👯♀️ BLOG+BOOKSTAGRAM TOUR REVIEW 👯♀️ ✨ Flash giveaway in my stories!!! ✨ THE KILLING CODE is, incredibly, my first read by @elliemarney. I know I have an older one of hers on my shelf, but haven’t read it yet (which I will be rectifying immediately!). I was thrilled to join this tour and see what all the buzz is about. I love historical fiction books, and if you make it feminist *and* a murder mystery? I am so in! In this book we have “code girls,” the young women who worked night and day in the codebreaking brigade during the war, coupled with a series of gruesome murders of government girls that our intrepid group decide they must solve because the police are too blinded by their prejudices. The characters are all wonderfully drawn, and the romance is absolutely *chef’s kiss*. I had butterflies at the same time Kit and Moya did! There’s also loads of information on the actual codebreaking work the girls do, and it’s obvious a *ton* of research went into this book. Marney also addresses the racism, classism, and sexism of the era in America (which we all know isn’t just historical). I love the theme of found family, which is one of my favorite tropes, especially in YA. Top it off with some great mystery-solving techniques from Kit, Moya, Dottie, and Violet, and I can honestly say there is nothing I didn’t love about this book. I suspected I knew who the killer was, but I definitely wasn’t sure until right about when it was figured out, so that was a great ending for me! I highly recommend THE KILLING CODE to anyone who enjoys a great mystery and/or historical fiction. I really hope you’ll pick this up, and let me know what you think! RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thanks to @littlebrownyoungreaders for the copy of the book, and to @tbrbeyondtours for having me on! 👯♀️ 👯♀️ 👯♀️ #thekillingcode🔑 #thekillingcode #elliemarney #elliemarneybooks #yalit #YAfiction #yamystery #histfic #wwiicodebreakers #wwiicodegirls #youngadult #youngadultfiction #littlebrownyr #tbrbeyondtours #tbrbeyond #bookstagrammers #bookstagramtour #bookstagram #yabookstagrammer #bookreviewers #bookreview #bookreviewblogger #BookKeepingBlog #5stars #5starread #thrillerfriendsunite #mysterybook https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci0L10SLmFX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
