So this book was engaging and I kept highlighting passages in the book to make sure I do some research on it later. I know it happened, I learned about it in history class twenty plus years ago, but no one continues to talk about it as much as WWII. I will admit this, I know so much more about World War II because there are many movies, tv series and books about it that World War I is sort of lost on me.

Romance is what drives the story but it also explored prejudice and racial divides of the American troops especially when the black regiment is sent to fight in World War I. The story is a combination of mythology, history, music history and romance. “Let them start their dreadful wars, let destruction rain down, and let plague sweep through, but I will still be here, doing my work, holding humankind together with love like this.” – Aphrodite The Lovely War by. But other than that, this book is really fantastic. I was afraid the narration would take me out of the story and maybe sometime near the ending, it did just a smidge – because it was wrapping up the story lines and felt a little rushed. The Lovely War, is amazingly written and I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into when Aphrodite starts narrating this love story. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite, who must spin the tale or face judgment on Mount Olympus, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it’s no match for the transcendent power of Love. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S.

They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. Categories: War, Gods, Romance, World War I

Lovely war book review