Book Review: "The Girl From Berlin" By Kate Hewitt

"Sometimes people need someone to hate."

No truer words spoken from both the perspective of history past, present, and future.
This book was on my radar for some time and I'm blessed to have received this ARC which will be out tomorrow.

It's very well written, easily relatable, and splendidly crafted with characters that possess not just a tough outer core but an inner soul albeit one in particular is quite the hardened criminal in my eyes and that of his own family.

Rosa and Anna Liesel were extraordinary in their own right. When Rosa noted, “I just want to be free,” Rosa said quietly, “Even if only for a few minutes. It might be the last chance I have.”

The uncertainties that surrounded this group during the later part of 1900's and into the late 40's was tremendous. The concentration camps, the Red Soldiers, the Nazi's, the emigration concerns back to America, the resettling and liquidation of the Jews, the gas chambers and working factories, even the selling of the Jews most cherished and valuable assets was appalling. Sadly, the Poles, Czechs, Slavs, Jews were all sent to these camps. Starving, Hungry, Sick, and Deprived of Basic Human Rights.

The Gestapo took it all.

Yet, there's a slimmer of hope. A dim light. A beacon of salvation.

It all takes place in 1936-Berlin- when we find Liesel Scholz living a life of privilege with her dad's new government position.

However, it's the quick meeting with Rosa that separates truth from fiction -setting the wheels into motion about the government's role and the harsh, dangerous, and disturbing new details that are eroding the fabric around them.

Frankfurt in 1936 was the second half of this story in which we uncover the truths about Anna, Sam, and the connection between past, present, and their future together.
Speaking of which that proposal was very weighted and wasn't the norm one comes to expect but in love and war things were quite different.

Can you imagine being given an ultimatum to marry?

Courage, Love, Betrayal, and Dangerous Activity is upon them all...with Camp King seemingly at the center of it all!

There's some troubling information in this one pertaining to sexual abuse, liquidation of bodies, etc. so please -if you're easily triggered- be it known -that this exist.

Thank you to Kate, the publisher, NetGalley, and Amazon Kindle for this ARC in exchange for this honest review.