Falling in love with the enemy is the ultimate act of betrayal...
1917. A farm girl from Cavan, Veronica McDermott is desperate to find more to life than peeling potatoes. Persuading her family to let her stay with her aunt and uncle in Dublin so she can attend secretarial college, she has no idea what she is getting into. Recruited by Fr Michael O'Flanagan to type for Eamon De Valera, Veronica is soon caught up in the danger and intrigue of those fighing for Ireland's independence from Britain.
The attentions of a handsome British soldier, Major Harry Fairfax, do not go unnoticed by Veronica's superiors. But when Veronica is tasked with earning his affections to gather intelligence for Sinn Féin, it isn't long before her loyalty to her countrymen and her feelings for Harry are in conflict. To choose one is to betray the other...
Inspired by real life events and marking the centenary of the end of the War of Independence, Dublin's Girl is a thrilling historical debut from an exciting new Irish voice.
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Thank you to Netgalley for providing me a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Oh, wow! That's all I can really say. This was a really good book. It was different, so it made it that more special.
The story picks up slowly at first. We meet Veronica that goes to Dublin where her life changes completely. She wants to go there to go to college, yet she has no idea what's waiting for her. The game she's playing is dangerous and it makes her fall in love with the enemy - an enemy she's convinced she could never be with because not only is he by nature someone she shouldn't be seeing, but he's also engaged.
What Veronica was doing was dangerous and she knew it. It made her conflicted when she had to choose between her family or love and she soon started to question herself whether what she was doing was the right thing or not.
This was an interesting read, portraying how life was in the years when Dublin and Britain were at war, but I didn't find this book as a book I'd call romantic - for that it lacked too much romance for me and Veronica and Harry's meetings were brief and very short, so we don't get to see much of their connection and them really getting to know each other. In other words, the romance was dry.
For that, the ending felt a little too rushed, as well, and incomplete. I expected a little bit more of romance, but it's nonetheless a very good and quick read. The author focused more on how life was then and how people were acting and since I'm a history junky, that's okay with me.
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