‘Fire and Fury For The Tobacco Girls’ by Lizzie Lane is the third book in the ‘Tobacco Girls’ series. A book that can be read as a standalone but I generally say if you like getting really into a book and knowing what’s gone on previously, read the first two.
This time, we see Maisie and Bridget determined to help the war effort and to that end, they become voluntary ambulance drivers. Phyllis has signed up and joined the WAAF to escape the traumatic events she has experienced. She is posted abroad so now away from her friends but also away from everything else. This shows us the different side to the war.
Another great addition to the Tobacco Girls series. This story shows us how hard the women worked for the War effort. We see Maisie and Bridget working tirelessly, their paid job and their voluntary roles overtake their life’s, but we see the camaraderie still shone through along with their grit and determination.
As always I love going back to these women. The way Lizzie Lane writes these books makes me feel like I am back among friends. All the characters are back in this book, even ones that aren’t that savoury and we see the addition of some new ones too. I love a historical saga and learning new things I didn’t know before. The situation in Malta was one and that was an eye-opener for me.
We do see the desperation of war for these women but we also see the laughs they have between them all. This brings a lighter tone and I also had a laugh with them as well.
A series that shows how the things that we take for granted-basic things such as food were put on rations and how they had to make do and mend. I don’t know how the society of today would react…
I whizzed through ‘Fire and Fury for the Tobacco Girls’, before I knew it I had finished the last page and was back in 2021. Now to wait for the fourth book for my next instalment of World War 2 with the Tobacco Girls, that’s not going to be easy.
Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for my copy of the books.
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