I got this from NetGalley to review. I was incredibly excited to see a new book by Wein. This is supposed to be the prequel to Code Name Verity. The book ended up being okay but not great. The story itself was fairly boring and was kind of a drag to get through.
In general I don't have a ton to say about this book. It was mostly just kind of blah. The writing flows well enough and I did enjoy some of the historical elements to the story. However, the whole mystery behind who attacks Julia at the beginning and the mystery behind the pearls just never really felt all that urgent or engaging.
I think my favorite part about this book was Wein's afterward about the history behind the story at the end.
Overall this was a pretty boring story compared to Wein's other books. I would definitely recommend reading Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire over this book. If you are a huge Julia fan you might want to check this out to get Julia's background. I honestly think this would have been better done as a novella than a full length novel.
In general I don't have a ton to say about this book. It was mostly just kind of blah. The writing flows well enough and I did enjoy some of the historical elements to the story. However, the whole mystery behind who attacks Julia at the beginning and the mystery behind the pearls just never really felt all that urgent or engaging.
I think my favorite part about this book was Wein's afterward about the history behind the story at the end.
Overall this was a pretty boring story compared to Wein's other books. I would definitely recommend reading Code Name Verity and Rose Under Fire over this book. If you are a huge Julia fan you might want to check this out to get Julia's background. I honestly think this would have been better done as a novella than a full length novel.
