Fascinating and Forceful

  • Book: Wolfsangel
  • Location: France
  • Author: Liza Perrat

Review Author: Anne Cater

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Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat is the second in the L’Auberge des Anges series and follows Spirit of Lost Angels which I reviewed in September 2012. Wolfsangel was published by Triskele Books on 17 October 2013.

Please don’t think that you have to go away and read Spirit of Lost Angels first (although it’s a great read and I’d certainly recommend it), Wolfsangel works extremely well as a stand alone story. This series centres around an angel talisman, carved in bone and passed down through generations of women of the Charpentier family – the women are healers and midwives.

The story is set in the small French village Lucie-sur-Vionne during the Second World War, the village is occupied by German soldiers whose presence cast a darkness over the community. The villagers are determined that they will not lie down and surrender, and the Resistance fighters scheme to find ways to outwit the enemy.

Liza Perrat’s writing is full of passion and realism, the reader is drawn into the action and becomes part of the village from the opening chapters. The lead character Celeste, has many difficult situations to deal with during the course of the story – her predicaments and her decisions are harrowing at times and leads the reader to consider how one decision can change the course of a life. Entwined into the story are true events, and it is this that adds authenticity and also the shock factor. The brutality of war, and of human behaviour is laid bare by the author who is not afraid to include the full horror of events that really happened.

Celeste is a brave character, a woman who wants to do her part for her country. Her sister Felicite is another strong and courageous female, and both of them are excellently drawn as characters, but are also an example of the difficulties that women faced during these dreadful times.

Wolfsangel is a fascinating, forceful and extremely well researched novel that will thrill historical fiction fans. Liza Perrat writes elegantly, with feeling and authority.

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