A good historical novel with a present day and a WW2 storyline, Eva was a great character and I found her back story fascinating. A good thought provoking read.

I wanted to love this one after being on a WWII reading kick here lately, but something in the novel just fell flat for me. I think it was the dual time periods which is generally something that I love. But for some reason that was what I didn’t like about this one. But I know other readers of the genre will no doubt enjoy and even love this book.

I really enjoyed this book and time period. I felt transported to this era and time .
Thanks so much for letting me review this book

A nice story and I can see just why this author has a following. The words flowed so easily and the story was very thorough and good. The only disadvantages I see for this book is this time period is being overdone

Loved the book and description............................................ but............................ the story confused me a bit and for that part I am giving it only 3 stars. It could have been done a little bit better

This book sounded so intriguing, I love a historical fiction filled with spies and espionage, but this one was not the book for me.

I found this novel very confusing. It was hard to follow a bit because the main character, Eva (or one of her other many names) often pretends to be forgetful or puts on the persona that she is constantly making things up. Her niece is sorting out her house and often comes to visit with questions about the estate. Their conversations are very odd and her niece over reacts big time when she finds guns in a random closet. She goes as far as calling the police on her Aunt Eva. I really did not understand that part, it seemed really dramatic and unrealistic. A lot of the conversations between the niece and the aunt were very awkward and the dialogue just was not naturally written.

A wonderful novel a story that goes between past& present.A story of Evas life now a woman in her nineties hiding a se ret from WW11 .Hard for me to put down the characters were so well drawn so involving.#netgalley#mynameisEva

A bit of a slow read, but such a wonderful historical fiction story.
Goldring so perfectly tells two tales, one of dear Evelyn living in a nursing home, pretending to be an absent-minded elderly woman while holding a secret of her past life to herself, away from all around her, including her family. The story flashes back between chapters to World War 2, where Evelyn is actually a woman named Eva, working as a spy in Germany. All that Evelyn has experienced and had to keep to herself is absolutely remarkable and grips your heart for all the people that served during such a horrendous era in history.

A really well written and gripping book with great characters! Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

Switching between 90 year old Evelyn living in a care home, her life in the 80s and also post war Germany, this is a story of love and revenge.
The story is full of secrets which slowly get revealed, keeping the reader turning the pages.
It was not what I was expecting, but it was still a decent 4 star read.

The moral of this story is don't mess with old ladies. We know things. I loved Eva. Such a unique storyline. Not your average WWII story. Highly recommend. Thank you #Netgalley.

I really wanted to like this book as I thought the description of the plot sounded very interesting, however this book did not live up to its' potential. I really did not enjoy much about this book, which is a pity as I have liked other writing from the author.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC

I stayed up all night reading this incredible historical novel. The book goes between the present time period and WWII, and there are some difficult rape scenes. Definitely one of the better WWII historical fiction books I've read, and I've read a lot of them.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I could not get into this story. The timelines jump around, and while I often enjoy this type of writing, I felt it took away from the flow of this book. The characters also fell flat for me. I made it about halfway through and decided this book wasn’t for me

I love the WWII genre and never tire of reading about courageous and resilient women who survived the war. The novel was told both in present day and then the past, as we see the events shaping Eva’s life, her husband’s, and the man she came to despise. What I loved about this novel, though, was how Eva worked hard to come across as a bit “batty” in the present day so that no one could discover her secrets.

A great read that is not the typical “formula” fare. Highly recommended!

Thank you for my review e-galley!

Make no mistake, this is a stellar read! From the thoroughly realistic characters (including the mysterious main character and her real jerk of a niece) to the intricate plot, I loved everything about it. I especially liked how Evelyn (Evie/Eva) was a maestra of manipulation. She was one of the most intriguing characters I have ever “met.” Do yourself a huge favor and pick this one up. For a full review, please visit my blog at Fireflies and Free Kicks Fiction Reviews. Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture, and the author for a complimentary, pre-release digital ARC of the book.

Great book! Some of it was hilarious! I honestly laughed out loud! It is such
a good story reading about Eva's past, what she went through and how she
dealt with promises she had made more than 40-50 years ago.
It's easy to follow as the story goes back and forth to another time.

Thank you so much, Suzanne Goldring, the publisher, and Netgalley for
giving me the chance to read and review this book!

WOW! I absolutely loved MY NAME IS EVA! I was so anxious to finish this beautiful story that heaven help anyone who interrupted me! And when I did...I was left breathless.

I laughed, I cried, I cheered and I fell in love with the rather cheeky Mrs T-C. She is clever, she is resourceful but she is also very sweet. And she is definitely not what others seem to think she is!

Evelyn Taylor-Clark is well into her 90s and now resides at the Forest Lawn Care Home (which to me sounded more like a crematorium/cemetery) after a fall from a ladder, in which she broke her hip, trying to remove any further evidence of the secrets of her past. Having lived at Kingsley Manor for most of her life, her estate is now being left in the hands of her somewhat harried niece Pat to sift through and sort out and get into some sort of order. But Kingsley holds some secrets that Evelyn would much rather stay buried in the past.

No stranger to subterfuge, Evelyn lead something of a double life during the end of the war where she was known simply as "Eva". Multi-lingual, she was fluent in both German and Russian, making her the perfect addition to a team to be based in Germany interviewing detainees to give up their secrets. The work was brutal, her commanding officer - Colonel Stephen Robinson - even more brutal. But she chose this job to get nearer to him for he was the man responsible for her beloved husband Hugh's death. And for that, she swore revenge. How? She did not know. But she would bide her time until it was right.

