I had this book on my TBR forever. The plot synopsis sounded good, but it wasn't necessarily the type of book I would normally read: 
 1) Classic Regency Romance by Austin - Nope 
 2) Science Fiction - Most Certainly Not 
 3) Dystopia - Not even close 
 4) Fantasy - Not even a little 
 Because it didn't fall into one of my favorite genre's, it really just took me forever to get around to reading this. I finally had it on hold at the library and even when it was available, I didn't rush to add it to my Kindle. I only started reading it about 4 days before I had to return it. I think I was hooked after reading one page. I just knew this was going to be incredible. When I got about 75% done, I started recommending the book to my friends who had not read it, convinced it would be about a 4 star novel. I really liked it, but I just didn't think it would be 5 stars. After reading just a few more pages, I quickly had to retract my earlier rating and tell all my friends, this was definitely going to be a 5. It was just incredible and I still was not finished. 
 This book is the story of two girls who meet during World War II and their incredible friendship. One girl is a pilot and the other works as a spy. They get shot down over occupied France and the story begins with the captured spy writing down her story and confession for the gestapo. 
 I love how the story was communicated through the writing of the confession. It was really unique and different. The other thing that was amazing about this book was the characters were so incredibly real. The whole thing seemed so plausible even though many of the places and events were fictitious. Last, but not least, this story stays with you. Even after finishing it last night, I am still thinking about Julie and wondering what all happened that we don't know about since we were only privy to her written thoughts. Overall, just a fantastic book, and I highly recommend it!