A review by irishlassofcork
A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner

3.0

I received this as an ARC through Netgalley. 3.5 stars overall. First of all, I need to read summaries more thoroughly. I was totally expecting the WWII historical fiction part of this. The psychic turned ghost hunter turned sleuth-lite in modern day, was not expected. I find this is happening a lot in historical fiction as of late though, the modern mixing with the past. Some books successfully do it, some don't. I would say this book has it in the middle. Brette, the modern psychic, brings a level of light to the dark of the history. While I don't think she's the strongest protagonist, I did enjoy her trips to the Queen Mary and how her ability was portrayed. I think the best part of this story for me was the suspense of Annaliese's story. We don't know until the final act whether or not she survived and then learning how she survived, is actually sort of awesome. Most of the time when you have a French resistance fighter and the wife of a Nazi up against each other, revenge wins the argument. Not here. Overall, interesting, suspenseful and not entirely what I expected.