Stayed up till 3Am last night reading this book The Nazi's Daughter by Tim Murgatroyd. I started reading this book at lunch yesterday, and got home and had to start it back up. I was drawn to the characters right away... and some I really didn't even like. The book was interesting switching back from WW2 till present day. The story was more about the characters and how their lives were effected by the war, and not so much about WW2 itself. I wish the ending would have been a little longer and went into more detail about how the past can effect the families future and felt it ended too quickly.
I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it to someone's reading list!

You can tell that the author did the research and put the time and effort forth into making this a historically accurate book about a little known part of World War II. However, I just had a really hard time getting into it. I followed the characters, and back and forth in time, but it just never really gelled well for me. Interesting history though!!

This is a dual-timeframe novel which starts in the rural Netherlands in 1943, then jumps to New York in 2008.

For most of the story I was impressed by this book. The wartime sections with the Dutch setting gave some feel for life under occupation.

The new York sections with the difficulties of life due to the recession were cleverly used.

However, what was building towards a good 4* book has a sudden and disappointing ending. Hence only a 3* rating from me.

My thanks go to Netgalley and Troubador Publishing for a copy in exchange for this review.

The Nazi's Daughter is a fast favorite of mine. The prose was excellent, and the characters mesmerizing. The story is vivid and claims your attention immediately. I love this book enough that I may just go out and buy a copy.

<b>Elise looked round. Her dancing partner had vanished. The crowd was dispersing. She noticed for the first time the bonfire was fed with the sawed up fuselage of a British aeroplane – no doubt a defiant gesture by the authorities . At once the night felt cold. She hugged her own arms. Yet the lively tunes of De Skotse Trije and De Hendriekske lingered in her mind amidst the rumbling aeroplane engines and gunfire.</b>

The Nazi's Daughter is for those who love a sad story with strong defiant characters, who fight to find peace and to survive. It's a beautiful story, at once enchanting but sad as well at times. It starts off with a boy at his father's funeral, and delves deeper into understanding what it means to be a father's son, as well as a Nazi's Daughter. I will say that it does the back and forth time thing, where the plot jumps from past to future and back, which was slightly annoying. But that was the only issue I had with the story.
Recommended for those that liked Code Name Verity though warns that this novel isn't for the faint of heart, I award four stars to the Book as well as to the author!

Elise the daughter of a Dutch Nazi is a ballet dancer until an injury ends her career and she retires to a remote island. Peter is a schoolteacher but also a resistance fighter and so when he meets Elise on paper the two should hate each other but the attraction is there!

Jenni is summoned to a party to celebrate her grandmother's life in New York in 2008 and so we learn of the life Elise.

I enjoyed the book especially the history aspect of it - I always enjoy books about people in the war years rather than fighting and this is the first one that I have read involving Holland so it made it more interesting for me

The story involves three characters. Peter, who after the death of his father, returns to a small island off the coast of Holland in 1943, where he is offered his father’s position as schoolmaster. Elise a ballerina, who arrives at the island to recuperate after her dancing injury, at the same time. Jenni, who is summoned to a mysterious party to celebrate her estranged grandmother’s life, at the present time in NYC; a grandmother who was a ballerina.

It is a very “tell” flat story, it misses the “story in action” instead of words. No connection with any of the characters. It is set during WWII, but it is all in telling. There is no true feeling of war happening. I couldn’t get into the story. I gave up after reading 1/4th of the book.

I was given an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and independent review.
There were moments when I found the narrative in this book quite boring , particularly at the start and then at other moments I was quite interested. I enjoyed the historical elements of the book and the hardships of the war was intriguing. The story is told in two time periods-1943/1945 , and 2008/2009.
The slow burning relationship between Pieter and Elise was well portrayed. Two people who should not be together- the Nazi's daughter, a former ballerina and the schoolmaster who secretly was part of the Resistance movement. No spoiler alerts!
Overall mixed feelings about this book so only 3 .5 star read.