Disappointingly, I have actually taken a Modern Espionage course in university, and that still didn't have any information about women as intelligence officers! That said, I'm go incredibly happy that Quinn has written this book and shed some light on the role of women in the Great War. I'm going to excuse my lack of education on female spies during World War One and blame it on the fact that we don't really learn much about British espionage in Canada. I thought she was wonderful and I loved her relationships with the other characters.
She makes choices that she needs to figure out how to live with and would honestly result in slut-shaming today, let alone in the 1940s but she learns that she's strong enough to live with her choices without shame.
I loved getting to know her, seeing Eve and Fin through her eyes, and the fact that she is not a perfect character.
I found Charlie easier to like right away because there's a sweetness to her that covers an iron will that she simply needs to develop. She takes a bit longer to warm up to (at least for me), but her relationships with Lili and Rene are equally engaging and terrifying because it's not clear where any of these characters will end up. She's abrasive and smart, and decides to use her intelligence and gift of languages (and lying) to aid the war effort. Eve's history as a spy in WW1 German-occupied France was intense to say the least, as well as completely eye-opening to a part of history I knew nothing about. Espionage and the spying game has never captured my attention like The Alice Network has.Įve and Charlie are very different women and live through their twenties in very different decades, yet I loved them both and the unbreakable bond they form with each other. This novel was a wonderful blending of two women from different decades who come together for a common goal. Yep, this book came out a year ago and I'm very behind in reading it, but my mentality has always been that it's better late then never! And I hope that you share this belief because if you haven't read The Alice Network yet, it should definitely go on your TBR list immediately.
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