For the Armchair Detective Society this month, we chose The Huntress by Kate Quinn. We had loved The Alice Network so much that given the choice between The Huntress and branching out into some Dorothy Sayer books, we chose The Huntress. I would like to say that we all loved this one, but we ran into a hiccup.
This month’s meeting had to be postponed due to COVID-19. So, in liu of my own review peppered with thoughts from the rest of the group, I present my lone review, while lifting a glass in solidarity with the rest of my mighty little book club.
The Huntress was every bit as amazing as I was hoping it would be. The details, the way Kate Quinn weaves her story lines together in such a way that you can feel how the characters paths may cross was so elegant and so beautifully spun that you couldn’t help but love every haunting minute of it. From Nina’s time as one of the Night Witches of the Soviet Union to Jordan’s dark room in the basement to Ian’s new life chasing Nazi war criminals instead of writing stories about them – every moment is laden with emotion and history.