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Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
An Education in Malice by S. T. Gibson
Ash by Malinda Lo
The Scapegracers by H. A. Clarke
The Lady of the Lake by Jean Menzies
Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkosky
Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
Green-Eyed Monster by Rawnie Sabor
The space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
The second part of my book list, and couldn't take out any more of these books; already hurt not to recognize some of the others, but these are the final ones.
The cover for Scapegracers is the second book cause it's the one i enjoyed more, but i'm putting it here as the whole trilogy.
Also, since i broke the 9 trend with this one, the first 2 are the ones that i liked more out of this batch so... breaking my own rules over and over and changing the orders too, whatever.
So again.... Everyone check out all this books, they're great and gay!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
PS: always open to talk about and discuss any of these or the ones on the previous post if ANYONE is interested 💖
books I’ve read in 2022 📖 no. 129
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
Today's sapphic book of the day is The Killing Code by Ellie Marney!
TW for murder mentioned in summary
Summary: "A historical mystery about a girl who risks everything to track down a vicious serial killer, for fans of The Enigma Game and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder.
Virginia, 1943: World War II is raging in Europe and on the Pacific front when Kit Sutherland is recruited to help the war effort as a codebreaker at Arlington Hall, a former girls’ college now serving as the site of a secret US Signals Intelligence facility in Virginia. But Kit is soon involved in another kind of fight: Government girls are being brutally murdered in Washington DC, and when Kit stumbles onto a bloody homicide scene, she is drawn into the hunt for the killer. To find the man responsible for the gruesome murders and bring him to justice, Kit joins forces with other female codebreakers at Arlington Hall—gossip queen Dottie Crockford, sharp-tongued intelligence maven Moya Kershaw, and cleverly resourceful Violet DuLac from the segregated codebreaking unit. But as the girls begin to work together and develop friendships—and romance—that they never expected, two things begin to come clear: the murderer they’re hunting is closing in on them…and Kit is hiding a dangerous secret."
i'm so glad that @reachmouse recommended 'the killing code' by ellie marney be my next read. it's teenage lesbians solving a murder while working as wwii codebreakers. THAT'S LITERALLY THE FOUR THINGS I LIKE.
Review: The Killing Code by Ellie Marney Rating: 5/5 #LoveOzYA
"You're one of us, and code girls look after their own."
Tucked away in a repurposed boarding school in Viriginia there is a cadre of girls working hard for the war effort. They are code-breakers and analysts and, some of them, are being killed. When Kit Sutherland, Dotty Crockford and Moya Kershaw discover a body at a local dance they know they have to do something - especially when Violet DuLac contacts them about a Black girl who was murdered in the same manner a few weeks prior. Together, they will use their intellect to find who is attacking the women working to stop World War II.
I only picked this up because of how much I loved Marney's None Shall Sleep and thank goodness I did because this was right up my alley. Smart girls, social commentary, a sweet F/F romance (with no homophobia in sight!) and a thrilling mystery? Utter excellence. I also loved all the references to historical figures.
But the best part was, of course, the girls themselves. Kit is sweet and demure and ready to throw down if you wrong her friends. Moya is sharp and determined and kind of felt like a butch lesbian to me? Hard to nail it down given the historical setting. Dottie was a sweetie, too, and Violet was stunning. I knew that Black women and girls were employed by NASA in the 60s but I hadn't heard about the ones who worked for the war effort so that was cool to learn about.
The mystery itself maybe wasn't as thrilling as it could have been? The plot seemed to mosey on a bit and the later murders kind of got lost in the subplot with Kit's true identity. But I was surprised by who the murderer was which is always a plus!
Another excellent mystery from one of my favourite Australian YA writers. I'd highly recommend this to any crime or historical drama fan!
"I am the code you never broke, and I don't play by the rules."
Warnings: period typical attitudes towards women and people of colour, some bloody imagery and injury detail, an instance of drink tampering and references to rape.
The Killing Code by Ellie Marney
(2022)
From the Publisher:
A young codebreaker at Arlington Hall - the secret WWII Signals Intelligence unit in Washington DC - joins forces with other female codebreakers to hunt a murderer who is killing US government girls. Another page-turning YA thriller from the author of None Shall Sleep, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
'Miss Sutherland … what would you say if I told you I might be able to offer you a job helping the war effort?'
1943. World War II is raging across Europe and on the Pacific front. Kit Sutherland is hiding a huge secret when she is unexpectedly recruited to work as a young codebreaker at Arlington Hall, a US Signals Intelligence facility.
When Kit's roommate doesn't return home from a dance, it sparks a search that ends in a gruesome discovery. And soon it turns into a horrifying pattern: Government girls are being murdered in Washington, DC.
Kit joins forces with three other girl codebreakers, Dottie, Moya and Violet, and as they work to crack the killer's code, two things become terrifyingly clear: the murderer they're hunting is getting closer every moment … and Kit's own secret could put her in more jeopardy than she ever imagined.
Goodreads
September Wrap Up and October TBR
September Wrap Up:
An Oresteia (Agamemnon by Aeschylus, Elektra by Sophocles, Orestes by Euripides) translated by Anne Carson (3.25⭐) (digital)
A Murder of Rogues - Joe Heap (4.5⭐)
The Burial of the Rats - Bram Stoker (3.5⭐)
The Killing Code - Ellie Marney (4⭐)
A Poet Can Survive Everything But a Misprint - Oscar Wilde (3.25⭐)
Introducing Media Studies: A Graphic Guide - Ziauddin Sardar (4⭐)
Circe - Madeline Miller (3.5⭐️)
October TBR:
The Red Palace - June Hur
Don't Let The Forest In - C. G. Drews
Buddy read The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (digital)
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