This was a brilliant read and is being featured on my blog for my quick star reviews feature, which I have created on my blog so I can catch up with all the books I have read and therefore review.
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Based on the true story of the 6888th Postal Battalion (the Six Triple Eight), Sisters in Arms explores the untold story of what life was like for the only all-Black, female US battalion to be deployed overseas during World War Two
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Outstanding. I enjoy war fiction that is aligned to true facts and this book was perfect.

I immediately got into the book and found a liking for the characters. It was well written and easy to read. It threw twists and turns and kept the reader interested until the end. I always like a happy ending too!

I was shocked to learn about the Mason Dixon line, something I had never heard of before but after reading this book have researched it further. The same applies for the battalion that the girls became; I will research it further as found it fascinating. I was glad to read at the end of the book that certain characters were based on real life individuals.

All in all I would recommend to others and I myself will certainly look for more from this author.

I'm a sucker for stories about women in World War Two and this one about two women in the only all-black battalion of the Women's Army Corps piqued my interest immediately. Grace and Eliza are two black women from New York who sign up for the WAC and the novel follows them as they train as officers and then go out into the war effort.

I did find some of the scenes between Eliza and Grace a little whiny and redundant and it sometimes seemed that for every step they took forward in their friendship they took two back, which got tiresome after a while. The plot also seemed to stagnate in places and I do feel like there was a lot that could have been cut from the story. As for the rest of the characters- I appreciated the appearances of real-life women such as Major Charity Adams and liked how she was incorporated. I really disliked Grace's love interest and I hadn't warmed up to him at all by the end, unfortunately.

This novel tackles a lot of tough subjects primarily the racism that these women faced both at home and abroad and it does so gracefully but without pulling any punches. I really enjoyed this story and I felt that I learned a lot at the same time which is always a bonus. The writing is fluid and well-paced for the most part.

I will definitely be looking out for more from this author.

I’m a huge consumer of WW2 fiction and non fiction and love the chance to learn more and read about the war heroes who aren’t so well known and whose stories aren’t so well publicised; so when I saw this book I thought it would be the perfect read!
The book centres on the characters of Grace and Eliza, two African American women who enlist in the newly formed Women’s Army Corps. They are stationed in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all black female battalion to serve overseas during the war. It’s based on true life but is a work of fiction, but the lines are somewhat blurred as the author uses the names of real people who served and real situations which happened to them within the story. It’s an important story to be told and although I enjoyed it, I thought the book lacked a little impact and focussed too much on the romance elements of the character’s lives. (The latter being entirely personal preference). I have high expectations in terms of the language used in that period, but it felt a lot more modern than I was expecting. I was therefore surprised at the end to read the author’s personal link to this story!

Overall a great introduction to a slice of history I wasn’t aware of - it’s made me want to learn more and that can only be a good thing.

Would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this very interesting book concerning how black women were drafted into the war and how they were treated

Some of the characters in this book are based on real events that happened to the women and it’s keeps you thinking about how they carried on regardless to how they were treated by everyone even to the higher up generals

It’s well worth a read and will keep you engrossed right to the end

Will be keeping an eye out for more of this authors work

Lemme start this review off by saying I knew nothing about the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, but I want to know everything about them now. Alderson wrote a compelling and interesting story, Eliza and Grace were headstrong and loveable main characters. Her writing was easy to understand and I found myself enjoying the book most of the time. I do wish there was more focus on the historical backdrop of everything, I'd love to have learned more about the nitty-gritty, day to day work of the Battalion. The plot was also a little inconsistent in places, but nothing too jarring that I felt thrown from the story. Overall, a solid historical fiction that covers a part of history that is too often glossed over.