Hi everyone! Happy Wednesday! Today I’m going to be posting my review on Jillian Cantor’s novel The Hours Count.

The Hours Count by: Jillian Cantor: When Millie Stein and her husband, Ed, first move to their Jewish neighbourhood in New York, the first person she meets is her neighbour Ethel. But what Millie doesn’t know is how caught up Ethel and her husband Julius are in spying for the Russians during the Cold War or how involved her husband is. This leads down a tragic and winding road, a road that no one can come back from. Based upon the real couple, the Rosenberg’s, this story is so moving and touches the reader’s heart just a little. The way Cantor takes non-fiction affairs and spins a complete fictional tale is impressive. The story was so compelling and from the very first page the reader just wants to know more. Her characters are so thought out; they are diverse; they are raw and they are real. It’s hard to not feel for them. The fact that Cantor told Ethel’s story from the perspective of her neighbour was clever. The way she ended her novel really left the reader feeling all the emotions, but it also left the reader feeling satisfied. This was definitely a whirlwind of a novel, and all in the good ways.