Haddie's Haven : SPOTLIGHT: LOVE AND HATE: IN NAZI GERMANY BY RYAN ARMSTRONG

Saturday, September 15, 2018

SPOTLIGHT: LOVE AND HATE: IN NAZI GERMANY BY RYAN ARMSTRONG | AUDIOBOOK REVIEW & GIVEAWAY

Author: Ryan Armstrong

Narrator: Christopher Sherwood

Length: 5 hours and 1 minutes

Publisher: LM Vintage Publishers

Released: July 17, 2018

Genre: Historical Fiction

World War II: A young Nazi guard stationed in a ghetto in Regensburg, Germany finds himself in a time and place that he hates. He has never directly participated in the bloodletting but has done nothing to stop it. He wonders if his soul can be saved. He saves a Jewish girl's life when ordered to murder her. He refuses despite the consequences. Perhaps the girl he saved can save him? Maybe she can be the key to his redemption and a light for his soul, to guide the way home.

Ryan Armstrong has always enjoyed history, reading and writing. He majored in history and English at the University of Oklahoma. He likes to tell stories that haven’t been told before, especially love stories. He is currently working on an anthology, The Darkest Hour, due out in January with ten best selling historical fiction novelists. He is married and has two boys. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas. Follow Ryan Armstrong on Facebook, Goodreads, BookBub, Twitter or at ryanarmstrongauthor.com

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Christopher shares his time between London and New York. He grew up in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England, before attending Oxford University to study Human Sciences. He was then recruited into the advertising industry where he spent 7 years and during which time he developed a love of theatre. It was this love that drove him to leave advertising in order to attend Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Since then he has performed various roles on stage, TV and film and more recently has enjoyed success as a voice artist earning commissions for corporate, commercial, drama, and audiobook work.

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Love and Hate: In Nazi Germany by Ryan Armstrong
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Ryan Armstrong. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

First of all, wow. Love And Hate is the kind of read that implants itself into your mind. The subject of Nazis is already something the mind cannot push away and forget. The era we are living in is a result of that time and all that pain that took place.

Love and Hate follows Hans Fischer. The memories he has of his childhood nearly shattered me. Its the kind of tragic memories you would never wish upon anyone. The kind of thoughts that keep you up at night. I definitely was rethinking my choice to listen to some chapters at night. I'm not saying I regret listening to the book, I just feel all of Hans' memories haunting me a little bit. That's just how the book hit me.

I am very impressed by the author's writing. I cannot imagine what Ryan went through to get this story out. His style is unlike any I have read before. Christopher Sherwood's narration was phenomenal. He brought out the proper emotion, to a degree that I felt it myself. And unforgettable story with an unforgettable voice.