Today I’m sharing another of my My Weekly online reviews and on this occasion it is of the truly wonderful The Echoes of Love by Jenny Ashcroft.

The Echoes of Love was published by Harper Collins’ HQ on 29th September 2022 and is available for purchase through the links here.

The Echoes of Love

Under the Cretan sun, in the summer of 1936, two young people fall in love…

Eleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, swapping her English home for cherished sun-baked summers with her grandfather, in the shoreside villa her lost mama grew up in. When she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no different to so many that have gone before. But someone else is visiting the island that year too: a young German man called Otto. The two of them meet, and – far from the Nazi’s Berlin Olympics, the brewing civil war in Spain – share the happiest time of their lives; a summer of innocence lost, and love discovered; one that is finite, but not the end.

When, in 1941, the island falls to a Nazi invasion, Eleni and Otto meet there once more. It is a different place to the one they knew. Secrets have become currency, traded for lives, and trust is a luxury few can indulge in. Eleni has returned to fight for her home, Otto to occupy it. They are enemies, and their love is not only treacherous, it is dangerous – but will it destroy them, or prove strong enough to overcome the ravages of war?

An epic tale of secrets, love, loyalty, family and how far you’d go to keep those you love safe, The Echoes of Love is an exquisite and deeply moving love letter to Crete – one that will move every reader to tears.

My Review of The Echoes of Love

My full review of The Echoes of Love can be found on the My Weekly website here.

However, what I can say here is that The Echoes of Love is beautifully written and truly one of the most wonderful books I’ve ever had the privilege to read. I could not have loved it more.

Do visit My Weekly to read my full review here.

About Jenny Ashcroft

Jenny Ashcroft is a British author of historical fiction. Having spent many years living, working and exploring in Australia and Asia, she is now based in Brighton where she lives with her family by the sea. She has a degree from Oxford University in history, and has always been fascinated by the past—in particular the way that extraordinary events can transform the lives of normal people.

For more information, visit Jenny’s website or follow Jenny on Twitter @Jenny_Ashcroft and Instagram.