Seasons of My Enemies by Naomi Musch is a story about the different seasons on a Wisconsin farm during World War II. The story surrounds around Fannie and the O’Brien family. With two sons gone for the harvest season because they are fighting over in Europe, the matriarch of the O’Brien family decides to hire German Prisoners of War. Of course, having them close to the American create conflict and strife through the O’Brien family. The writing was realistic and showed the struggles of the American people. Much different scenario’s than the European front of the World War II front. Most European World War II stories show how little amount of food there was, but in Musch’s story, there was food of plenty on the O’Brien’s family throughout the entire story. While the writing was descriptive, I had a really hard time struggling with the romance and the plot. Fannie has a sparking romance with one of the POW’s, and I have a hard time buying this. Not that it did not happen during World War II, but the way the story was told, it just did not ring true for me. Similarly, the plot did not seem that interesting. There was a conflict in the middle of the story that was obvious, and I knew something like that was going to happen. Most of the story was the same thing over and over again. Working on the field by harvesting a certain vegetable, then moving onto a different vegetable. Conflict with the POW’s. Romance. Worry about the brothers overseas. Overall, Seasons of My Enemies by Naomi Musch was a different story with sharing about the American warfront. The plot needed more of a conflict to entice the readers.

I received a complimentary copy Seasons of My Enemies by Naomi Musch from Barbour Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.