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A Portrait of Loyalty Roseanna M. White is the 3rd novel in The Codebreakers. It can be read as a standalone, but I believe you will have a better reading experience if the series is read in order. I thought A Portrait of Loyalty was well-written with developed characters. Ms. White takes readers back to 1918 in London where they are diligently fighting the Germans. The point-of-view switches between several characters including Zivon and Lily. It was fascinating learning about the work Lily did for the war effort. The author really brought Lily's characters and the work she did to life. The way they would take photos and alter them was intriguing. Lily also took plenty of photos with the camera she carried everywhere with her. I could tell the author did her research for this story. The information about the Bolsheviks, espionage, breaking codes, and the Spanish flu are all included. There was just the right amount of detail. The author managed to walk that fine line between not enough and too much. The pace of the story picked up near the end as well as the tension. I was eager to see how the story would finish. The romance was sweet and will make you smile. A Portrait of Loyalty is an emotional story (joy, hope, grief, sadness, and despair). I liked how Lily helped Zivon regain his trust in God. He wondered how God can let so much violence. Zivon needed help in renewing his faith. I was happy to catch up with the characters from On Wings of Devotion and The Number of Love. A Portrait of Loyalty is a charming historical novel that provided a good ending to The Codebreakers.
