This one cut me to the quick. My heart literally hurt for Ingrid and it wasn't even what they did to her that fractured her soul, but the loss of those she cared for time and time again...and yet she still had this un-conquerable inner strength that no amount of hatred could dim the light of.

It was so hard to read about the atrocities that man committed against man, but I must tip my hat to the author for providing the human side to a few of those that were on the other side of good. He was able to make readers realize that not all who fight do so with evil in their hearts. Sometimes they are caught up in the circumstances. Sometimes they aren't given all the facts or they're so twisted, the truth within them can't be fully recognized. He also made sure that our beloved Ingrid was not without her flaws, as harshly revealed in full by the actions she took after the indiscretion she believed she had witnessed committed against her by someone she called friend. I can't say I blame her, it was a gut reaction, but it does speak to her being human as well.

All in all, a moving novel set in a period of history we'd rather forget, but is best remembered so we don't repeat the same mistakes.

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