Grace is the daughter of landed gentry, volunteering as a nurse on the Western Front.
Will is the son of a dockworker, driven to enlist by patriotism and the thrill of adventure.
When their lives collide in a field hospital in France, an instant connection is forged admist the chaos and blood of the battlefront.
But as rumours of an armistice begin to circulate, so does a mysterious virus, carrying with it an unimaginable death toll across the globe...
When I read the synopsis for Frontline it really appealed to
me, I do not often read books set during the war and yet every one I have read
have all left a lasting impression on me so I was looking forward to reading
the first book in Dr Hilary Jones new historical series.
The storyline is set during the World War I where Grace and
Will have both volunteered and yet their lives couldn’t be further apart they
both share the determination and drive to help those who have fought for their
country putting themselves in harms way to try to save as many lives as
possible.
When Grace and Will meet in a field hospital in France there
is an instant spark between them but can love blossom in such treacherous
conditions and after news of their friends and loved ones losing their life is
there any hope of a life after the war?
This is the first book I have read that is set during the
War but is told from the medical volunteers’ points of view, it captured the
harrowing moments when they would put their lives in danger to remove those
injured on the frontline, describes the vast amount of different injuries that
were witnessed and treated reminding us all of what our ancestors went through
for their country.
I did worry in the beginning if the explanations of wounds
and treatments were going to be a little bit to heavy in this book as they were
extremely well detailed and went over my head a little bit but I can understand
why with the authors career meaning that his knowledge was going to be poured
into this novel but as the book progressed the details became less indepth and
was more in keeping with the storyline rather than feeling like a medical
journal. It was eyeopening to see the kind of wounds and ailments that our
troops were affected by and how much pressure was put on the medics with the
limited capabilities they had to contend with.
This book was a good read but I do think it could have been
a great read if the storyline had just been a little tighter and stripped back
and focused more on just Will and Grace, at times it felt like the book was
being written as a tv series in mind where it kept jumping around so many
different less significant characters and I do not feel that we needed more
characters introduced so late on in the book. Will and Grace’s storyline was
strong enough to be the focus of this book, I found my attention wavering each
time we veered off from our two main characters and I was desperate to get back
to them and the situations they were dealing with and the relationship
blossoming between them in such turbulent conditions. Will and Grace were both
admirable characters with such caring natures and traditional values who
everyone’s hearts will warm to reading this book.
I would be interested to read the next book in the series to
see where Will and Graces journey takes them next.
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