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Julie Berry
Listen to the novel New York Times best-selling author of The Alice Network Kate Quinn called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year". A critically acclaimed, multilayered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fates - and the hearts - of four mortals in their hands.
They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect turned soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the US Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite, who must spin the tale or face judgment on Mount Olympus, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though war is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of love.
Hailed by critics, Lovely War has received seven starred reviews and is an indie best seller. Author Julie Berry has been called "a modern master of historical fiction" by Bookpage and "a celestially inspired storyteller" by The New York Times, and Lovely War is truly her masterwork.
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"This fascinating, gorgeously written novel of World War I will grip you and remind you that the greatest danger is closing our hearts to love." (Nancy Werlin, National Book Award honoree and New York Times best seller)
“Julie Berry writes the past as if she lived it.” (Jennifer Donnelly, New York Times best-selling author)
“Scheherazade has nothing on Berry.... An unforgettable romance so Olympian in scope, human at its core, and lyrical in its prose that it must be divinely inspired.” (Kirkus Reviews)
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Lovely Story, Beautifully told!
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Excellent, across the board!
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The performance was very good we loved multiple readers.
Using the Greek Gods as catalyst to move the story is interesting.
Top of the Best
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Layered stories
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Lovely account of men, women, and racial experiences in WW1
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Aphrodities examples of love, (the two stories that unfold), are beautiful and heart wrenching (goodness, especially the delicate chapters by Hades..) I fell in love with the characters myself!
So georgeous and tender are the words throughout...and absolutely lovely.
It is one of my favorite stories ever!
Absolutely Beautiful!
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Calling all hopeless romantics!
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I don’t normally read romances, but I was invested in both tales of devotion. Both couples seemed to grow past the outer beauty and love the interior of their sweetheart. What made this narrative more captivating was the historical aspect surrounding the romance. All characters played a hand in the result of WWI. Including the immortals on Mount Olympus.
I like reading historical fiction and I like reading about Greek mythology. I would have loved reading a romance during WWI and I would have loved reading about a trial at Mount Olympus. But, putting the two together was weird and out of place. I kept forgetting the purpose of the gods’ trial and why the two couples were even important.
“Lovely War” is beautifully written, but it strays from it's purpose and certain maturity in the story.
Romance in time of war. With greek gods present?
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Heart-rendingly Poignant!
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I mean the mention, the very very graphic mention, of very heinous war crimes committed by the Germans, against the Belgian people, during WWI should be enough to take it out of that genre. That aside, yes the main characters are young, but being eighteen in 1918 is hardly the same as being eighteen now, so I just don't understand the YA designation.
The narrative being told by Greek gods, hmmmm. Honestly it felt a smidge gimmicky and a smidge distracting. I mean it was sort of novel and interesting at first, and then it quickly got weird. And felt unnecessary. The four primary characters carried the story beautifully on their own.
Also, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, I mean with the constant announcement of the date, surely the story was leading toward the Spanish Flu pandemic that peaked in late 1918, and killed millions? But no, there were the briefest of mentions of the illness, and but it never touches any of the main characters or even their families, which seemed really weird.
But as a stand alone historical fiction romance, very enjoyable. And the afterword with additional information about the time period, the issues of race, gender, inequality, etc. that was well done.
The narration was generally well done and appealing, tho it seemed a bit wanky to have Greek gods speaking with a distinct British accent, but perhaps I nitpick.
Not suitable for YA, but has great characters 🎼
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