![]() ![]() There are elements of history in the story, for example there was really a regiment of Black soldiers who were gifted musicians. Set within a war, the war was only one of multiple challenges to the two couples, including physical injury, racism, and sexism. I wanted to know what would happen to these two unlikely couples. I wanted to rush through the parts where Aphrodite was presenting evidence in the form of the love stories of Hazel and James and Aubrey and Colette to the other immortals. While the beauty on the surface is vulnerable in war, internal beauty and character endure.Īt first, I was a bit annoyed at the structure of a story within a story. It’s a book about love and beauty, and how these two concepts impact each other. While the story includes elements of the war, the love stories are at the center of Lovely War. The setup is that Aphrodite tells the story of two couples whose lives intersect during the first world war. ![]() Lovely War is a fictional novel by Julie Berry. ![]()
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