This book covers the bulk of WWII, which is why I did my best to rush through it—I want the horribleness to be over so I can get to the (mostly) happy endings. But it's got everything you'd want from a war story—suspense, romance, heartbreak, etc. I've always loved this series for its LDS perspective, too. If I had lived during WWII, my experience would have been similar to the Thomases', which makes this series feel more like home than any other WWII story. Again, I really appreciate the research the author did to make the characters and events feel unquestionably real. ( )