Review: The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
I just finished this book today and I must say it was with mixed feelings. I had seen it recommended on YouTube, so I had a lot of expectations for it, and I have to admit that these expectations were not met. I am not even sure I want to read the sequel, even though the story was gripping at times. But let's get to the actual review. There will be a few spoilers so beware! The story is about Tatiana and Alexander who meet in Leningrad just as the Second World War breaks out, and it follows their troubled love life as they navigate the dangers of war and the problems of living in extremely close quarters while having to hide their romance. I thought the story would be quite action packed, being a World War II setting, but instead it was rather bleak and often long winded. It did have brilliant bursts of writing, often during the action sequences, but in between, when we heard about the everyday life either in war torn Leningrad or in peaceful Lazarevo, it would drag on seemingly w...