I was immediately swept into the world of these characters and wanted to know more. The friendship formed from 3 very different women is strong @nd supportive. They stand by one another and help make life a better place.

The references to the wartime work in Cornwall and the secret missions is engaging @nd based on reality.

A really lovely book that will sprinkle, love, mystery, excitement and friendship into your reading and will leave you wanting to know more.

Three girls, three stories all set in the Cornish seaside surrounding a secret military base. Good characterization and plot, although I did want more descriptions of the countryside. It ended abruptly but I did find that there is a continuation in the next book which I look forward to reading.

Historical fiction set in world war 2 is one of my favorite genres. This book is quite different from most as it is mainly set in Cornwall in one of the centres that intercepted and decoded messages which were an integral part of war work. Three women with different jobs, backgrounds and problems become friends, they all have one thing in common their desire to find true love and survive the war. I really enjoyed this book and will lookout for the next in the series.

Thank you for the chance to read this book in return for a full and frank review.

This was a book about a group of woman who were thrown together in Cornwall due to various events in their lives. It centred around a communications station in Porthcurno in Cornwall.
I have never realised there were so many listening posts - though I do vaguely remember that a cable came from America to Cornwall for communication purposes

Some of the story is predictable though not all by any means. It does finish on a cliffhanger that makes you want to know what happens to the characters in the next book. The author is honest that this will be part of a series.
It features an Aunt and 2 nieces leaving the bombing of the East End of London, a dancer who had run away from home to go to London and gets caught in a bomb blast there and a wife caught up in a abusive marriage with a husband serving in the War and her son as well as the characters at the Communication Station.

I enjoyed the book and found myself reading 'just a bit more' - as I read before bed often this meant a few late nights when I should have been going to sleep. I do like books like this anyway showing what life could be like during and between the Two World Wars - so it was a typical read for me.

what a perfect story! Three young women in WW2 end up befriending each other in the village of Porthcurno in Cornwall. They all have sadness to deal with, but draw strength from one another. This is a ‘feel good’ book.

This is the first book I've read by Betty Walker. It is interesting but somewhat predictable. The characters seem like caricatures: the brash East-enders from London, the pretty, spoiled daughter of the colonel, and the mousy spouse of a wife-beater. They become friends while living in the same small Cornish town during WWII. Eventually they each find employment at a top-secret listening post. And despite the challenges and deprivations of wartime England, they each overcome and enjoy a happy ending. I liked the historical flavor of this story, but not the language and coarseness of some of the characters. Thanks to Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to read this first book in this series. Walker has left a lot of intriguing loose ends to tie up in her next book!

Full of the English charm, Cornish and Cockney accents, and vibrant personalities, this book is a delightful read! The first half of it is a little faster paced, which I enjoyed, the second half was a bit more predictable and sappy. I prefer reading more about the lifesyle and culture of the time to the overly simplified emotional stuff. The last few chapters were like any other average book out there, like anyone could have come up with the plot. Other than that, I enjoyed it, and I think that it could be super as a TV show! I am looking forward to read about the Cornish girls at Christmas!

Wartime with the Cornish Girls by Betty Walker
The minute I finished this I was looking to see if the author had written any other books! I looked up her name on Amazon and could find nothing under her name! If this is her debut book, WOW! I LOVED it!
This is an amazing book! I read this book in one sitting and I couldn’t put it down! My husband had to bring fast food home for supper!
The characters were fun, lovable, strong, sensitive and growing! I cannot wait for the next book! I adored Violet and the fact she was not overbearing, but she was exactly the type of sister I would have loved! There for you and guiding you and talking you through the bad stuff, but letting you grow up as well. Hazel as a mom and woman was remarkable! She was close at hand for her son and she knew that she couldn’t push him because she would have lost him totally! I cried when she did at one point because I felt her pain. I am not going to give a spoiler!
Eva was a blast of energy that kept you on your toes! However, deep down that girl had strength, morals, endurance, and ethics which she showed!
All the characters had depth and opinions and the book had development with continuity! That is why a sequel is going to happen with onward movement!

Betty Walker you are an hypnotizing author and I truly appreciate and am captivated by your novel!
I received an advanced copy from NetGalley and I willingly give my thoughts and opinions.

A charming and delightful WWII fiction set in picturesque Cornwall, with strong female characters and friendships and cute budding romances.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon Books UK for the opportunity to read an ARC of Wartime with the Cornish Girls in exchange for an honest review.

A group of women from different walks of life form a friendship when they all arrive in Cornwall to work at a top secret WWII listening post.
They live through times of love, laughter and sadness in this well written novel.

If you are a fan of books set in England during WWII, you will likely want to read this book. This gives the female prospective from those left at home to run things while the war is raging close by.

