Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Book Review - Lovely War

πŸ“–Recommend for Grades 9 and upπŸ“–
by Julie Berry
It’s 1942, and a stylish couple makes their way into a hotel room where the Greek God Hephaestus finds them. It turns out; the couple are Greek Gods as well, Aphrodite and Ares, to be exact. Hephaestus is not happy to see his wife with another man, but Aphrodite spends the night telling a story about how love and war go together. The story is of four mortals, two couples, during World War I and how each one meets and falls and in love. More importantly, how the war and the gods played a role in their story.
An enjoyable historical fiction a story within a story. Readers may or may not understand what is going on with the gods and their time, but the story they tell is lovely. Berry has crafted an intriguing story about four people during the First World War and how it affects them individually and as a whole. 

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