Author: Kate Forsyth
Series: None
Publication Date: July 5, 2022
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Pages: 405
Obtained: Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tour
Genre: Historical Fiction
Rating: 4/5
Bottom Line: Unique story set in WWII
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Summary: May 1941. German paratroopers launch a blitzkrieg from the air against Crete. They are met with fierce defiance, the Greeks fighting back with daggers, pitchforks, and kitchen knives. During the bloody eleven-day battle, Alenka, a young Greek woman, saves the lives of two Australian soldiers. Jack and Teddy are childhood friends who joined up together to see the world. Both men fall in love with Alenka. They are forced to retreat with the tattered remains of the Allied forces over the towering White Mountains. Both are among the seven thousand Allied soldiers left behind in the desperate evacuation from Crete’s storm-lashed southern coast. Alenka hides Jack and Teddy at great risk to herself. Her brother Axel is a Nazi sympathiser and collaborator and spies on her movements. As Crete suffers under the Nazi jackboot, Alenka is drawn into an intense triangle of conflicting emotions with Jack and Teddy. Their friendship suffers under the strain of months of hiding and their rivalry for her love. Together, they join the resistance and fight to free the island, but all three will find themselves tested to their limits. Alenka must choose whom to trust and whom to love and, in the end, whom to save. ~amazon.com
Review: I read a lot of historical fiction, which if you read this blog, you already know. Yet in all my readings, I have never read one about the invasion of Crete by the Nazis. So of course I was intrigued when I got this blog tour request. It helps that I loved one of her previous novels, Bitter Greens.
Alenka is a wonderful heroine that has a lot coming at her all at once. Between rescuing two Australian soldiers and her brother's allegiance to the Nazi's, she's handling a lot. Plus the only home she's ever know is under attack and they aren't giving up so easily. Jack and Teddy are both quickly falling for Alenka, which will have obvious detrimental affects on their friendship. It'll also try Alenka's feelings for both of them at different times.
What I truly enjoyed about The Crimson Thread was how Ms. Forsyth weaved Greek Mythology with history and a love triangle. All of these aspects weaved wonderfully together for a seamless story about love, hope, forgiveness and tragedy. In the face of war, normal things do occur, like a love triangle and falling in love.
Thanks to Amy for letting me adjust my review date for the tour!
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