They, and the fact that classical music plays a significant role in the story, as well as the historical aspect, were probably my favorite parts.
I cannot say enough about them – and a later scene, when they meet up while James is on leave in Paris and * SPOILERS* he finally kisses her! * END SPOILERS*, is even more adorable. I absolutely adored both of them – timid working-class piano prodigy Hazel, whose parents sacrifice everything to allow her to pursue her gift, was the definition of a smol bean, and shy, chivalrous James was the kind of man who’d probably make me faint if he so much as looked at me in real life. They were so awkward and shy and their budding help-I-don’t-know-what-I’m-doing romance was the purest thing I’ve ever seen. The opening 100-ish pages of the book were far and away my favorites, focusing mostly on Hazel and James’ relationship. It’s absolutely swoon-worthy…and heartrending, but let’s not discuss that yet…and it has CLASSICAL MUSIC. She seeks to answer the age-old question: Why are Love and War eternally drawn to one another? But her quest for a conclusion that will satisfy her jealous husband uncovers a multi-threaded tale of prejudice, trauma, and music and reveals that War is no match for the power of Love. Thirty years after these four lovers’ fates collide, the Greek goddess Aphrodite tells their stories to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, in a luxe Manhattan hotel room at the height of World War II.
But that’s before he meets Colette Fournier, a Belgian chanteuse who’s already survived unspeakable tragedy at the hands of the Germans. A gifted musician who’s played Carnegie Hall, he’s a member of the 15th New York Infantry, an all-African-American regiment being sent to Europe to help end the Great War. When they fall in love, it’s immediate and deep–and cut short when James is shipped off to the killing fields.Īubrey Edwards is also headed toward the trenches. She’s a shy and talented pianist he’s a newly minted soldier with dreams of becoming an architect. It’s 1917, and World War I is at its zenith when Hazel and James first catch sight of each other at a London party. Long time, no review…sorry about that, but I promise I’ll rectify it in the next few days! I have several books to review (I think I’ve read something like ten books since my last review, but am only planning on getting to about four or five) and wanted to start with my latest read, the absolutely wonderful Lovely War. This has to be one of my favorite books of 2019, so…here goes.
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