The Polish Daughter is Book #3 in the The Secret Resistance Series and this one was definitely a page turner from start to finish!

Julia is apart of the Polish Resistance and this story begins during the beginning of the Warsaw Uprising. She is very active in trying to help the resistance avenge her homeland, and she is apart of a group made up of people that she has known since she was a teenager. As she works with Alex, a young man she grew up hating, the hatred slowly turns to something much nicer, but there's a dark shadow lurking in the midst. Nickolaj, a childhood friend of Julia's, will stop at nothing to ensure that Julia is his, and no one else. But Nickolaj is not who Julia thinks he is.

Aside from the drama and love story, there is so much historical accuracy intertwined in this book. It is so important that people understand the hell the Polish people went through during the war at the expense of the Germans, but also what they went through after thanks to the Russians for a very long time. Gosia Nealon does an extraordinary job at bringing the story of Julia and Alec to light, as well as bringing to light the true history and suffering of the Polish people.

This was an incredible novel from start to finish, and my favorite in the series!

Oh, my heart. Gosia Nealon definitely saved the best for last in this phenomenal series. I enjoyed learning Wanda's story of the Polish resistance in the first book and I loved reading the backstory of so many characters in the second book. Anna's story of strength & resilience was amazing in The Polish Wife but this last one was brilliant. Julia & Alek's journey together in the final months of the Warsaw Uprising was gutwrenching. The author doesn't spare the reader any of the atrocities committed by the Nazis or the Soviets for which I'm grateful because we must remember all of it. We must because fascism has once more reared its ugly head.

For me, this series got even better with each book. By the end of The Polish Daughter, we know what has happened to the resistance fighters from all three. There are few fairy tale endings for them because there couldn't be. These were the most brutal of times and this book is set during the final months of WWII. The horrors of Stalin's regime consumed the country once the war ended. I learned so much about the Polish people, their culture, and their history, and I am inspired to learn more after reading this series.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for the opportunity to read the ARC of this incredibly well-written book, which allowed me to finish this fantastic series.

Finished this the other night, another incredible story in this series about the cost of the War on the people of Poland, Jews and Gentiles alike. So many need to KNOW that the war didnt stop in Poland in 1945 and the extraordinarily high price those brave individuals who fought on the side of the Allies paid. People like Witold Pilecki. Excellent job Gosia Szmitko Nealon, I hope you continue to write these stories and people read more about how the Allies "friend" Stalin and his crew continued the destruction of your homeland. ps gorgeous cover.

The polish daughter was a joy to read! Thrilling and utterly compulsive! An incredible read, impossible to put down. Incredible storytelling! Recommend you read this book! A captivating story that I was drawn into from the first page a propulsive read that never let me go from start to finish!

THE POLISH DAUGHTER by GOSIA NEALON is a beautifully written WW11 story which takes place in Poland as the Polish resistance fight against the Germans who increase their atrocities after their uprising in Warsaw in 1944, and then they are oppressed by Stalin and the communists. The book is heart wrenching as we see the horrors perpetrated against Polish citizens, but also heartwarming as we see the incredible courage and compassion shown by Julia Wiarnowska and her strong faith in God.
Alek Zatopolski is in charge of the soldiers in the uprising. He and Julia have an unfortunate history at school, so they start off on the wrong foot when she has ro report to him as leader…..
The book is very exciting and will keep you rivetted - with danger, betrayal, prison, torture and much more, as we see these people fighting for their country and for their lives. In all this there is also a very moving romance.
I am not going to tell you any more for fear of spoiling the read for you.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Bookouture. The opinions in this review are completely my own.