Wonderful read! Another brilliant book by Natasha Lester, where you fall in love with the characters, which were real people. The story pulls you in where you are rooting for the characters in the book, and want them to succeed. Brilliantly written, with great attention to detail.
Another fab read by Natasha Lester!

While it isn’t Natasha Lester’s best book, The Mademoiselle Alliance is certainly worth reading for the information about one of history’s lesser known heroines. The characters are memorable and the plot is engaging. It’s a warning that may have come too late in our current political climate but offers hope for anyone who values and anticipates resistance in the coming years.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the Publisher for allowing me to read The Mademoiselle Alliance. This book was spectacular! This is an impossible story to put down. The way Ms. Lester tells the story of Marie-Madeleine, Keon and the other members of Alliance is perfection. I was hooked by the first chapter. This is a must read for anyone even remotely interested in Resistance activities during World War II.

This is Natasha Lester's best book yet. I so admire her commitment to historical accuracy and deep research. What a fascinating, emotional, gripping story about an incredibly brave woman.

Another great book by Natasha Lester. I always look forward to her books and the work she puts into them. This book had me hooked and wanting to know what happens next. It is a great story about a woman who gives up so much for her country and all the things she does to survive. It had me thinking, could I do that? Thank you to NetGalley for the early read.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It tells the very important true story of Marie-Madeleine, the only woman to run a resistance network in France during WWII. The story covers the entirety of the war, showing more detail in certain situations than others. The author moves the story along well, but there were times that I wanted to know more. The research is clearly evident in the details and stories she does provide. What Marie-Madeleine accomplished is amazing and I hope this novel shows her story to the world so she can be honored and remembered for saving helping to save France.

Cool story, and one is never heard. How does no one talk about this woman?! She was incredible! I would have loved a longer version of this book with more detail - it was a lot of story to fit into a novel this length. But a great read!

I love the way Natasha Lester brings her heroines to life and appreciate the level of research she pours into her work. The French Resistance during WWII has always intrigued me and I was excited to learn about Marie-Madeline Meric's involvement in and influence over the resistance movement.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy.

I think this might be my favorite Natasha Lester book yet. The story line is original and incredible to read about.

“The Mademoiselle Alliance” by Natasha Lester is a well researched historical fiction about Marie-Madeleine Meric the only French female leader of the Resistance during WWII. She is known for achieving impossible feats of espionage and was overlooked in history because she was a woman. I knew nothing about her story and I was excited to have the opportunity to learn about her historic efforts along with thousands of other men and women who fought to free France from Nazi control.
The book was a detailed account of her personal life, failed marriage, love affair with her second in command, and the horrific cruelty of the Nazi’s on these heroic agents of the Alliance. If you are a reader of WWII history I think you will enjoy learning about this remarkable woman. For me it was slow going, but a well written novel.

Thank you NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Natasha Lester brought Marie-Madeleine Fourcade to life with this first-person account of the woman who ran the Alliance resistance in France during WWII. You can get the facts about Marie-Madeleine in many online articles. This book, however, takes the reader into her heart as she makes decisions that affect her, her children, and her country. I kept reading to learn more about this little-known heroine.

Thank you, Natash Lester, Random House Ballentine, and Net Galley for the advanced copy of this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for an advanced copy of The Mademoiselle Alliance. This is my first book by Natasha Lester. She brings to life a powerful, compelling story of the life of Marie-Madeleine Meric and her leadership during the French Resistance Movement during WWII. I love the thorough research that went into this strong female character.

Absolutely STUNNING novel. Simultaneously heart wrenching, eye opening, and beautiful. I was totally hooked early on and couldn't read fast enough. So well written and I love learning more about this time period - especially the many sacrifices made to get to freedom today.

This book was phenomenal. While I’m not usually a big fan of historical fiction, this book completely won me over within the first few pages. Thank you Natasha Lester and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this advanced copy of The Mademoiselle Alliance.

Thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC. What an amazing , and for the most part historically true novel. Who knew a young woman would run a most successful Resistance group during WWII hoping to save la belle France? Marie-Madeleine Meric was her name and the Alliance she was able to build actually DID help save her country at inestimable risk to herself and her agents. The amount of research and detail the author put into this story was astounding. This is a story that needs to be told.

I was so excited when I received the e-ARC for Natasha Lester's newest book. She is always a must-read author for me and this book did not disappoint. I had never heard of Marie-Madeleine Meric and what she did for France during WWII. I love the detail that this book goes into (and the author notes are interesting as always - do not read them until you have finished the book!).

An amazing fictionalized account of an amazing woman/mother/spy.

Read it if you love historical fiction, strong female characters, and stories of espionage.

Thanks to NetGalley for my early peek at this book. I will definitely be purchasing a physical copy

I found this ARC to be virtually shocking, in that it was basically a strangely narrated rip-off of the biography “Madame Fourcade’s Secret War” by Lynne Olsen, published in 2019. I seriously am questioning the judgement of the editors of this ARC in going forward with the publication. While Ms. Lester mentions the Olden biography in her ‘Author’s Notes’ at the end of her book as being available at the Archives Nationale de France, at no point does she mention she has ‘lifted’ details and lines directly from this source. Indeed, at several times, I found identical wordings in Ms Lester’s ARC that I’d read in the previously published biography by Ms. Olsen. These similarities made me very uncomfortable and I found it impossible to rate this book fairly. I urge the publishers to take a closer look at both books with greater scrutiny. If nothing else, Ms Lester needs to amend her notes and sources to better reflect where her material comes from.

Great story about a little known heroine. I learned so much about the Alliance that worked underground during WWII that I was unaware of. Marie-Madeleine was an incredible woman whose love of country spurred her on to work tirelessly and encourage others to join in. I am so glad this author chose to tell Marie-Madeleine’s story so others are able to learn her story.

The Mademoiselle Alliance, just as Madame Fourcade's Secret War does, details Marie Madeleine Fourcade's involvement in and leadership of the Alliance to save France from the Nazis in World War Two. But, oh! It is SO Much more!! The Mademoiselle Alliance is the story of a gutsy, innovative, intelligent woman; a woman who achieves successful leadership of an intrepid determined selfless group of men and women who are key players in the fight to save and free France.
This narrative brings to life the risks and sacrifices of these heroes who gave their all for the country they so passionately loved.

Huge fan of Natasha Lester and this book was no exception. i would say it is a little different from some of her other books (other than from maybe the Paris Orphan which is the only book of hers i haven't yet read) in that is semi-biographical (although she is clear that it is still a work of fiction, a lot of the characters really existed). as usual, Natasha does an amazing job of weaving in a beautiful love story while keeping the events pretty true to historical accuracy. it was wonderful to see the story of Marie Madeleine (who was a true French resistance heroine) come to life - especially since i was not at all familiar with her story prior to reading it. While there is romance, it is less so than some of her other recent books (the 3 lives of Alix St Pierre, the disappearance of Astrid Bricard etc) - so if you are looking for more romance, you may be disappointed.

Overall, i would give this book 4.5 stars - so i am rounding up to a 5 :).