The Caldwell Girls

This might not be a fair review because I didn’t realize until I began this book, that it’s the 3rd book of a series. What I can say after reading it, is that the author does an amazing job at character development and she gave such detail the reader will feel strong emotions. I am going to go back and read the first two books in the series and look forward to it! This book is wonderful if you love historical fiction!

An interesting and engrossing historical novel that kept me hooked till the end.
I loved the character development, the characters are fleshed out and interesting, the historical background and the well crafted plot.
It's the first book I read in this series and had no issues with the characters or the plot. I will surely read the other installment in this series.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

The second book I am reading about this very interesting family. The war has continued and each daughter is finding their niche and how best they can serve their country. Bristol is being bombarded and being destroyed a bit at a time and how to protect oneself if of vital importance as everyone wants to survive and come out of this intact along with their loved ones.

It is not always possible and in the family with the loss of Baz just sixteen years old, the value of life is very precious now. Elsie decides to go to Yorkshire to live with her husband's family along with her baby Faith and live out the war there as it is comparatively safe there. Daisy continues with her nursing in the burns unit of the hospital, her dream of entertaining troops temporarily dashed. She is worried over the fate of her Canadian pilot boyfriend and his safety and then there is Immy the eldest who maintains a strong facade and their father Quentin who has now found a safe haven in Mary after the tragic death of his wife Frances.

The strands of the story encompass these lives, the daily tribulations which face everyone in war time irrespective of being rich or poor and the indomitable will to survive all odds, most apparent in everyone at the time.