Violins of Autumn by Amy McAuley

"When the Germans begin bombing London in World War II, Betty is determined to do her part. Instead of running air raid drills like most girls her age, she lies about her age and trains to become a spy. Now known by her secret agent persona, Adele Blanchard, she finds herself parachuting over German-occupied France under the cover of darkness to join the secret Resistance movement. Prepared to die for her cause, Adele wasn’t expecting to make a new best friend in her fellow agent or fall for a handsome American pilot. With the brutality of war ever present, can Adele dare to dream of a future where the world is at peace and she is free to live and love of her own accord?" -Goodreads.com

I feel like Violins of Autumn got pushed aside by most people (including me, sadly) because Code Name Verity came out just a few months before it. I personally loved this book, not as much as Code Name Verity. Violins of Autumn is in a way a different version of it, not being told as being a hostage (at the beginning of it, anyway) but is with spies in World War 2. Not going to lie I am very much a sucker for this time period of books but this one is up there with favorites that go along with this type of topic (Along with Code Name Verity and The Spy Wore Red). I especially wasn't expecting the ending it had either.

5 stars.
Read from February 24 to 26, 2013.