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Book Review of The Ship of Brides

The Ship of Brides
The Ship of Brides
Author: Jojo Moyes
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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A boat full of navy men headed home after a long and dramatic war combined with 650 women who are war brides promised to men who will be at the end of this long journey. The test will be trying to keep these men and women separate and safe during this six week journey.

I loved that this story followed a few women and one of the men closely and it started before they got on the boat, so the reader knew what circumstances brought these characters onto the boat to England. I had never heard of brides crossing the ocean to meet the men that they had only known for weeks or so, so I absolutely loved learning a bit of history wrapped into fiction.