I have been wanting to read this book ever since I saw all the encouraging reviews come out early on. Some of my most reliable blogging friends only had great things to say. Like usual, though, will all my other obligations, this one got buried on my "To Read" until recently. For my son's birthday, I was tasked with finding a thought provoking book we could buddy read. Well, I searched high and low for a book we both could enjoy. I was a little concerned, since this was a book about two young ladies, maybe it wouldn't capture his interest. The more reviews I read, the more I was persuaded we could both enjoy this book. Even though it wasn't perfect, we both liked it enough to give it 4 stars. This book is about a spy and an pilot. Its difficult to explain too much because of spoiler. Pacing was strange. I can't really even describe the narrators with giving away too much. All I will say is at the beginning of the story, it starts in the present, then it goes back in time, by the narrator writing the story down for a confession. For a long time I felt the narration to be haphazard and rambling. There were bits and pieces of the past intermixed with what was going on in the present. I'd say in order to really enjoy this book, the reader must have a bit of patience. The characters in this book were likable and fairly relatable. The way the reader comes to know them is through their own writing styles, or other peoples accounts of them. In this fashion, since its mainly in third person, you never really get the opportunity to totally get into their heads. The entire story is loosely based on historical accounts with fictitious names and places. Initially, I went into this thinking I'd experience a lot of twists and turns. Oddly enough, I don't feel like there was very many. Now, if you read people's reviews, the aspect most talked about is the ending, I was really hoping for a real powerful, tear-jerking type ending. This is probably the reason I took a star off and couldn't give it a perfect 5, the ending didn't wow me in the way I had hoped. In fact, the emotional part was literally over in almost one sentence. It was a lot to process in an absolutely short amount of time. I would definitely recommend this book to history lovers, those who want to discover more about women and their involvement in the military during this time period and book clubs. Why book clubs, well because this one is a book where in the end you are able to get a great discussion going about, "What would you do?". Anyways, it was a great book, my son appreciated it. We are now in search of another great book to read together which will spark a good discussion. Suggestions are welcome!