Daisy Styles

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. The facts around World War 2 surround me; my parents were children in the war, as a genealogist I have identified many ancestors and cousins who went to war, I even know many of the songs that won the war. It is through films and novels like this, feelings join the facts.
The characters were all well written and likeable (except the characters you shouldn't like!) Although we now live in a different era; the personalities transcend time. It is easy to see why show more we often call this generation the greatest generation, with their ability to make something out of nothing but personally I think it was their strong communities that made them great.
I went through practically every emotion as I read this book. It is very rare that a novel makes me cry (typically this happens far more with films as I am a visual person) but Alice's storyline brought tears to my eyes.
I have already lined up the next Daisy Styles novel to read soon. I would recommend this novel to any fans of Glenice Crossland. show less

This is a delightful story about 3 delightful women: Ava, Bella and Ruby.

It's a story that never hooked me but when I turned to listen to some low stress content, I enjoyed it lots! The 3 young women are all remarkable in how hard they work in the kitchen of a commandeered estate in England in WW2.

Daisy Styles wrote this in 2016 - or at least, that is the date of the audiobook publication. It is NOT contemporary either in the way it is written or more obviously in the period in which it is show more set.

I'm getting to the point in my romance novel reading that I need historic fiction to be written in a contemporary style. And this is from someone who was shocked at the contemporary TV series, Bridgerton! (and now loves it). show less

Plucky British woman support the war effort by working downstairs, as cooks and skivvies, in a manor house used to train woman coders. Men, bombers, spies and other distractions enliven their lives and almost all live happily after.

A heartwarming, feel good novel set in a code breaking establishment during the second world war.
Three girls are thrown together in this secretive world,and this is a story of how they get on,both at work and play.
Highly recommended.
I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher Penguin / Michael Joseph via Netgalley in return for an honest unbiased review.