Web of Secrets – ARC Book Review

A Web of Secrets brings Roberta Kagan’s riveting historical WW2 series: Jews, The Third Reich, and a Web of Secrets to a deservedly climactic end.

As Hitler’s murderous reign inches steadily towards a disastrous end, the intricate web of secrets woven by each character begins to unravel.

Oskar, handsome but terrifying, is on the verge of madness. What torments him so?
What dark secrets are buried deep within Kara’s loving heart?
Anka’s affection for her husband Ludwig is all but gone. Will he turn to the ever-open arms of a secret life?

And…

What about Abram? Will he find a way to keep his vow to God? Will he ever be with his family again?

Fans of The Girls in the Attic, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and The Venice Sketchbook will be enthralled with this riveting and heartbreaking story of love, betrayal, and ultimate redemption.

This is the third and final book of the series and truth to be told, I was waiting for this book to come out soon. In this book, you will learn more about Oskar Lerch, the brutal Nazi who likes to torture and with the Germans losing the war, what is eventually going to happen, to the lives of Kara, Anka, Abram and Oskar.

The first few chapters is about Oskar and how he ended up becoming the brutal Nazi, outlining about his family and about his twin brother. I am not going to give much spoiler but let’s just say there’s a bit of a twist between Oskar, and his twin brother. Then comes Abram who is determined to live after he realized that Kara is alive with their son Karl and Kara who is pregnant with Oskar’s child. There’s also Anka’s failed marriage with Ludwig and that Ludwig is supposedly having an affair. But that’s where the story starts.

Just like the two previous books, I managed to finish this book within two days and didn’t want to put the book down, wanting to know what is going to happen in the end. I was literally hooked into the book, hoping that Abram and Kara will reunite and survive. The author as usual has done tremendous research about the history, that Nazis not only hated the Jews but Gypsies, Poles, communists and political prisoners are also victims of the brutal regime. It was intense also as I was glued to the book, wondering what’s going to happen next. However, the ending was left with satisfaction and something that I expected with Kara and Abram living happily ever after in newly formed Israel. In other words, some parts were emotional, heartbreaking and tear jerking.

Nevertheless I was kind of sad to finish the series but I am looking forward to read more of the books from the author again!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.