Considering how popular and highly rated this book/series is I feel I should have loved it a lot more than I did. I can't lie however, and say I really loved it when I didn't. It was really well written and has a lot of very memorable scenes but in general the book just wasn't my type of thing. For example, I wouldn't call the story a historical romance exactly, I think the story was more of a historical drama with romantic elements. This is likely why I didn't overly love it because I'm not much one for historical sagas. Especially ones that involve war. While this one didn't strictly include much about any war the heroine was a nurse that come from the WWII period and the influence could be seen in the story. It made sense for the heroine to be from this time because her experiences with the war helped her survive and thrive in the older time. It also made the story more brutal and raw because the author was able to put in a lot of content that the heroine would be more equipped dealing with.