Book Synopsis:
One war may be over, but their fight for survival continues…
For sisters Etta, Jessie and Celie Fry, the Great War and the hardships of the years that followed have taken a heavy toll.
Determined to leave her painful past behind her, Etta heads to the bright lights of Hollywood whilst Jessie, determined to train as a doctor and use her skills to help others, is hampered by the men who dominate her profession. On the vast, empty plains of the Canadian prairies, Celie and her small family stand on the brink of losing everything.
As whispers of a new war make their way to each sister, each must face the possibility of the unthinkable happening again…
My Review:
In The Shadow Of War is an immersive, fascinating, multi timeline read which I thoroughly enjoyed.
The story follows three sisters and takes place over three different countries which may sound confusing but is actually easy to follow when reading. I really loved following all of the sisters and learning more about their lives. Through them we experience life during the great depression as well as the golden era of Hollywood which I found really fascinating, especially when I found out that Cecilia’s storyline is based upon the actual experiences of the author’s family.
All of the sisters were fabulous creations and I liked how the author manages to make them so different from each other. Out of the sisters my favourite was definitely Jessie who I admired for training to be a doctor, in a period when it was an unusual profession for a woman, and for her determination to succeed. Etta annoyed me at times as she seemed such a selfish person at times though I did enjoy following her throughout Hollywood as I’ve always enjoyed films from that time.
I thought the book had a good pace to it and there always seemed to be something happening to keep me reading. The change in point of view really helped to propel the story along top as the snippets into the sister’s lives made me very intrigued to see what would happen next. The story ends on a bit of a cliff hanger , with a few unresolved threads, which makes me hopeful they’ll be another book in this fabulous series. This is actually the third book in the series but I think it could easily be read as a standalone as anything important is explained.
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:
Adrienne Chinn was born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, grew up in Quebec, and eventually made her way to London, England after a career as a journalist. In England she worked as a TV and film researcher before embarking on a career as an interior designer, lecturer, and writer. When not up a ladder or at the computer writing, she often can be found rummaging through flea markets or haggling in the Marrakech souk. Her debut novel, The Lost Letter, was published in 2019. Her second novel, the international bestseller, The English Wife, was published in 2020. Her third novel, Love in a Time of War, the first in a series of four books in The Three Fry Sisters series, was published in 2022. The second book in the series, The Paris Sister, was published in 2023, and the third book, In the Shadow of War, was published in March 2024. She is currently working on a new historical timeslip novel to be published in 2025.
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