Rose Under Fire (Code Name Verity Series, book 2)

By Elizabeth Wein

Blurb: 
While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners. But will that be enough to endure the fate that's in store for her?

Elizabeth Wein, author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Code Name Verity, delivers another stunning WWII thriller. The unforgettable story of Rose Justice is forged from heart-wrenching courage, resolve, and the slim, bright chance of survival.

Review: 
This is the second book in the trilogy, I first read book one back in secondary school and I remember I absolutely loved the book. I only just discovered that it was an actual trilogy back last year when I moved house and visited my library for the first time. 

This book is not a true story as it says at the back of the book, most of the events and the details are true they are based on the experiences of the people who survived. But there are added details and the book is only from September to March so the events are quite constricted. The author also made some of the details slightly different by keeping all the rabbits within the same block. Where as in real life they were moved from block to block.

This is not my usual read, I don't read historic fiction but I liked the change. I loved Lear, I got to know about the different details and the things that actually happened within World War II.

The main character in this book is called Rose and I loved experiencing the different events she went rough. Especially, how she developed and how she managed to change how her friends were feeling about certain tasks. I loved how she wrote poetry while she was within the concentration camp and became a writer after the war. Reading the poems throughout the main part of the story made the book go that much quicker and the story line seemed to pull together.

I loved the friendships within the book and how Rose became friends with different people and how she actually let different parts of her personality start to show to different people. Until she had full control of her actual body and who she wants to associate with. And by full control of her body, I mean she understood what was happening and wanted to tell the people she cared about the true things she was learning and how she was helping other people because she cared about them just like family.

If you are interested in World War II and reading part truth about what actually happened within the woman's concentration camp. Then this book is for you. The friendships within this book are 100% true and are such a great read.

Favourite Character: Rose

Read: 13/02/20 - 04/03/20

4 stars out of 5

Written by Sammie.

Check out Sammie's review of book 3: The Pearl Thief