I requested to read and review this book from Avon Books. This is the first book I have read by author Betty Walker. This book is perfectly written for a first book in this new series the Cornish Girls. This book was in the 1940s Era during war time. The determination of Violet, Eva, Hazel, Lily and Alice is amazing. This book has something for everyone history, war, romance and mystery. Any type of reader can read this! Can't wait for book 2.

The story takes place at the beginning of world war II. Following the lives of three women who end up together in the Cornish town of Porthcurno where a secret military base is running during WW2, they battle with not only the war, but rations, gender stereotypes, abusive husbands and raising nieces after one woman's sister is killed in the blitz. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to more books by the author.

Wartime with the Cornish Girls hooked me from the very beginning. It was hard to put down. When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it, eager to pick it up again. The characters were well-developed and interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and am thrilled that a sequel is in the works!

The setting is 1941 in London during the Blitz. I was anxious to get to the Cornwall setting but this takes a few chapters. We met three very brave women who come from different backgrounds.

Violet lives in London and helps at her mother’s shop selling sandwiches and cakes. Her father is dead, her sister was recently killed in an air raid bombing and her brother-in-law is a soldier missing in action. As his mother was German there are insinuations he was a spy. Cheery stuff here. Violet moves her nieces to Cornwall as it’s safer and goes to work at an air base.

Eva is a showgirl in London. She meets an American airman and there is some romantic interest there, then the club where she is performing is bombed during a strike. She awakens in the hospital and after recovery she moves to Porthcurno Cornwall to work at an air base using her knowledge of Morse code to help with the war effort. ( there’s a backstory to this development )

Hazel is a local woman who already lives in Cornwall and works at the air base. She is married and her abusive husband is deployed during the war. He gets home on leave occassionally and is most assuredly not a model husband. Not a bad man, just not a good husband.

I thought it was a slow start but found it more enjoyable once the three main characters met up at work. I liked the friendships formed and the Cornish setting. Normally I like an edgier plot and action but this is a nice “beach read” type of book. If you are looking to escape the horrors of the news right now you may enjoy this book. Nothing objectionable here.

Much thanks to Netgalley for the advanced complimentary copy. I was not compensated for this review and throughly enjoyed this book. Publication by Avon Books UK is February 18, 2021. Genre is historical fiction/womens fiction.

Betty Walker lives in Cornwall and is a prolific writer.

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This is a nostalgic, heart-warming enjoyable read tracing the lives of Violet, Eva and Hazel as they converge on the Cornish village of Porthcurno - Violet and Eva fleeing the Blitz in London with Hazel, a local resident. It was a joy to follow their burgeoning friendship, dip into their lives and the privations of World War Two life as well as their romances. A minor detraction was the book ending on a series of cliffhangers with no sense of resolution. It's clearly intended to be the first book in a series but the ending did feel rather abrupt. Overall though this was a really pleasant slice of escapism and thank you to Netgalley for the advance review copy.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

A very different view of England during WWII, as experienced through the eyes and ears of five English girls. The beautiful scenery so well described, and the calmness and quiet belies the fact that the England is at war. Victoria and her nieces, Lily and Alice, have experienced the bombs and the death they bring, and arrive at Porthcurno, South Cornwall ready for a respite. Eve also comes to recuperate after a near hit in London. Hunter, a resident, has wars’ side effect to deal with, a husband in the war and their teenage son who is itching to join his father at the front. They find Porthcurno not quite as silent and serene as it first seems. What the girls find and how they deal with it makes for a highly entertaining story. I did think there was some repetition but the characters were well defined and the story in intriguing. For Historical, General and Serial Interest.

Wartime with the Cornish Girls is a very well-written story with a good plot. There were three different perspectives, but it was written well enough that it didn't confuse or bother me at all. It was clear who was who and it stayed that way during the entire book. I liked Violet's chapters most, but all women were interesting characters with equally interesting stories. The reason I think it's worth four stars instead of five is that at times it was somewhat predictable (Hazel's husband for example, or Max), but apart from that it was great. I am already looking forward to the next book!

A wonderful and engaging wartime saga. The story focuses on the lives of 3 women of very different backgrounds, who meet in the Cornish town of Porthcurno and work together at a secret WW2 base.
From tragedy to intrigue, friendship and romance, the threads of the female characters lives weave together to form a beautiful tale, which highlights the extraordinary resilience and demonstrated by women during the war.

I am looking forward to reading the next instalment!

Thanks to author Betty Walker and #Netgalley for the opportunity to read this advanced copy for an honest review.

Great start to a new series!!!! This book introduces us to three women drawn together during WWII. England is under attack and for different reasons they all end up at a seaside town. Here underground the war is fought by code breakers. This is where the story begins. Romance and intrigue ensues.