#BlogTour: The Bomb Girl Brides by Daisy Styles @BTUkatie @MichaelJBooks #TheBombGirlBrides #WW2Saga #5Stars

Book Synopsis:

It’s 1944 and Britain is a country at war. The young women of the Phoenix munitions factory are giving their all to the cause, but romance is beckoning . . .

The life of a Bomb Girl isn’t usually glamourous. But Maggie is getting married, so she is going to make sure her wedding day is – even if she does have to spend every other day slaving on the factory floor.

This blasted factory was not what Julia had in mind either. She had always dreamed of attending Oxford University rather than getting her hands dirty and the easy laughter of the other women intimidate her terribly.

But they are all here together in this munitions factory in a Lancashire mill town, sharing firsts, pitching in and getting on. Despite rationing, dangerous hard work and new situations these Bomb Girls are going to do their best at work, and in love.

The Bomb Girl Brides is available in ebook and paperback now, you can purchase your copy of both here.

My Review:

I really enjoyed this wonderful saga based on a intriguing part of world war two.

The setting of a bomb factory was fascinating to read about especially learning about daily life working there.  The details about the different work involved in making the bomb and the conditions the girls had to work in was very interesting as they were something I didn’t know or hadn’t thought about before. I was also very interested to learn that women were conscripted to war work and didn’t just volunteer as I had previously thought.  It made be wonder what difficulties or problems this might have caused some of them, especially if they had kids.

Unusually for me I loved all of the main characters in this book.  The girls are all obviously very close and I enjoyed reading the heartwarming scenes depicting the interactions and the banter between them.  I did have a bit of a soft spot for Nora especially when she manages to put her foot in it.  I had a lot of empathy for her in yhit regard as it’s something I’m very good at doing.

This isn’t a fast paced book nor should it be as it really wouldn’t suit the type of book it is.  Instead Daisy styles has created a very intriguing story, with some fabulous characters that fully immersed me into it.  There is a bit of action and intrigue to make the story flow brilliantly and helps keep the reader interested but you don’t just keep reading for that.  I kept reading as to keep in touch with the bomber girls and find out more about what happens to them.

This is the first book by this talented author I have read and I really look forward to reading more from her in the future.

Huge thanks to Katie at Michael St Joseph for my copy of this book and for inviting me onto the blog tour.  If you like I brilliantly written, intriguing historical saga’s with characters you can fall in love with then you’ll love this book!

About The Author:

Daisy Styles grew up in Lancashire surrounded by a family and community of strong women whose tales she loved to listen to. It was from these women, particularly her vibrant mother and Irish grandmother, that Daisy learned the art of storytelling. There was also the landscape of her childhood – wide, sweeping, empty moors and hills that ran as far as the eye could see – which was a perfect backdrop for a saga, a space big enough and wild enough to stage a drama, one about women’s lives during the Second World War.

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