Kate Quinn delivers historical fiction at its finest, meticulously blending fact and fiction, drawing on real-life figures in this vibrant and thrilling novel, "The Huntress", set in the post-World War II era of the 1940s and 1950s. Quinn shines a light on the little-known bravery, courage, and fearlessness of what the Nazis called the Night Witches, the all-female Russian night bomber regiment that inflicted devastating damage behind German lines. Nina Markova, a fiercely strong, independent, l...

5+++ stars! Okay, I think I've found the first real challenger to The Heart’s Invisible Furies as my top book of 2019. I loved Kate Quinn's The Alice Network, but The Huntress is just… brilliant! The story unfolds through three alternating perspectives. First, we have Ian Graham, a haunted British war correspondent who, after the war, dedicates himself to bringing war criminals to justice. Then there's Nina Markova – hands down my favorite character. Nina is a lost soul who finds her purpose f...

"There’ll be a chance, Nina Borisovna, her father had said. Don’t ask, when you see it. Just fucking take it." 4 1/2 stars. I love historical fiction that introduces me to little areas of history that school lessons and history books never taught me about. Fiction is my passion, but I love it even more when it uncovers oft-buried truths. Here, Kate Quinn blends fact and fiction to tell a story about three women: a murderess on the run, an aspiring photographer who may be in danger in her own ...

World War II is over, and (now) former war correspondent Ian Graham is standing in its ashes. It might have been enough to say that they've all passed through a long, dark time and come out of it alive, if not unscathed. Ian might have gone about his life and done his best to bury the specter of war and walk away from it. Most would have. Ian Graham didn’t. Not when Lorelei Vogt, the Nazi war criminal known as The Huntress, is still out there. “I’m done writing instead of doing,” becomes Ian's m...

A journalist, a lawyer, and a Russian woman pilot are teaming up to find the ruthless, dangerous Nazi war criminal in Kate Quinn's *The Huntress*, determined to bring her to justice. This is a breathtaking, compulsive, fantastic journey with amazing and memorable characters. If you're looking for historical thriller book reviews, look no further!My all-time favorite is Nina Markova, a curses-like sailor who flies like a bird in the air, a powerful, vivid, feverish, fearless pilot. She is a great...

"They called her die Jagerin—the Huntress. She was the young mistress of an SS officer in German-occupied Poland, the hostess of grand parties on the lake, a keen shot. Perhaps she was the rusalka the lake was named for—a lethal, malevolent water spirit."Here lies Chelsea, dead from a book slump brought on by The Huntress, because for once the hype lived up to my expectations and the book's execution. I'm not an avid reader of historical fiction, and in the past year I decided that I was taking ...

4.5 stars, rounded up! Ian, Tony, and Nina join forces to track down the Huntress in Kate Quinn's **The Huntress**. Nina, a former Russian Bomber Pilot, finds herself on the trail of the Huntress, a notorious Nazi war criminal. In the aftermath of the war, the hunter becomes the hunted. Nina risked everything to join the Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on Hitler's eastern front. But when fate throws her into the path of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntr...

2 stars. I simply couldn’t connect with The Huntress by Kate Quinn.This novel revolves around a Russian female bomber pilot and a British war reporter who work together as Nazi hunters. Their main goal is to track down “The Huntress,” a notorious Nazi war criminal who is said to have taken on a new identity living in the USA. If you're looking for WWII historical fiction, this might be up your alley, but it wasn't for me.I am the outlier with my feelings on this novel. I had the same disappointm...

I really struggled with "The Huntress" by Kate Quinn. I kept putting it down, picking it back up, and ultimately finished with some very mixed feelings. What I enjoyed: Nina's sections were fantastic – she was definitely my favorite character by far. I also loved reading about the Russian women and their experiences as pilots during the war. The sheer amount of research that went into this book is impressive, as the author details in the author's note. I really appreciated that note too, as it...

I was ready to give this a 4+ star rating, but then the ending happened, and wow, it shot up to 5+ stars!!! The author's notes at the end are just as captivating as the book itself. Knowing that so much of *The Huntress* is based on actual events and real people made the story come alive for me even more. If you love historical fiction, especially stories about WWII, this is a must-read! From the blurb, you know that there's a team still hunting Nazi war criminals long after the Nuremberg trial...