★ "Readers will be swept away by Berry’s lyrical prose." - School Library Journal, starred review
★ "This poignant novel will make readers, by turns, laugh, cry, and swoon." - The Horn Book, starred review romantic yet unflinching look at teenagers coming of age during World War I." - Bookpage, starred review ★ "Julie Berry a modern master of historical fiction for young readers. Berry’s superb research and attention to detail are perfectly suited to the layers of this story of love in wartime. Happily for us, that ambition so often results in great success.” - Booklist, starred review ★ “Proves again that Berry is one of our most ambitious writers. ★ “Poignant…will make readers, by turns, laugh, cry, and swoon.” - The Horn Book, starred review Along the way, it suggests that while war and its devastation cycles through history, the forces of art and love remain steady, eternal, and life-sustaining." - Publishers Weekly, starred review An unforgettable romance so Olympian in scope, human at its core, and lyrical in its prose that it must be divinely inspired.” - Kirkus Reviews, starred review “Julie Berry writes the past as if she lived it.” -Jennifer Donnelly, New York Times bestselling author
"This fascinating, gorgeously written novel of World War I will grip you and remind you that the greatest danger is closing our hearts to love." -Nancy Werlin, National Book Award honoree and New York Times bestseller Easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" -Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
"Julie Berry pens an utter delight in Lovely War, an effervescent confection of a novel filled with humor, tragedy, romance, and myth. Author Julie Berry has been called "a modern master of historical fiction" by Bookpage and "a celestially inspired storyteller" by the New York Times, and Lovely War is truly her masterwork. Hailed by critics, Lovely War has received seven starred reviews and is an indie bestseller. 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. Read the novel New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network Kate Quinn called "easily one of the best novels I have read all year!" A critically acclaimed, multi-layered romance set in the perilous days of World Wars I and II, where gods hold the fates-and the hearts-of four mortals in their hands.
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