#BookReview - The Night Train to Berlin by Melanie Hudson

 The Night Train to Berlin
By Melanie Hudson

 A train journey into the past

A love that echoes through time

Paddington Station, present day

A young woman boards the sleeper train to Cornwall with only a beautiful emerald silk evening dress and an old, well-read diary full of sketches. Ellie Nightingale is a shy violinist who plays like her heart is broken. But when she meets fellow passenger Joe she feels like she has been given that rarest of gifts…a second chance.

Paddington Station, 1944

Beneath the shadow of the war which rages across Europe, Alex and Eliza meet by chance. She is a gutsy painter desperate to get to the frontline as a war artist and he is a wounded RAF pilot now commissioned as a war correspondent. With time slipping away they make only one promise: to meet in Berlin when this is all over. But this is a time when promises are hard to keep, and hope is all you can hold in your heart.

From a hidden Cornish cove to the blood-soaked beaches of Normandy in June 1944, this is an epic love story like no other. Perfect for fans of Pam Jenoff, Kate Quinn, Rachel Hore and Kate Furnivall.

Review

What a wonderfully compelling story. I was committed to this book as soon as I had finished the first paragraph and I continued to be invested in the story until that final full stop. The attention to the historical detail has to be praised and the characters came across as very real in the telling.

This book is in all ways a success. If you enjoy quality historical fiction then this novel has to be on your to read list. I highly recommend it.

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Melanie is an award winning, best selling writer of contemporary and historical fiction. She lives in Cornwall with her family and is happiest when out hiking with her dog.