Falling in love with the enemy is the ultimate act of betrayal…

1917. A farm girl from Cavan, Veronica McDermott is desperate to find more to life than peeling potatoes. Persuading her family to let her stay with her aunt and uncle in Dublin so she can attend secretarial college, she has no idea what she is getting into. Recruited by Fr Michael O’Flanagan to type for Eamon De Valera, Veronica is soon caught up in the danger and intrigue of those fighing for Ireland’s independence from Britain.

The attentions of a handsome British soldier, Major Harry Fairfax, do not go unnoticed by Veronica’s superiors. But when Veronica is tasked with earning his affections to gather intelligence for Sinn Féin, it isn’t long before her loyalty to her countrymen and her feelings for Harry are in conflict. To choose one is to betray the other…

Inspired by real life events and marking the centenary of the end of the War of Independence, Dublin’s Girl is a thrilling historical debut from an exciting new Irish voice.

My Review:

Thank you Aria & Aries for the copy of this book.
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I really enjoyed reading about this time period. Through the main protagonist, Veronica, we get to see the tension between the Irish and the English specifically after the Easter Rising of 1916. Veronica moves to Dublin from the country in order to attend secretarial school. From there, she becomes involved in Sinn Fein, the Irish Resistance, and meets an English Major that she first starts seeing in order to gather information, but when she finds her feelings changing for Harry, she feels caught between helping the cause and her feelings for the Major.
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I love learning about this time period in Irish history. So the plot and the setting drew me in immediately. However, I wanted to see a bit more in the development of the relationship between Veronica and Harry. Overall this was an enjoyable book!
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CW: violence, torture, mild sexual content, loss of a child.