Below the Identical Stars by Libba Bray
Queen of the style mix Libba Bray is again this fall with a model new ebook, and it feels like a must-read historic thriller.
Set over three totally different time durations, the story facilities the Bridegroom’s Oak, which legend has mentioned if you happen to write to, it’ll ship you a letter again from the love of your life. In Nineteen Forties Germany, Sophie is happy to search out that she has a message within the Oak from a mysterious suitor. On the identical time, her finest pal Hanna is discovering that the Bridegroom’s Oak performs an important function in resisting Nazis.
Quick ahead to Nineteen Eighties West Germany, the place American teen Jenny finds herself feeling lower off and suffocated in her new house. Then she meets Lena and never solely is Jenny falling for her arduous, however she’s studying about how you can interact her punk rock spirit and want to assist tear down the Berlin wall.
Then we get to 2020 and COVID hits New York. Miles and Chloe are coping with digital faculty when a mysterious bundle arrives from Chloe’s grandmother. That bundle leads them to the legend of Bridegroom’s Oak and the disappearance of two youngsters 80 years earlier.