A review by liralen
In Another Time by Caroline Leech

3.0

I really love the settings (and covers!) of Leech's books—I hadn't heard of WWII 'lumberjills', so I was eager to learn a bit more. And...I still love the setting, but errrrrrgh I wish there'd been a little less romance and a little more, you know, tree-felling. I'm not sure how much I really did learn: what does Maisie's day-to-day life as a lumberjill really look like? When does she wake up, what does she eat in the morning, how tired is she, what are the rules and regulations like? There's a not-quite lesbian relationship (it's clear that it's meant to be a 1940s version of queerness, but someone could opt to read it as a close platonic friendship, so I'm not sure it counts...but also not sure how much awareness someone in Maisie's position would have of The Lesbians) that I'd love to know a bit more about; there's also an Evil Bitch Who Is Evil, which interests me not at all. So: setting is kind of there; romance takes over everything; I was left wanting a bit more.