Silver Stars The Front Lines series Michael Grant 9781405273855 Books
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Silver Stars The Front Lines series Michael Grant 9781405273855 Books
If you thought Front Lines was good then you've honestly not seen anything yet because Silver Stars ups the stakes in every way possible, the danger is greater than ever and the characters have completely come into their own. If you're new to this series then I'd recommend reading the books in order but to give you a brief recap this is an alternative history of WWII imagining one major change - that female soldiers were recruited into the American army and served alongside the men on the front lines. Pretty much everything else is accurate to what really happened and these books are so well written and believable that you actually feel like you could be reading someone's personal diary as they tell you their own life story.We continue to follow the stories of the three main characters introduced in the first book. First you have Rio Richlin who joined the army with her best friend Jenou after finding out her sister was killed in action. Then there is Frangie Marr who signed up as a medic mainly because her family needed the money, she faces even more prejudice than the others because not only is she a woman she's also black and racism was very prevalent during this time. The third main character is a young Jewish woman Rainy Schulterman who joined the army with the intention of shooting nazis but was quickly recruited into the intelligence community. Each girl has a separate story to tell but there are times when their stories link and I love getting to see the war through their very different experiences.
Rio has been fighting on the front lines for a long time now and she's rising up through the ranks because of her experience. She's become quite a ruthless fighter and has had to try and lock her emotions away but she feels a growing distance between her and her best friend and she's struggling to cope with everything that she's seen and done. As a medic Frangie is right there at the front too tending to wounded soldiers who wouldn't have much of a chance without immediate treatment. Her job definitely isn't a risk free one and she constantly finds herself facing danger while trying to protect others. Rainy has the most dangerous job of all though and is sent on an undercover mission to Italy, she has no backup and not much of a plan on how she's supposed to get herself home again so her story is fraught with danger and she suffers badly when she's captured along the way.
I have totally fallen in love with all three of these girls, I feel their pain and suffer alongside them and I'm desperately hoping they'll all make it through the war alive but we're constantly being shown how much danger they're facing and I'm worried that at least one of them won't survive it. I don't think I can praise this series highly enough, it's dark and can be quite painful at times but it's also totally addictive and utterly absorbing. Michael Grant has done a stellar job with these books, you can tell they're meticulously researched and they really are a must read.
Source: Received from Egmont in exchange for an honest review
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Silver Stars The Front Lines series Michael Grant 9781405273855 Books Reviews
Once again Michael Grant has written a powerful book that doesn’t pull its punches when it comes to the brutality of war, sexism, racism and antisemitism, not to mention torture and the weight of being responsible for others. Once again our three main heroines prove themselves to be both ordinary and extraordinary, heroes in their moments, yet never desiring of such titles or accolades.
It did take me a while to get back into the flow of the story. When it comes to battles and the movements of the war, that’s where this book is best. When the action happens and it’s life or death, or even during the aftermath when everyone is trying to make sense of things, this book grabs my attention and doesn’t easily let go. However, the first quarter or so isn’t about that, it’s about Rio and her fellow soldiers lying around in the desert, waiting for their next orders to come through, while Rainy is back in New York, almost normal again. We don’t see much of Frangie, sadly, but when we do she always shines.
This first quarter dragged a fair bit for me. There’s a lot of detail about life in 1940s New York and what Rainy’s up to, which is interesting, but felt a bit superfluous. Rio’s romantic dramas are also tiresome to me, especially when it’s so clear that Jack is the only true choice.
Once this first section is over with, however, the pace picks up and things get a lot more interesting and absorbing. Rainy’s mission not only puts her in peril, but truly tests her for the first time. I’ve always found her intelligence impressive, but she wasn’t particularly likable before, being slightly arrogant and aware of how good she is and how easily she does everything asked of her. This time around she is tested to breaking point and finally discovers all that she is made of. It made her much more real to me and I truly cared what happened to her.
Once again Rio proves herself to be far stronger than she ever knew, even as she tries to fight being given more responsibilities. She is a natural leader, though, but it’s nice to see she hasn’t changed too much. Her competence might be unnerving, if only she wasn’t still slightly naive about certain things here and there.
Finally, there’s Frangie, who I would have liked to have seen more of. Her experience of war is a lot different to the other two in many ways, not least because of the racism – both overt and casual – that she faces. Her calm competence under pressure is still there, but there are more questions in her mind now and she definitely is not the same girl she was when she left home.
Woven throughout is a powerful sense of history. The addition of female fighters might be made up, but pretty much everything else is real. If you have a passion for history, this book is written for you. From tiny details to full scale battles, the research for this book has clearly been immense and it shows. I’m not particularly familiar with the Italian side of WW2, but after reading this I definitely want to find out more.
Powerful, detailed and epic, this is an excellent follow up to Front Lines. It won’t be for everyone, being long and highly detailed and containing uncomfortable language and plot lines, but if history is your thing, then you should really give this a try.
(ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley.)
If you thought Front Lines was good then you've honestly not seen anything yet because Silver Stars ups the stakes in every way possible, the danger is greater than ever and the characters have completely come into their own. If you're new to this series then I'd recommend reading the books in order but to give you a brief recap this is an alternative history of WWII imagining one major change - that female soldiers were recruited into the American army and served alongside the men on the front lines. Pretty much everything else is accurate to what really happened and these books are so well written and believable that you actually feel like you could be reading someone's personal diary as they tell you their own life story.
We continue to follow the stories of the three main characters introduced in the first book. First you have Rio Richlin who joined the army with her best friend Jenou after finding out her sister was killed in action. Then there is Frangie Marr who signed up as a medic mainly because her family needed the money, she faces even more prejudice than the others because not only is she a woman she's also black and racism was very prevalent during this time. The third main character is a young Jewish woman Rainy Schulterman who joined the army with the intention of shooting nazis but was quickly recruited into the intelligence community. Each girl has a separate story to tell but there are times when their stories link and I love getting to see the war through their very different experiences.
Rio has been fighting on the front lines for a long time now and she's rising up through the ranks because of her experience. She's become quite a ruthless fighter and has had to try and lock her emotions away but she feels a growing distance between her and her best friend and she's struggling to cope with everything that she's seen and done. As a medic Frangie is right there at the front too tending to wounded soldiers who wouldn't have much of a chance without immediate treatment. Her job definitely isn't a risk free one and she constantly finds herself facing danger while trying to protect others. Rainy has the most dangerous job of all though and is sent on an undercover mission to Italy, she has no backup and not much of a plan on how she's supposed to get herself home again so her story is fraught with danger and she suffers badly when she's captured along the way.
I have totally fallen in love with all three of these girls, I feel their pain and suffer alongside them and I'm desperately hoping they'll all make it through the war alive but we're constantly being shown how much danger they're facing and I'm worried that at least one of them won't survive it. I don't think I can praise this series highly enough, it's dark and can be quite painful at times but it's also totally addictive and utterly absorbing. Michael Grant has done a stellar job with these books, you can tell they're meticulously researched and they really are a must read.
Source Received from Egmont in exchange for an honest review
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