Book Synopsis:
Berry Chambers and her co-workers have joined the Women’s Timber Corps—known as the Lumberjills—to do their bit for Britain. On their first day felling trees, they rescue an RAF pilot and become entangled in the loveless marriage of her new landlords.
Danger is never far away, be it an ill-timed axe swing or the occasional activity of the Luftwaffe overhead. Add a psychotic farm cat, a couple of young runaway evacuees, a spate of malicious packages, and the jealousy of the Land Girls next door, and life for Berry and her friends is never boring.
Can the girls find the balance between their vital war work and the natural pull of love?
My Review:
The Lumberjills is a fun, absorbing read that I really enjoyed.
Firstly I always love finding out new stuff about the second world war, so loved discovering more about the fabulous Lumberjills. I absolutely loved the tight knit group and kept wishing I could be one of them too (only for the friendship though I’d suck at the hard work side). Life as a Lumberjill was obviously hard work and I admired the girls for taking it on. It was a job full of danger, not just from the trees as I expected though, and this helped add to the tension in the book as I wasn’t sure what was going to happen next.
This book had a bit of everything in it and it was great to follow the girls throughout the book. I liked that there were fun moments in amongst the hard work as I felt this helped the reader really get to know the characters and what makes them tick. It was lovely to see the girls relationships grow and see them tackle everything together from work problems to new romances. I thought this book was very absorbing and there always seemed to be something happening to keep my interest. Even in the slower bits I was happy just to hang out with the girls.
This is the first book in a promising new series and I can’t wait to read more soon.
Huge thanks to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.
About The Author:
M W Arnold lives near Northampton, UK and is known to his family and friends as, Mick. He was in the Royal Air Force for 16 years, visiting many different countries and very much enjoying himself; thank you, Queen Elizabeth II. He began writing as these characters needed their own voices. For a few years now, he’s been a member of the Romantic Novelists Association, a wonderful group of writers who’ve welcomed this bloke into their fold with open arms. He’s active on Twitter and Instagram as @mick859.
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