I have always been intrigued by World War II. It probably began when I was introduced to Carrie Ten Boom's book, The Hiding Place, as a child. In high school and college, I would visit the library and check out book after book with true stories of those who had endured the Holocaust and war saddened by what they went through but yet marveling at the times that God allowed miracles to take place and lives be saved. When I saw this book, White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey, come up on my Amazon Kindle First Reads, I grabbed it as not only was it set in a favorite time period but it also was written in 2018 fulfilling another of the challenge books. While I am not a big fan of electronic books, it came in handy as I read it while on a recent trip to Ireland.
Franka Gerber, a German girl who is all alone due to the deaths of the rest of her family, finds an unconscious but hurt Luftwaffe airman in the wintry forest near her family's summer cottage. Having medical training, she chooses to try and save him even though she loathes everything that his uniform stands for. Soon it appears he is not who he claims to be so the journey begins to figure out his true identity before the Gestapos finds them.
This book was so enthralling that there were times I would look up from reading and think I was sitting in the middle of WWII. The characters came to life and I couldn't stop reading until I learned their fate. If you are a history buff, I highly recommend this page turner!
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