Night Angels

I've debated on what star review to give this book. While the story is excellent (although I felt it went a bit weak at the end), I've wrestled with it containing real life people in falsified situations. For some reason, it just sits a bit icky to make up a life about someone who actually lived that life. I think I would have felt better after reading it, had the author made up the character names entirely, then add her addendum at the end about Dr. Ho being the real-life inspiration for her story. I feel when someone reads a historical book about a real person, the fact and fiction tend to blur too much when creative liberty is taken to the extent it was in this book. Without getting into spoilers, one of the main characters wasn't even present in Vienna during the time the story takes place. I get it is labeled as fiction, but the use of real names just feels off to me. Make it fiction with fictional names, then share the inspiration for the story so there is no blurring.

TL:DR - Great story, but I wish she would have used false names if she is going to bend the true history as much as she did.