed in 1942, she decided it was time to start anew. Older, she finds herself overlooked and not taken seriously, the perfect combination for a spy and saboteur.
The men are desperate and tired. Recruited as Britain’s first female sabotage agent, expectations for her are low, but her knack for explosives and quick wit set her above and soon she arrives in occupied France with a new identity, ready to (literally) set the Nazi regime ablaze.
This book was addictive and immersive. I found myself feeling as though I was right there in the ring of the resistance next to Yvonne. It ended about how I expected to, after all, war is war, but I still found myself satisfied with all she had accomplished and the spark she set alight in the lives she touched.
The only thing I found myself scratching my head at was the reoccurring focus on her difficulty with swimming, as it never came into play as an obstacle in France. Even so, it was amazing to watch the cat and mouse perspective changes between Max and herself, and I was on the edge of my seat!
Sometimes I find WWII historical fiction overdone and worn out, but this was a fresh perspective and style of writing I’d never considered! The pacing was amazing.
Audry Blake is also the author of Nora Beady series. Thank you for the chance to read this before it comes out in 2024!