We follow the story of three women in England during WWII. They work at Bletchley Park as code breakers. These three women are great characters...coming from such different backgrounds but brought together to work to break German codes. We see how they are affected by the war and being away from their homes. Osla, Mab and Beth are working to do their part to help in the war effort but are also navigating romantic relationships, familial relationships and their friendship. The war, loss and pressure of leading a secret life tears these three women apart leaving one of them in an asylum after the war. The women receive an encoded message and must come together to try to solve their last code together.

Quinn just writes such amazing stories with unforgettable characters. I loved the relationship between these women and I laughed and cried with each one of them. Just a great read!

I received this book for free in exchange for my honest opinion.

Something for every reader!

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn has something to entertain every reader. Whether you like historical fiction, mysteries, spy thrillers, relationship/love stories and/or a bit of the royals, this book will not disappoint.

The story is set in early WWII, where three women with very different backgrounds meet through their employment as Bletchley Park codebreakers. I know I am not alone in my admiration and fascination of the genius club that was Bletchley Park. The dedication, intelligence and tenacity for cracking enigma codes saved countless lives of the allies. Yet these unsung heroes were rarely celebrated until years after the war.

This story delves into some of the more important work done at BP and the impact of how this stressful and secretive work changed the lives of the staff and their families. We see these experiences through the eyes of the three friends who found and lost each other by the end of their time there. Years later, they reunite to rescue one of their own and unmask a traitorous spy from their BP past. The story is also paralleled with the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, adding another layer of interest and verisimilitude to the story.

The narrator, Saskia Maarleveld, was spot on with her characters, their accents, moods, etc. I could ‘hear’ the tension, emotion and engagement among the various characters. She brought them to life, and I was fully immersed in this story. Both the pace and flow were perfect, never dragging or needing to go back to replay for clarification. The characters were clearly differentiated, consistent and the story was very easy to follow. I felt their losses and triumphs as if I were an observer in the room.

This is my first Kate Quinn book, but definitely not my last! I look forward to checking out The Alice Network and The Huntress, both also narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. What a great partnership this author and narrator have together! I look forward to more from this team!

This book was amazing! The narrator was outstanding! I think anyone that enjoys historical fiction will devour this book just as I did. Overall a smashing book with strong characters, a great story, and wonderful narration. Kate Quinn has really knocked the one out of the parK!

Three women become sisters in the top secret code breaking huts of Bletchley Park. Three women fall apart in the rubble of war.
Fantastically written, as all of Quinn's books are. Great plot twists. Amazing dialogue and perfect characters.
Thank you so much for a review copy.

Kate Quinn is one that never disappoints when it comes to stories about World War II and uncovering remarkable women for us to meet and events for us to know. The Rose Code is another winning novel that tells us the story of Bletchley Park and the women code breakers who were invaluable to the war effort. BP brought together women from all walks of life and honed their remarkable skills to defeat Nazi Germany.

1940: Osla is a debutante and current girlfriend of Prince Philip of Greece (yes, that Prince Philip, look it up). She also has complete command of the German language, both common and proper. Mab grew up in extreme poverty and is determined, tooth and nail, to climb out and nab herself an advantageous marriage while she's at it. Beth lives at home near Bletchley Park and is the stay-at-home daughter to a strict god-fearing mother. She is socially awkward but she can complete a crossword in under 7 minutes.

1947: The war is over. Just days away from the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh - Osla and Mab receive a coded message from Beth. Beth has been locked up in an Asylum for allegedly violating the Official Secrets Act. According to her coded message, there was a traitor at Bletchley Park and Beth was on the heels of discovering who it was, that person got her locked up before she could make the discovery. Now she needs Osla and Mab, who haven't spoken in 3 1/2 years, to get her out and help her decode the final message to uncover the traitor.

The journey of these three remarkable women is not one to be missed. If Kate Quinn is new to you then read them all. I would love to see her tackle a story from the Russian Revolution.

This audiobook ARC was provided by NetGalley.

My thanks to Net Galley and MacMillan Audio allowing me to listen to this excellent story.

This is the tale of three friends, Osla, Mab, and Beth , who are recruited by Bletchley Park to work as coders for the war. We get all their separate stories with their men and families. In between all of this is the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth, AND and alternate story of one of the friends in an insane asylum framed as a traitor. Which friend is it? Who framed her? Will she get out? This will keep you hooked . Excellent chapters with many dimensions. Well constructed story.

