Another action-packed book in the "After Dunkirk" series! The story continues and the action is non-stop. The story makes excellent use of historical events to weave the characters into history. A great read! I have read all six in the series and anxiously await the next chapter!

Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

This is the 6th in a series called after Dunkirk. This author is new to me and outstanding. I’ve read many books from the WWII era and I know this one is the most inclusive I’ve ever read. Very detailed oriented. The combat scenes are realistic, traumatic and well researched. The only criticism I would have of this book is that sometimes it became bogged down with description of which units, commanders, weapons etc were at a battle. With that being said, it is still 5 stars plus for me. It follows the Littlejohn family and their war efforts. Quite a dedicated, loving, patriotic family.

This is the first book I’ve read during this era that entailed the war in the Pacific and European theaters. The family is involved in both theaters. Some are POW’s, others are with the Resistance, one is at Bletchley park, etc. This author is unique in his ability to tie all of these things together. Just an amazing job. This book concludes with D Day.

The characters are memorable and so brave and stoic. Since this was the 6th in the series and I didn’t realize that, I would have taken notes about each of the family members. You can read this as a stand alone. Personally, I prefer to read books of this nature in order. I plan to go back and enjoy the previous books.

I was given an ARC to review. My review is honest and unbiased. If you already love books set in this era or are just starting to explore this era, I highly recommend this book. It gives an amazing view of how all of the war efforts worked together.

“Driving the Tide” is the sixth novel in the “After Dunkirk” series, a family saga set amidst World War II. I have not read the preceding volumes. I thought some parts of this story were well done, but that other aspects need more work. In particular, “Driving the Tide” would benefit from a story edit.

Author Lee Jackson is a retired Army officer turned writer. He’s at his best when writing about actual combat. I found some of his combat scenes quite gripping.

For me, however, much of the rest of the novel was not as enjoyable. There are long digressions into backstory, some of which are repetitious. And there are equally long explanatory segues concerning tactical matters. These might interest lovers of military history, but I found they didn't add to, and actually got in the way of, the storytelling. Some of these digressions and segues were conveyed entirely by dialogue, making the characters and scenes seem unrealistic. Often, as I read, I thought: people just don’t talk this way.

I realize that a great deal of work went into researching this novel, and that’s to be admired. However, so much of that research was included that it dragged at the plot and bogged it down, driving me out of, rather than immersing me in, the story.

A great story of the fight to free Southern France and Italy from the views of the men who fought with the Allies to the women who fought with the Resistance to free their country from the Nazis.