Title: The Enigma Game
Author: Elizabeth Wein
Series: Code Name Verity book 2
Genre: Historical fiction, YA Historical Fiction
Rating: 4 stars
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for young readers
The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein is the second book in the Code Name Verity series though it’s the newest in publication order. The events of this book take place before Code Name Verity but after The Pearl Thief. So if you’re like me and read the books as they came out you’ve read them Code Name Verity, Rose Under Fire, The Pearl Thief. Which doesn’t take away from individual stories two much as they all are technically stand alones you’re just slightly spoiled for some events. I don’t regret the way I read them as I fell in love with the history in each book. So if you’re new to the new to the series and having read them yet start in order.
The Enigma Game while a standalone will make a little more sense if you read it after The Pearl Thief and your save yourself spoilers for the last two books. Though this book focuses on three teenagers Louisa, Jamie and Ellen they aren’t typical teenagers by modern day standards. They grew up quickly in the mist of WWII. But that adds to the story and keeps if from reading like a YA novel which makes it a good book for adults as well.
