I tried and couldn't get into this story. I didn't feel any connection between Olivia and Antonio. I usually love historical fiction and WW2 history so I am disappointed in it.

Thank you to NetGalley and Broadway Books for a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I was somewhat disappointed in this book as the synopsis did not accurately capture the essence of the story. I found it difficult to get emotionally invested in the characters.

Told in multiple perspectives from Olivia the dance hall girl, Antonio, the singer, Filomena who is Antonio's sister and a rich man who helps bring them all together.
Set in the time period between the first and second world war where things were starting to prosper, but fear was also very real depending on who you were.
Now I'm not going to lie, this one was a little disappointing to me. I wanted more of Olivia's life as a dance hall girl, and her and Antonio becoming friends as they were both working together all the time. Instead, they barely had any conversations together until someone else forced them together, and then everything went from I'm avoiding you, to oh how I've always been so so in love with you. Really? Cause you're both married and it's a little late to be expressing your feelings now.

The only storyline I really enjoyed was Filomena's not only was she a strong woman who stood her grown when it came to her marrying someone she didn't love. She said no and ended up being happy because of that. I was far more invested in her and Stan's love story than I was anybody else's and seeing their ending made me really happy.
As for the other endings, they were just kind of meh for me. By the end, I didn't care for these characters for different reasons and was just rather disappointed.