I hope you are having a lovely start to the weekend! I absolutely love Marion Kummerow’s books, so I’m pleased to say I’m back with another one of her books. Today I have the pleasure of sharing my review of Daughter of the Dawn, the fourth book in the bestselling Margarete’s Journey series. You can read my reviews here of the other three here: A Light in the Window, From the Dark we Rise and The Girl in the Shadows.
Book Description
1944, Germany: The war is still raging, as a young woman named Margarete hides from the Nazis in plain sight. With each day that passes, she takes more risks. But will one of those risks ultimately take her to the most evil place on earth?
After a bombing led to her identity being mistaken, Margarete Rosenbaum has been living disguised as one of the Nazis themselves, for almost the entire war.
But secretly—aided by Stefan, a resistance fighter she’s becoming impossibly drawn to—she is trying to liberate the Jewish workers sent to work on the land she’s inherited, and to sabotage the work of the factory she’s meant to be in charge of.
She knows that every day she is risking her life. But she also knows what she has to do. Because it could be her on the other side of the barbed wire fence. And for every person she saves from the Nazis, it’s worth it.
Until she is discovered. And to protect the people she had been helping, she knows she must accept her fate. Even when they send her to the very place she’s hoped to save her prisoners from: Auschwitz… Where no one comes out alive. As the war moves towards its brutal end, will she survive to see Stefan again?
What I Thought
Another great instalment of the Margarete’s Journey series from Marion Kummerow! I can’t believe it’s the last one in the series! It’s just as brilliant as the other ones, if not more so bringing the story to an end. Margarete, who is pretending to be heiress Annegret Huber has seen so much throughout these books. She is a character who will stay with me for a long time.
You feel the strength and courage of the characters deeply set into the heartbreaking story about love and betrayal. The writing is sublime, it draws you in, and you are right in the book with them.
I do recommend you read all 4 books in sequence, to give you the complete story and one that you will treasure. I know next year I will read the books over again!
Where Can I buy it?
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VjkVyV
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Author Bio
Marion Kummerow was born and raised in Germany, before she set out to “discover the world” and lived in various countries. In 1999 she returned to Germany and settled down in Munich where she’s now living with her family.
Inspired by the true story about her grandparents, who belonged to the German resistance and fought against the Nazi regime, she started writing historical fiction, set during World War II. Her books are filled with raw emotions, fierce loyalty and resilience. She loves to put her characters through the mangle, making them reach deep within to find the strength to face moral dilemma, take difficult decisions or fight for what is right. And she never forgets to include humor and undying love in her books, because ultimately love is what makes the world go round.
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I have not read anything by this author but your recommendation makes me think that I would love her books