So I couldn't help but kept reading to see what would happen next.
But everything was just so sweet because it was narrated by the Goddess of Love. I felt like everything was going so fast and I was like, seriously? They just met hours ago and James was going to the Front. She did nothing but threw him a piece of paper which had the place and time for the their first date tomorrow :v I smiled like a fool at that point of the story. Right after that James went looking for Hazel's apartment and caught her looking down the street from her window. They danced, they had a small talk and Hazel gave James a kiss on his cheek (Hazel was supposed to be shy, according to the author :v). James and Hazel loved each other at first sight, which made the story a very sappy romance. It is narrated by the Greek Gods, mostly Aphrodite, who witnessed the love story of the 2 couples during World War I. But there's still a subtle impression of softness, sweetness and longing whenever I think about this book. It's been a while since I finished reading this book so my emotions about it are no longer fresh and intense. I don't want to miss any details so I will save Colette and Aubrey and other stuffs for later. I'm just going to talk about James and Hazel in this review because it would take hours to write down all my thoughts about this story. Một sự kết hợp tuyệt vời giữa thần thoại Hy Lạp và chiến tranh thế giới 🤩🤩🤩 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.Ī sweeping, multi-layered romance with a divine twist, by the Printz Honor-winning author of The Passion of Dolssa, set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II. 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.
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