Thank you to Harper Audio and Netgalley for an advanced listener's copy of The Rose Code by Kate Quinn. I have been a fan of Quinn's since I read The Alice Network several years ago and this new historical fiction of hers lives up to the anticipation! The narration of the audiobook was fantastic, her cadence was very smooth and kept the listener engaged within the story, which is a hard feat sometimes when you have the audiobook playing in the background while doing other tasks. Her newest novel does something her other novel, The Huntress, so much better and that's tackling the different timelines between the present day and past without leaving the listener confused or flat out bored. And I always appreciate the strong female characters that Kate brings to life within her stories!

Kate Quinn once again has delivered a 5 star masterpiece that will knock readers' socks off.

I will admit that The Huntress did not hit a high mark for me which was so hard for me to reconcile after being blown away by The Alice Network. Well for readers that felt like me, get your preorder in now because you will not want to miss The Rose Code.

Set during World War 2 in England, this book takes you on a fast-paced spin that will make you want to know what happened. There are three main characters who end up becoming friends and working together during the struggles of war. You will laugh and you will cry with what these women experience.

I will admit that the three points of view with some alternating timelines did make it a bit of a challenge listening to the audiobook. I had to pay close attention to familiarize myself with who was whom. But don't let that little fact sway you from choosing the audiobook version. The narrater does a fabulous job and I know I would have butchered so much if I had read the book.

Quinn is an expert at carefully and an slowly peeling back layers to reveal details in her story that you did not see coming. I love that she masterfully weaves in true facts to her stories that allows the readers to learn while enjoying fiction.

I would give the story and the audiobook more than 5 stars if it was possible. This most definitely will make my favorite books of the year and quite possibly of all time.

I received an ARC of this audiobook from NetGalley. All thoughts & opinions are my own.

I absolutely loved this book. I have recently become a fan of WWII historical fiction, but I've noticed that I tend to sway more toward strong female characters and how they impacted the war. I don't think history does enough to publish these stories, or maybe I just don't look for them.

Each character was written in a way that they felt real, and maybe they were. I did some Googling and found Bletchley Park, but I didn't find much on the specific characters written in the book. I think Kate Quinn did a fantastic job weaving fiction and fact together to create this story.

What really drew me in was the back of forth POV from war time to post war time. This intensified the drama and made it very hard to stop reading because I needed to know how Beth got from point A to point B.

I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

Kate Quinn did not disappoint with this novel. The WWII secrets act prevented the public from knowing how these heroic women and men were doing fighting for their country. The story of Mab, Beth and Oz was wonderful. Highly recommended

Oh my goodness! This book is amazing. A must read for any historical fiction fan.

I absolutely loved The Alice Network and The Huntress so I was really looking forward to some more amazing women and I was not disappointed.

The story focussed in three women who work to crack codes the German’s were sending back and forth. The characters are all unique and real. I loved their interactions and learning about the goings on of Bletchley Park.

I had so many emotions while reading; i went from pleasantly amused to utterly heartbroken to tense with nerves.

The audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld was fantastic. I absolutely loved her performance. She truly brought the characters to life.

This novel was enrapturing. From the character development, budding friendships and romances, the processes of code breaking, discovery of a traitor, and life within an asylum, Kate Quinn’s latest work had me hooked. It’s a rather long book (a whopping 657 pages) but well worth it.

The chapters take the reader from present day to flashbacks of the early days of WWII, as it introduces Beth, Mab, and Osla’s and the journey within Bletchley Park. I honestly loved every bit of this book, even when Quinn’s story line broke my heart, I understood why it had to be told that way and thought it added to the plot so much more. The characters were all likable and easy to connect with, even if you’re a reader with nothing in common with them. At the end, my heart was racing for the traitor that was thought to be a friend to be caught.

The Rose Code is a terrific retelling of what went on behind the scenes at Bletchley Park and sheds some light on the dark past of Asylum life throughout the 20th century. Even reading about Lobotomies had my skin crawling and my blood boiling. How little power women had to make decisions for their own interests and the procedures they were forced to endure made me enraged. I enjoyed how much historical fact was placed in the novel, there will always be embellishment with the characters, but I felt the place and time came to life. I was constantly looking on my search engine to see how much really happened and get more information on how things worked at the park during the war and of course to read about the real life people that inspired her characters.

The Rose Code by Kate Quinn is a historical fiction mystery novel about three women code breakers during World War II.

In London in 1940, three women receive a mysterious message telling them to meet at a certain location. They were called to break Nazi codes. Osla is beautiful and rich but wants to prove to everyone that she is more than that. She uses her fluent German to help break codes. Mab has a difficult past and wants to find a husband. Beth is shy and lacking confidence but great at puzzles. The women develop a friendship, but unfortunately that friendship is torn apart.

