Gosia Nealon

🕊️🇵🇱This is the story of young Poles who fought during the Warsaw Uprising at the end of the World War II and then faced the brutal postwar Stalin's regime. 🇵🇱🕊️

Julia Wiarnowska, known as Huntress of the North, returned to Warsaw in hope to find her missing father and to get engaged in the resistance group. Julia put herself in a dangerous situation when volunteering to go to the Zieleniak, the place where Nazis took her best friend. She most likely will be raped and killed if Julia won’t save her fast enough. How lucky she felt seeing Nikolaj, the childhood sweetheart who would never work for Nazis but now appeared in their uniform. He promised Julia to rescue her friend explaining that it's easier for him to be undercover for Polish resistance having father as a powerful commander who works for Hitler. He imprisoned her in his room from danger on the streets. When she overheard other soldiers talking about Nikolaj cruelty and murdering innocent people, Julia planned her escape. The story gets even more intense after the war ended and Poland was under Stalin's regime. Those who survived the war were now in danger of brutal tortures and killings by regime. 🕊️

I was impressed by the compelling plot and excited conclusion of this book. The author took great care to preserve a good number of historical accuracies during the war and its aftermath in Poland. 🇵🇱The bravery of young people fighting for survival while committing heroic acts throughout the book was very impactful. This is the third book of The Secret Resistance series and it can be read as stand alone. This book will appeal to readers who enjoy historical fictions with plenty of drama, suspense, mystery and dash of romance.… (mehr)

Identical Twins - one who joined the Nazi Party and one who escaped.

Stefan and his brother Finn always seemed to have different views on compassion.

When their father joined the Nazi Party, Stefan joined with him, but Finn stayed with his mother.

During the last year of the war Stefan killed the father of another character, Wanda, and she would never forget his face.

When she encounters Stefan, who is really Finn, she can't see past the horrible deed he committed that took her father away.

Finn keeps coming in contact with Wanda, and she has to do what the officer asks her to do.

Wanda joins the Polish Resistance and is terrified when they find the ammunition she is hiding in her suitcase.

What happens now?

Does Wanda get imprisoned?

Is she tortured by the Nazis?

Find out when you read THE POLISH GIRL that has surprises and heartbreak.

It took a few chapters to sort out who the characters were, but once the book got going, you won’t want to put the book down.

Fans of historical fiction and women's fiction will enjoy THE POLISH GIRL. 4/5

This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review.… (mehr)

I liked this book. I was instantly transported back in time, where I could see everyone and everything. Historical fiction readers of this time period may want to check out this book. It is a nice, quick read. The circumstances that people like Wanda had to endear is tragic and for those that did survive, they will never forget. As the story showed, family or particularly brother was pitted against brother. Which was not an easy thing to endure as well.

The romance between Wanda and Finn was real and sweet. It did not distract from the story or overpower it. Over the course of the whole book, both Finn and Wanda grew to be strong people. This was especially true for Wanda.

While, I did like this book; I found that despite everything I could never form a strong connection towards the characters. It was sad what they went through but I could never fully emphasize with them. Yet, there was enough good things about this book that I would read another by this author.… (mehr)