The Paris Secret

Natasha Lester is one of my favorite writers of WWII historical fiction. Two of her previous books (The Paris Orphan and The Paris Seamstress) were fantastic historical fiction books but The Paris Secret is her best book yet. It gives her readers a close look at what it was like to be a woman during war time and is about love, family and perseverance during this tumultuous time in history. This is a beautiful and well researched novel about friendship, love and family. It also showed how unappreciated women were as they did their best to help win the war often in dangerous situations. All of the characters had secrets from each other that they couldn\’t share because of the war but they all remained friends as they went through cruel and inhumane situations. This book will make you proud of the woman and the work they did in the war, it will make you cry but overall it will make you appreciate their bravery.

I was First drawn to Natasha Lester when I saw “The Paris Orphan” because the cover was so beautiful! I read It a year after I purchased it, and I fell in love immediately! I moved Onto “the Paris Seamstress,” and then, “The Paris Secret!” OH MY GOSH!!!! I read All the 3 book in less then 3 months!! I never cry while reading books, but I cried during “the Paris Secret” SEVERAL times! And it’s definitely my favorite of all three books! The character development is amazing, and you grow pretty attached to the storylines! Reading any of one of these books by Natasha Lester is like reading, watching a train wreck. You know something terrible and tragic is going to happen because she tells you through one storyline, but you have to wait for it to happen. And you just can’t get away from it! Just a warning, there is gruesome info about a women’s concentration camp, and Lester is very good at making everything so real, so it’s hard to read at times. But I really appreciate her diving into the women’s part in the war, and then this concentration camp that I haven’t even Heard about til now.

Well researched, covering WWII women who risked all for freedom. A heart rendering love story. I didn\’t want to wait on a library book and pre-purchased it, based on Natasha Lester\’s other books. Before you start this, be sure you have plenty of time to read. Hard to put down!

This book had such potential which, in my mind, it didn\’t live up to. The history of WWII women pilots & their work in the Resistance is an amazing subject, so compelling & would that the story telling did it justice. The writing style was mundane, it seemed hurriedly & carelessly written. Sentences were awkward &didn\’t scan grammatically. Because it was such compelling history, I forged through till the end. Though I do enjoy a good interwoven romance story, the love relationships described in this book were trite & cliched. I do not reccomend slogging thru this latest book! However, I do recommend Natasha Lester\’s Paris Seamstress, about the Nazi Occupation of France. It has more depth of character & just a better written book over all.

Natasha Lester creates a mystery and the most believable characters in this historical fiction. These brave women and men are a tribute to the real airmen and women of WWII. The poignant love story of Skye and Nicholas will be one not easily forgotten. Also the mystery of the Dior dresses gives a glimpse into the history of fashion. Wishing more of Lester’s novels were available on Kindle!

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