What I Would Tell You (#01 in Echoes of the Past Series)

One of the things I like most about reading historical fiction is learning new things about history. \\n\\nIn this respect, Liz Tolsma more than delivered. The historical story was strong and fascinating. Mathilda was a great character, and the only problem with reading the historic scenes was that unwanted and uncomfortable foreknowledge of how the story is likely to end (there are very few happy endings for Jews in German-occupied territory of World War II). \\n\\nTessa . . . not so much. While I enjoyed watching Tessa travel around Greece (and eat all that wonderful Greek food), I found Tessa considerably less intelligent than Mathilda, to the point of being annoying (it is possible to be Jewish and Christian, and we both worship the same God). I also thought there were a few too many coincidences in the current-day timeline. Yes, I know it's fiction, a made-up story, but it does need to be believable. \\n\\nWhat I Would Tell You is a dual timeline story, and I found the past story stronger than the present . . . at least until the end. The ending definitely ticked all the boxes. \\n\\nRecommended for fans of dual timeline fiction and historical fiction set in World War II. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.