What can I say? I was totally hooked on the first page. I just couldn't put the book down. Kudos to the author for writing a great book. I am eagerly waiting for the next one.

Great Story about the Cornish villages during the war. Three girls from London escaping the bombing, one young lady who survived the bombs, and a women who's husband is away at way. follow their lives as they find work and friendship in the hardest of times. Great Series.

Wartime with the Cornish Girls by Betty Walker is the first book I am reading by the author.
I was captivated by the first pages.

This is a page turning, attention grabbing book. It deserves a 5 star rating from me. What a great book!


The war was well belted out vividly by the author. My heart was in my mouth as I was reading the words welcoming me to an adventure only in the pages of this book.


I read this book curled up on my bed with a blanket,my sweater and the rain falling outside. What an adventure!


I love Eva,Violet and Hazel roles in this novel. I particularly love Alice, Violet’s niece. She is such a sweet delight.


Reading this book took me to the setting of this novel,Cornwall in Britain. I could imagine how idyllic the little village was described in the plot.


This book is so clean,I can recommend it to anybody interested in Historical sagas.


Oh! You need to watch out for a character called Professor Templeton. What a character he was in this book. I love how fascinating other characters were and I had lots of favourites to choose from in this novel.


I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I am looking forward to more books by the author especially about the Cornish girls.


Theme of friendship was heavily buttressed here in this novel.


I received a complimentary copy of this book from Avon Books UK through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

I liked this book.
I like the way it tells more than one person's story.
The way it just ended was a bit disappointing. It just stopped in the middle of a storyline. I turned the page waiting for the next chapter and nothing.
I'm hopping this might mean there will be another one.
It's still a brilliant book looking at other places in the war not just the city's like London, Coventry or Birmingham.

April 1941 in dagenham east London. Violet Hopkins works in the cafe with her mother sheila they are bringing up her two nieces lily and Alice after her sisters death and the father missing in action fighting in WW2. Air raids are coming every night. Aunt Margaret lives on the farm in Cornwall and violet wants her and the girls to go it would be safer and be good to work and help out in the fresh air and she convinces her mother. Set off for the train journey to penzance and met by uncle Stanley they set off to aunt Margaret's. This is going to be hard work but a big adventure for them. I found this an enchanting book to read right through and recommend to all readers. It will bring tears to your eyes, that will touch your heart. Beautiful book. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for the early copy.

I am assuming that this is the first book of a series, if so perfect for readers of Ellie Deans Cliffehaven books. I like books that evolve into a series as you become involved in the characters and it is fun to see how the story can spring out in many directions and cover lots of areas but still keep the same central characters and area which give a solid base to the books. Set in Cornwall in WW2 we are able to start to get to know the people and how they are linked together. Violet, Hazel and Eva are brought together at a listening station in a rural part of Cornwall, all from different backgrounds all with different stories to tell, but still linked together. the book flowed well and the storylines linked nicely together, I am looking forward to the next book so we can learn more about these wonderful ladies.

Loved this saga.Picked it up and was swept away from my home into their world.Loved the setting the characters read late into the night.Will be recommending and following this series,#netgalley#avonbooksuk

This book is everything quintessential about wartime blitz historical fiction. Following the lives of three women who end up together in the Cornish town of Porthcurno where a secret military base is running during WW2, they battle with not only the war, but rations, gender stereotypes, abusive husbands and raising nieces after one woman's sister is killed in the blitz. The novel encapsulates everything about the women of the time and how they rolled up their sleeves and made their mark in what was at the time a man's world and their bond that was created. I really enjoyed this book and recommend reading it. #netgalley # wartime with the cornishgirls

Fantastic book can’t wait for the next book a great family saga. You fell in love with all the characters, written very well and factually..... loved it read in one sitting. Highly recommended

A great read, wonderful story that sees women thrown together during the war, I loved all the characters and the seamless writing, looking forward to more.

What a lovely story of three young women in wartime,I loved this book as it was focused more around the lives of each woman.Eva,Violet and Hazel become friends and each one has a different home life to each other Hazel is married to a nasty man and is glad he has gone to fight,Violet decided to get her two young neices out of london because of the bombing and Eva after being hurt in an air raid is called to cornwall by her father.I have enjoyed reading this book and look forward to the next.5*

With thanks to netgalley for an early copy in return for an honest review
Not read this Author before and hope to do in the future
Anything to do with war and a fabulous setting of Cornwall has to be a great base for any book I can highly recommend this excellent book.

Wow love a family saga you will love this book. Set in the war and then moving down to Cornwall felt like i was in the story. Brilliant book and cant wait to read some more