![]() The dynamic between the three of them is great and really makes the story. Louisa was also a really nice addition, she’s smart and feisty and just wants to contribute something to the war. It was really nice to get to learn more about both Ellen and Jamie in this book, as neither are POV characters in the other Wein books they’re in, so it was lovely to get to spend more time with them and to see them developed more. ![]() Ellen and Jamie, we are already familiar with from The Pearl Thief and Code Name Verity respectively, and Louisa is a new addition. I’ll start with what I loved about this book: the characters. But there are powerful people hunting for the machine, and soon Louisa and her friends are playing a deadly game that threatens everything they hold dear. A German defector lands at the airfield carrying a precious package, and Louisa, Jamie and Ellen find themselves hiding a codebreaking machine that could alter the course of the war. There she meets Ellen, a driver for the RAF, and Jamie, a pilot – two other young people just as exhausted by the toll the war has taken on their loved ones, and just as desperate for a way to fight back. The country she has called home since her family left Jamaica is not a friendly place for an orphaned girl with brown skin, and she badly needs money and a roof over her head.įinally she finds work looking after an old lady at a pub near an airfield in Scotland. When her mother is killed in the Blitz, and her father’s ship goes down, Louisa Adair feels she has lost everything. I can’t say that this book had the same emotional kick as Code Name Verity or Rose Under Fire (though it certainly had its moments) but it was a nice addition to the stories in this world and it was great to see what Jamie, Ellen and Louisa got up to during the war. I actually didn’t twig that it was connected to Code Name Verity (despite Jamie and Ellen’s names both being in the synopsis) so I was thrilled to discover that it was. ![]() Naturally when I saw The Enigma Game on Netgalley, I requested it immediately and was delighted to be approved. This in no way impacted my opinion of the book.Įver since I read Code Name Verity way back in 2016, whenever I’ve found an Elizabeth Wein book I’ve jumped on the chance to read it. Thank you to Bloomsbury UK and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book. BECHDEL TEST: PASS-Louisa and Ellen and Louisa and Elisabeth both have conversations which don’t revolve around men.Ĭontent Warnings: War, death, racism, homophobia, sexual harrassment
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