The Ops Room Girls (The Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Book 1) by Vicki Beeby #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #HistoricalRomance

 

The Ops Room Girls

(The Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Book 1)

By Vicki Beeby 

When Evie’s dreams come crashing down, she’s determined to still make something of herself in these trying times…

It is 1939 and working class Evie Bishop has received a scholarship to study mathematics at Oxford when tragedy turns her life upside down. Evie must seek a new future for herself and, inspired to contribute to the war effort, joins the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as an Ops Room plotter.

Posted to a fighter station on the Sussex Coast, Evie befriends two other WAAFs – shy, awkward May and flirty, glamorous Jess. Faced with earning the approval of strict officers and finding their way in a male dominated world, the three girls band together to overcome challenges, navigate new romances and keep their pilots safe in the skies.

But the German bombers seem to know more than they should about the base’s operations, and soon Evie, May and Jess are caught up in a world more dangerous than they ever imagined…

Review

I loved every minute of this book! The author has to be commended for creating a believable historical background - one that is fraught with danger, especially when things start going wrong with no rhyme or reason - could there be a traitor in their midst?

I thought the characters came across as very believable and I really enjoyed reading how the relationship between Evie, May and Jess developed. There are also several tender romances in this novel with I thought were very well depicted.

I thought this novel was fabulous and it is one that I highly recommend.

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Vicki Beeby writes historical fiction about the friendships and loves of service women brought together by the Second World War.

Her first job was as a civil engineer on a sewage treatment project, so things could only improve from there. Since then, she has worked as a maths teacher and education consultant before turning freelance to give herself more time to write.

In her free time, when she can drag herself away from reading, she enjoys walking and travelling to far-off places by train. She lives in Shropshire in a house that doesn’t contain nearly enough bookshelves.