4 stars for The Taster! I've read several historical fictions set during World War II and this one was unique. A young German woman named Magda Ritter who is trying to survive during the war applies for a job not having any idea what she will be assigned to. After weeks of training she finds out her assignment is to be a taster for Adolf Hitler. She is taken to Hitler's mountain retreat where she will be staying and working for the Fuhrer. She will be risking her life every day tasting the food that has been prepared for Hitler.
This was different from other stories I've read on this time period because it was more of Hitler's life Magda got to meet Hitler and she lived and worked closely with him along with the Nazi officers and those closest to him. She traveled with them from hideouts to bunkers. Her life was at risk constantly as many people wanted to poison him or bomb him. This story was fiction but was loosely based off a woman's story who had said she was a taster for Hitler. It was an interesting read.
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