I felt like that “twist” was a total rip off of Kate Morton’s “The Secret Keeper”. 2) a lot of this storyline felt like a rip off of other WW2 novels, including the truth about Precious (and what kind of 99 year old woman goes by the nickname Precious, ffs).

It’s insulting that this woman’s (who lives in New York and was educated at Oxford) entire identity is tied up in Southern cliches. She had to instruct the British family on how to butter cornbread and eat fried chicken. Not to mention the emphasis on southern style sweet tea, a picnic that included pimento cheese sandwiches on white bread, and the dinner that Maddie that made that included “lip smacking” fried chicken, mashed potatoes & gravy, biscuits, cornbread, ambrosia salad. As someone who has spent the better part of 38 years living in the south, I can honestly say I’ve never actually heard anyone speak the way Maddie does. but here are some of the things I hated about it: 1) the amount of southern cliches. I’m not sure what the worst part of this book was. As Maddie gets closer to her, she begins to unravel Precious’s haunting past - a story of friendship, betrayal, and the unremembered acts of kindness and of love. Maddie finds herself drawn to both Precious and to Colin, her enigmatic surrogate nephew. Maddie has been careful to close herself off to others, but in Precious she recognizes someone whose grief rivals her own - but unlike Maddie, Precious hasn’t allowed it to crush her. American journalist Maddie Warner, whose life has been marked by the tragic loss of her mother, travels to London to interview Precious about her life in pre-WWII London. As Eva struggles to protect her friendship with Precious and everything she holds dear, all it takes is one unwary moment to change their lives forever. Then the Blitz devastates her world, and Eva finds herself slipping into a web of intrigue, spies, and secrets. John, an aristocrat and Royal Air Force pilot, she can’t believe her luck - she’s getting everything she ever wanted. Beautiful and ambitious Eva Harlow and her American best friend, Precious Dubose, are trying to make their way as fashion models. New York Times best-selling author Karen White weaves a captivating story of friendship, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day.

The last night in london karen white