Tainted Amber

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. One of my YA author friends recommended this book to me because of my interests. It's historical fiction and covers the late 1930s in pre-WWII in Germany. I found the characters engaging. Katya, a young woman, whose family had been traumatized in the Soviet union, is a maid/housekeeper for a well-to-do German family. Her relationship with the young men in the house and a Jewish girl shows the challenges many faced when Hitler began implementing his policies. The author does an excellent job in showing us those times, when patriotism and fear of seeming unpatriotic influenced so many youth and their parents. There's also a love story that underlines the horrors of what was going on. Highly recommended.