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Sep 17, 2019NadiaHathor rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Kate does it again with a brilliantly researched and intriguing aspect of WWII which I wasn't very familiar with, the Russian Women Fighter Pilots of the 588th. This regiment who fought so valiantly, flying silently through the night sky on over 23,000 sorties and dropping over 3,000 tons of bombs blasting the Nazis, who were so threatened by them they nicknamed them the Night Witches! I thoroughly savored this read and particularly enjoyed the two timelines and the perspectives of a fierce and out of the box Night Witch and that of an unconventional young Western Woman coming of age in the 1950s. Meaty storytelling, provocative characters combined with enough suspense and tension to keep you turning pages long into the night - making me a 'reading witch' indeed.