Book Tour: Black Fox One by Elyse Hoffman

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This is a book review tour hosted by Black Coffee Book Tours. A copy of the book was provided in exchange for my honest review.

MY REVIEW:

Black Fox One

I’ve always enjoyed reading historical fiction, especially books that center on World War II and the dynamics of the populations at that time. It’s fascinating history and always leaves me with plenty to ponder on for quite a while. Hoffman introduces us to World War II Germany from the eyes of Jonas, a young SS soldier and his beloved childhood friend and fiancé Ava. They have been raised as standard Reich Germans who only know the lessons from their Fuhrer and already have their future mapped out for them.

But right before Jonas has a chance to formally propose to Ava, she and her family go missing. Jonas is heartbroken and senses foul play, but has nothing to go on. He continues to grow up and establishes his role in the SS as a renowned Jew hunter. But his latest mission brings him closer to finding Ava then he had ever dared to dream – and he is faced with some very difficult decisions.

A perfect story for our time, that ties past and present issues that seem to always be at the forefront. When you are faced with choosing love over obligations, it can be the most difficult choice you ever make. The consequences will change everything you’ve known about your life – and there will be no going back.

The characters were enjoyable and you’re given plenty of information and self reflection on both Jonas and Ava’s experiences to relate with them deeply and I found myself invested in their outcome no matter what devastation my heart was going to experience. I try not to allow myself to be fooled when I read books from this time frame and brace myself for tearful outcomes.

For all my historical fiction fans, I’d highly recommend this book!

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Jonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Third Reich. Ava, a talented gymnast, wants to serve Germany in the Olympics, and Jonas, who has loved Ava since they were children, wants nothing more than to marry her and start a family. When he is about to propose, however, Ava and her entire family vanish without a trace.

Jonas blames the Jews for Ava’s disappearance and throws himself into a career in the Nazi Party. He serves the Reich under the ruthless Chief of the Gestapo, Reinhard Heydrich. Jonas becomes particularly good at capturing members of the Black Foxes, an anti-Nazi resistance group, earning Heydrich’s respect and the moniker of “the Fox Hunter.”

Impressed by Jonas’ skills, Heydrich gives him his most difficult task yet: capture the elusive Black Fox One, the Black Foxes’ most deadly and mysterious operative. No Nazi who has pursued Black Fox One has returned alive, but Jonas is determined and confident. Capturing Black Fox One might bring him one step closer to finding Ava.

But while he is hunting Black Fox One, Jonas makes a shocking discovery, forcing him to make an agonizing decision. He must choose between his love for the Reich and his heart, torn between the lies he has been taught all his life and the new truth before him.

Black Fox One is a thrilling World War II story of lost love, bravery, and the hard road to redemption.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elyse Hoffman is an award-winning author who strives to tell historical tales with new twists. She loves to meld WWII and Jewish history with fantasy, folklore, and the paranormal. She has written six works of Holocaust historical fiction: the five books of The Barracks of the Holocaust and The Book of Uriel.