Pairs well with: Sam Adams Boston Lager
I had high expectations going into The Huntress as The Alice Network was one of my favorite books of 2020, and I wasn’t disappointed. I’m not even embarrassed to say that I’ve now learned more about WWII from Kate Quinn novels than I did in high school. The way she crafts characters and weaves together stories is perfection. This book is no exception, the way everything comes together at the end is *chefs kiss.* If you’re a historical fiction fan you likely need no convincing to pick up another Kate Quinn, but trust me, do it.
What I love about The Alice Network and now The Huntress is that they focus on strong females getting to tell their stories and the impact they had on the war. The Huntress shines a light on Russian female pilots, following Nina through her journey of becoming a pilot and getting out of her small town. We not only get Ninas’ story through the war but follow afterwards as she teams up with Ian and Tony to attempt to catch war criminals, more specifically, ‘The Huntress.’ This search leads them to Boston where Jordan is living with her father and his new wife.