Fly The Plane, Maddie.

[redbrunja]

I think Code Name Verity has ruined me for all other WWII romances because each time I try to read a novel set in WWII - novels that come with recommendations! - I am terribly, terribly disappointed.

Anyone have recommendations for good WWII romantic adventure novels?

Things I like:

• Ladies having agency and being active both within the narrative and within the world they're living in.
• Attractive gentleman who like ladies with agency.
• Actions! Adventure! Air raids! Passion! Longing!

Things I don't like:

• "romantic heroes" who have to be convinced that the heroine is his equal.
• the author's religious beliefs dripping from every page.

Comments

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Sort of, but it was really surprising to find in a book whose premise was about an awesome female lead. It was really really weird -- heroine is 17, an awesome scientist, and wants to go to a men-only mad scientist school, so she disguises herself as her brother. Both a 16-year-old girl and the 30-year-old headmaster fall for "him", but while the 16-year-old is dismissed by the text as being just a kid who doesn't realize she's not really in love, the heroine (one year older) totally is in love with the guy who stole her work, doesn't realize her gender, AND IS THE FREAKING HEADMASTER.

Also I don't think I'm a prude but there was no narrative reason to know the fetish of every secondary character.