I was wary about reading a lesbian romance set around World War I. Both because what was going to happen to the characters (not that a modern book couldn't have those prejudiced too). Also, I wasn't sure if I was ready for the intensity of the war itself. I shouldn't have worried about the former, and while the latter was really well done, a lot of it in fact was very intense.

It's about Joanna and Ellie. Ellie signs up to be a Volunteer Aid person and she winds up under the tutelage of a grumpy and standoffish actual nurse, Joanna. They get closer and closer and a relationship blossoms. But, it's World War I, and so it's not a super smooth journey from point A to point B for the two women.

It was an amazing novel and even though I sometimes had to put it down (darn work), I did not want to. Not by a long shot.

I was given this ARC by Netgalley on behalf of Bold Strokes Books. ( )