A huge thank you to The Write Reads and Elyse Hoffman for my spot and ebook copy of this powerful book.
I’ve not read much ww2 fiction (still a little close for me) but I really took a lot from reading this series. My review of The Vengeance of Samuel Val will be up shortly. Also by the same author.
The Blurb:
A deadly mission to hunt down the resistance’s top soldier will make SS Officer Jonas Amsel question everything he kills for…
Jonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Third Reich. Ava, a talented gymnast, wants to serve Germany in the Olympics, and Jonas, who has loved Ava since they were children, wants nothing more than to marry her and start a family. When he is about to propose, however, Ava and her entire family vanish without a trace.
Jonas blames the Jews for Ava’s disappearance and throws himself into a career in the Nazi Party. He serves the Reich under the ruthless Chief of the Gestapo, Reinhard Heydrich. Jonas becomes particularly good at capturing members of the Black Foxes, an anti-Nazi resistance group, earning Heydrich’s respect and the moniker of “the Fox Hunter.”
Impressed by Jonas’ skills, Heydrich gives him his most difficult task yet: capture the elusive Black Fox One, the Black Foxes’ most deadly and mysterious operative. No Nazi who has pursued Black Fox One has returned alive, but Jonas is determined and confident. Capturing Black Fox One might bring him one step closer to finding Ava.
But while he is hunting Black Fox One, Jonas makes a shocking discovery, forcing him to make an agonizing decision. He must choose between his love for the Reich and his heart, torn between the lies he has been taught all his life and the new truth before him.
Black Fox One is a thrilling World War II story of lost love, bravery, and the hard road to redemption.
My thoughts:
A novel from the pov of Nazis. Though yes some do redeem themselves (other characters less so and they are in my eyes just evil) and you do get the Jewish pov too but certainly not a book I thought I’d be reading and enjoying, had me feeling uncomfortable in places but I think that showed how well the practices at the time had been researched.
The character arcs of Ava and Jonas were very interesting. Jonas’s especially as we see him change his whole belief system and how dangerous the propaganda and lies of Nazi Germany was for every day people.
I enjoyed Ava’s sparky personality and a few lines of hers had me chuckling. She’s definitely a fiesty one.
An emotional and powerful novella that I’ll be giving 🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars to.
About the author:
Elyse Hoffman is a best-selling author who strives to tell historical tales with new twists. Having studied WWII since the age of thirteen and with interests in fantasy and Jewish folklore, she loves to combine them in her writing.
Elyse started writing novels at fourteen and finished her first historical fiction work at fifteen. She studied English, History, and Law at George Mason University. In her spare time, she loves to read, work on pretty keyboards, and hang out with her co-authors – her Goldendoodle Ari and her ex-feral cat, Echo.
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