The central plot involves two romances: the more traditional love story of Hazel and James (both are young and British), and another involving Aubrey (he’s an African-American soldier and musician) and Colette (a scarred survivor of a German massacre in her small Belgian town.) Eventually their lives and their love all intertwine.īut there’s a third romance that provides the over-arching structure (and a reason) for the look back at the stories of these four characters and how they came through the Great War. Like many pieces about this era (and in the YA genre in general), it is an engrossing story of love and loss. Julie Berry’s book is a sweeping piece of historical fiction with meticulously researched details about World War I. The title of the Washington Post review of this young adult saga was “The novel you’ll want to steal from your teen’s nightstand.” I think that about sums it up.
Patten Free Library > Staff Picks > Book Review: Lovely War (2019) | Posted by: Lesley Dolinger on MaBook Review: Lovely War (2019)
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