In 1947, one of the women is in an asylum. The women are now enemies and don’t know what the others have been up to for the last few years. They receive a mysterious letter and are forced to work together to solve a new code. One of the women is in an asylum. The past is brought to the present and the only way the code can be solved is with their cooperation. They are left wondering

The Rose Code is an interesting book. I liked how this book is a mix of a historical fiction novel and mystery. World War II is my favorite time period to read about and the aspect of trying to figure out who is responsible for one of them entering an asylum. I was intrigued by the dual time line between past and present. In the past, the women are developing a friendship and learning how to break codes. In the present, the women have to work together and put their personal differences aside. They each have to decide if the one in the asylum belongs there and what happened in the years they didn’t talk. The Rose Code kept me thinking throughout the book. All of the characters are interesting and use their different talents towards the same goal. Osla, Mab, and Beth are very unique characters but easily develop a friendship.

I listened to the audiobook narrated by Saskia Maarleveld and enjoyed her narration. She was a great voice for Oslo, Mab, and Beth. I think I would’ve liked reading this book as much as I liked listening to the audiobook.

Thank you Harper Audio, William Morrow, and NetGalley for The Rose Code.

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Audio for the advance listen. Narrator did a fabulous job narrating this story. Another amazing book by Kate Quinn. She does a great job writing historical fiction. Strong female characters. Loved them all.

Much like The Alice Network, this novel immediately leaves you wanting to know how much of this actually happened and read the full true story. Personally, I love historical fiction that helps you uncover new pieces of history like this one does. While telling this lesser known part of history, the novel follows the path of World War II and its impacts in England in one storyline while following the impending marriage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip (an aspect fans of The Crown will enjoy). The three main characters are all very different yet very enjoyable, and together make a great team. The novel is relatively long yet entertaining throughout, with the last few chapters providing many twists and turns and nail-biting excitement.

Kate Quinn strikes again with another winning historical fiction book full of strong female characters. I was a little iffy about listening to this rather than reading but the audiobook was captivating!

The story itself was amazing! The 3 main characters were each unique and interesting in their own ways which made me connect to each of them. The plot was full of secrets and codebreaking....the perfect combination to keep me intrigued.. The ending was full of action and intense.

Overall this was a book full of history, friendship, and tragedy. I highly recommend this, especially for people who don’t usually enjoy historical fiction books. Kate Quinn had a way of making history captivating.

Thank you NetGalley and HarperAudio for an advanced audiobook.

Kate Quinn has done it again. I want to start this book over again once I finished. I love the characters and the storyline. You will love this book.

I have to say this is by far my favorite Kate Quinn book so far. It's starts off introducing you to three very different women, one at a time, and I thought, oh boy, I'm going to have to keep them all straight and this is going to be one of those books that alternate chapters from one to the other to the next. Well, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that after the character introduction of Osla, royalty, Mab, the self-made working girl, and Beth, a village resident, they all end up together, working at top secret Bletchley Park starting in 1940. As the story progresses, through and after the war, the way these women band together all the while looking for and avoiding love interests is a very well told story. Both male and female narrators do a wonderful job with this engrossing piece of historical fiction. #therosecode #netgalley March 2021 Publishing Date.

WW2. Female friendship. Working undercover deciphering German messages. A literary society. What more could you want?

To be honest, I didn't start getting into this one until the second half when things got realllll interesting, but the ending was SO abrupt. If I could go back I would probably pick it up on paper because I think that would help me keep all the details straight.

To say the most important thing first…I LOVED this book and highly recommend it. Yes, there are many, many novels currently being published that are set in WWII. I have read and enjoyed many of them. Still, even if you feel WWII fiction fatigue, give this one a chance.

The Rose Code’s main setting is Bletchley Park. As most know, this was an important location for those who broke codes and helped to win the war. Into this setting come three women:

Osla: She was a debutante before the war took her to BP but she has always wanted to do more and to be seen as more than this. Osla had a haphazard upbringing by a neglected mother but she moves in society’s highest circles; her godfather is Mountbatten and she knows a certain Phillip very well.

Mabel, renamed (by herself) as Mab: She grew up in Shoreditch where expectations for her were low. Coming to BP allows her to do and become more.

Bethan/Beth: She has lived in the shadow of a domineering mother but BP allows her particular genius and talents to flourish. She has a laser like focus and a great talent for the work she does.

What happens to these three and the events and people around them form the core of this immersive read. There are romance, joy, friendship, traitors, hardship, mystery and more contained in the pages of the story. It will engage readers who will wish that the book were even longer than its hefty length.

I listened to the audio of this title. The narrator was fantastic. She created each of the characters with their own voice.

Whether you like to read or listen, put this one on your TBR list.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title. All opinions are my own.