An engaging and enthralling read, The Nightingale draws you in and is a quick read despite some devastating parts. Hannah doesn't shy away from the horrors of war when recounting the story of two sisters, both deeply affected by the death of their mother and the rejection of their father, and their story of survival during World War II living in Nazi-occupied France. Both sisters are flawed and very different, yet you immediately connect with them; I was rooting for both of them throughout the book and their efforts to make it through the war and see a liberated France. Meanwhile, a first-person narrator looks back on these wartime events, and it's unclear at first which sister this narrator might be. Hannah's storytelling is excellent and this read definitely made me want to pick up more World War II-era historical fiction.