However, the work got to her and she sought a position elsewhere where she would be better placed and needed. Her new work saw her taking in Polish refugees and working to re-home them either repatriated to their country or a new life in America. It was a job she loved and she thrived in. She spent many years here in Germany until the late 40s there before returning to England. But she found herself returning several times...for in Germany she had a secret. One which she had told no one...except the nurses she had worked with. A secret she found herself hard to part with. But she had to. Life goes on. But still, she never forgot Colonel Stephen Robinson and that one day she would get her revenge.

Back in England, at Kingsley Manor, Eva became Evelyn once again and lived her life as normal until the death of her parents afterwhich she inherited the estate. As the years went on, one would never suspect the part Evelyn had played at the end of the war...nor the secrets she kept. And yet, she had more secrets to come.

Back to the present day in 2016, Evelyn - or Mrs T-C, as she is now more fondly known - is playing her hand at subterfuge once again. Despite her ailing body, Mrs T-C's mind is as sharp as it ever was and yet she cheekily plays at a vagueness everyone puts down to age and senility. She has such fun you can almost see the twinkle in her eyes and the smirk on her lips. Her niece Pat grows increasingly impatient with her inability to hold a proper conversation or answer any questions. It is understandable as it can be frustrating but on the other hand I found her attitude somewhat irritating as well. After all, this was her aunt, a loved one. Had her mind really been ailing she would need understanding and TLC, not impatience and anger.

One day, Pat brings an old tin of photos, its contents which seem to bring back memories and shock Mrs T-C into some quick thinking. Pat has no idea who these people are or what they mean to her aunt, and Mrs T-C is quick to dismiss them, taking the tin back to her room and destroying remaining evidence. But what is even more shocking is what Pat finds in the suitcases her aunt had been trying to lug down from the top of the cupboards when she had her fall. She questions her aunt who continues to be vague and unable to remember where she came about its contents. So Pat goes to the police.

Enter Inspector Williams who, not only questions her about the suitcase's contents but is also looking for an ex-Colonel Stephen Robinson, who went missing from his flat in the mid-80s and was never heard from or seen again. The Inspector is incredibly patient with Mrs T-C's vagueness of her dim recollections and would often humour her as she goes off on her tangents. I especially love the way Mrs T-C treats the care home as if it were her own house and she was calling on the staff as her servants - "I think we'll have some and some of those biscuits please!" - putting in her order for her favourite kind. These chapters were so enjoyable and amusing to read. I found myself chuckling often at Mrs T-C's wit and cheekiness. She puts on an award-winning performance of senility to keep her secrets hidden. And I guarantee, you will fall in love with her also.

Told through the many voices of Evelyn/Eva/Evie/Hilda/Mrs T-C, MY NAME IS EVA spans some 70 years from 1943 to 2016 and is a historical novel with a difference. It is cleverly plotted and so well written it had me engaged from beginning to end. I especially love the alternating chapters written in letter form to her beloved husband Hugh...even long after he had gone. Her love for him spanned a lifetime which was clearly evident as her story unfolded.

The final chapter is so beautiful and so touching I had tears in my eyes as I read it. Such an appropriate end that was so breathtaking to an equally magnificent and brilliant story. It seriously blew me away.

I loved MY NAME IS EVA - so much there is so much more I could say about it but I don't want to ruin it for others. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Many thanks to Suzanne Goldring - I'm not sure how you can top such a brilliant debut as this or as sharp and as quirky character as the beloved Mrs T-C/Evelyn.

I would like to thank #SuzanneGoldring, #NetGalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #MyNameIsEva in exchange for an honest review.

This is an utterly beautiful book, powerful yet understated.
A 90-something year old woman in a nursing home reflects on her life, the triumph and the tragedy. Her husband Hugh died during the Second World War but she continued to write to him mouring his loss and that of the life they had planned to share together..
Despite the brevity of their time together, her love endures for the rest of her life. She vowed to avenge his death by tracking down the officer she considers responsible for ordering an impossible mission. Now the truth of the past is close to being uncovered, and in the present day Evelyn needs to use her training to misdirect her family and police in order to protect herself.
My Name Is Eva is an absolutely fascinating and compelling book. Evelyn’s lifestory is revealed to us in a non linear narrative so the past is revealed in tandem with her letters to Hugh and snippets of her life, but not always chronologically.
Evelyn’s strength of character is revealed thtough her responses to the post war devastation she encounters helping refugees in Germany and to the personal trauma she copes with. Her resilience makes her a wonderful character to read about and I absolutely loved the way she acts in the present day to fool her niece and the police investigating the guns and blood stained clothing found in her house.
Historically, I found the book very accurate and moving as it demonstrates the hardships faced by Germans and the liberated concentration camp survivors. Author Suzanne Goldring is not afraid of showing the brutality of mankind and shows through Evelyn’s experience that atrocities were not confined to the war.
Overall, an impressive and deeply moving book, sehr gut!

Brilliant thought provoking read which keeps the reader engrossed right to the very last page.
It deals with the aftermath of the Second World War and the repercussions on the lives of those who were oppressed and those who came to help them. Which they carry with them for the rest of their lives and can determine their actions in later life.
In great detail it describes the horrible aftermath of war for the innocent victims and the the retribution that took place .
To the younger generation this can give them a history lesson into the horrors of war and the devastation it leaves behind.