This was a charming WWII historical romance. While it’s primary focus was the somewhat forbidden romance itself, Wait For Me also examines the nature of war and the way it impacts everyone from those who work the land to those who actually fight. It was intelligently done and was gritty enough without delving so far into the darker waters of WWII that it lost its focus. I’ve seen reviews calling this out for not mentioning the holocaust and would like to point out that in 1945 Scotland as with much of the UK and in fact the rest of the world, the Holocaust was not known about. There were rumours of camps but no one really understood exactly what was happening there until the Allies took Germany. Sometimes entire towns of people near the camps didn’t know for certain what was going on. I would respectfully point out that not every WWII story has to be about the Holocaust. It was terrible, it should never be forgotten. There are other terrible things that happened in the shadow of WWII – some of which were perpetrated by the Allies – you know? The so called good guys? (Shall we talk about the Rape of Berlin for instance?) Anyway, I digress. My point is this book did what it set out to do. It portrayed first love against seemingly impossible odds and rehumanised those who had been dehumanised by war. Inside the machinery of war, there is no good or bad on a large scale, there is only survival and conscience for the individual. I think Leech did an excellent job or portraying this. Romance isn’t my bag really but this was very sweet, poignant and replete with pleasing historical detail.