A New Home at the Wartime Hotel is a compelling story of women supporting women on the home front during WWII.

A New Home at the Wartime Hotel by Maisie Thomas

Genre/Categories/Setting: Historical Fiction (WWII home front), Friendship, Women Supporting Women, Manchester (England)

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My Summary:

Thanks #NetGalley @BoldwoodBooks for a complimentary eARC of #ANewHomeAtTheWartimeHotel upon my request. All opinions are my own.

Kitty learns early in her marriage that her husband, Bill, isn’t reliable with money. When they inherit the family hotel, Kitty feels hopeful. However, while Bill is away fighting in the war, the bailiffs turn up and repossess most of the hotel’s furniture to pay Bill’s debts. Kitty must get creative to save the hotel.

My Thoughts:

Three Points of View

In addition to Katie, the hotel’s owner, we are introduced to two other strong and well-written characters: Lily, who worked at the hotel as a chambermaid before the war and has a baby, and Beatrice, an unmarried woman who loses her job because of an unfair accusation. These three women join forces to save the hotel, make do in times of war, and overcome personal challenges. Each woman’s story was compelling, and the support and encouragement they offered each other was uplifting.

Engaging Throughout

Each woman’s story is interesting, and we are quickly invested in their complicated lives. We cheer for these three likable and determined ladies as they form a partnership to tackle some difficult challenges on the home front. A multi-layered plot makes this an engaging and riveting read.

Themes

Thoughtful themes include women supporting women, friendship, partnership, trust, secrets, compassion, overcoming challenges, resourcefulness, determination, and managing life in wartime England.

Recommending A New Home at the Wartime Hotel:

Fans of home front WWII histfic and strong, resourceful women will find a lot to appreciate in this story. This is the first installment in a series. However, A New Home at the Wartime Hotel can be read as a stand-alone.

Related: For other “women on the home front during WWII” histfic check out the titles in this post.

My Rating: 4 Stars

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Meet the Author of A New Home at the Wartime Hotel, Maisie Thomas

Maisie Thomas is the author of the new Wartime Hotel series published by Boldwood. The first two titles will be published in 2025. The stories concentrate on the importance of female friendship, especially when those friendships come about unexpectedly, and the ways in which women support one another through the highs and lows of everyday life in wartime.

Maisie is also the author of the bestselling Railway Girls saga series about the brave women and girls who worked on Britain’s railways in WW2. She also writes as Susanna Bavin and Polly Heron. As Polly, she writes the 1920s saga series, The Surplus Girls, about young women striving for independence in the aftermath of the First World War. As Susanna she has written four stand-alone sagas (The Deserter’s Daughter, A Respectable Woman, The Sewing Room Girl and The Poor Relation) and a WW2 saga series, The Home Front Girls.

Maisie was born and brought up in Manchester, which provides the location for her novels. She now lives on the beautiful North Wales coast with her husband and their two rescue cats.

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