The Rose Code.

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1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to mysterious country estate Bletchley Park, where the best minds in Britain train to break German military codes. Vivacious debutante Osla is the girl who has everything—beauty, wealth, and the dashing Prince Philip of Greece sending her roses—but she burns to prove herself as more than a society girl, and puts her fluent German to use as a translator of decoded enemy secrets. Imperious self-made Mab, product of east-end London poverty, works the legendary codebreaking machines as she conceals old wounds and looks for a socially advantageous husband. Both Osla and Mab are quick to see the potential in local village spinster Beth, whose shyness conceals a brilliant facility with puzzles, and soon Beth spreads her wings as one of the Park’s few female cryptanalysts. But war, loss, and the impossible pressure of secrecy will tear the three apart. 

1947. As the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip whips post-war Britain into a fever, three friends-turned-enemies are reunited by a mysterious encrypted letter--the key to which lies buried in the long-ago betrayal that destroyed their friendship and left one of them confined to an asylum. A mysterious traitor has emerged from the shadows of their Bletchley Park past, and now Osla, Mab, and Beth must resurrect their old alliance and crack one last code together. But each petal they remove from the rose code brings danger--and their true enemy--closer...

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 The Rose Code is the second book that I have read by Kate Quinn , and I had fallen in love with her writing style, the characters. You cannot help but fall in love with Osla, Mab, and Beth. While reading The Rose Code , you will find yourself going through everything the girls uncover as they work at Bletchley Park. All through the book, I wondered if their positions at Bletchley Park would be discovered. I knew that if it were discovered, it wouldn’t end well for either of them. Each of the three girls worked in the different parts of Bletchley Park, and all of them were so dedicated to their work. It was one of the reasons that I wondered what happened between them and Beth. She had mentioned betrayal, and I couldn’t help but wonder what happened. The most mystery was why Beth ended up in the asylum if she was crazy. From the way that she was acting, it’s now how a crazy person act. It caused curiosity about why she was there in the first place. 

The Rose Code took place during a royal wedding in 1947, and back when the girls started working at the Bletchley Park. I cannot begin to imagine having to watch someone you were in love with marrying somebody else. If it was me, I don’t think that I would be able to handle it. I loved the relationship between Phillip and Osla; the two of them seemed to have a constant connection. It was clear how much the two of them were in love with each other. My heart broke for Osla. There were few love stories throughout the book, but it wasn’t what the book focused on. The one character that surprised me was the one who ended up being the traitor, the one that I liked and didn’t suspect at all. Most of all, he was the reason behind Beth ending up at asylum. I hoped that he would get discovered. He had everyone fooled, and I didn’t even suspect him as a traitor. As I look back at the story, I see the clues; his suspicious behavior at times. 

Osla, Mab, and Beth are three different girls, yet the three formed an extraordinary bond. Despite what happened between the three of them, in the end, they were still there for one another. Mab and Osla helped Beth when she needed help to try and figure out what happened. The two of them stood by her side. If that’s not a true friendship, then I don’t know what is. I wondered about the title, The Rose Code and the reason behind that title. Don’t you want to pick up the book for the title? If I haven’t read the author before, I would be curious because of the title. I figured the meaning behind the title halfway through the book. The Rose Code is not a book you will be available to put down; it’s a story that will make you think; make you wonder what’s coming next. I did feel that it started slowly in the beginning when all the characters were being introduced. In general, The Rose Code is a book that you will keep on reading until the last page.