Review: Under the Same Stars

Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sophie lives in 1940s Germany and truly believes in the Bridegroom’s Oak.  She has been writing to a mysterious suitor and hopes he will be her true love.  With the war escalating around her, this oak may be what the resistance needs.  Jenny has recently moved to West Germany in the 1980s.  She strikes out against her parents when she befriends a punk-rock girl and an old lady in her building.  Miles and Chloe are in 2020 NYC during the COVID outbreak.  After Chloe gets a package from her grandmother, she begins to investigate two teens who went missing near the Bridegroom’s Oak eighty years ago.  How are all these teens connected?

Under the Same Stars is a stand-alone historical fiction story that does a lot of bouncing around yet it eventually all comes together.  Readers will need to make sure they pay attention to the beginning of each chapter to know who and when the story is about.  Bray did a wonderful job of connecting these lives across decades and writing a story that will stand the test of time.  Under the Same Stars is a good read for all historical fiction fans.

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