#veritiverse

[viscountess-aberowen]

I simply love this book so, so much 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[books-and-tea-are-my-truest-love]

Another code name verity fan? I must be hallucinating... did you read any of the other elizabeth wein stories (I call it the veritiverse but honestly no clue if there’s an actual name for it)

OMG I absolutely Loooved Code Name Verity!!! I also read Rose Under Fire and The Pearl Theif. I am dyyying to read The Enigma Game. Elizabeth Wein is such an amazing author; I love her so much!!!

[viscountess-aberowen]

(sorry this is the "historical fiction sideblog") I *have* read rose under fire, but if I'm honest, the second best veritiverse book was imo "the pearl thief", it's a pre-war prequel and it's a sort of mystery-ish story and it's so, *so* good

rose under fire is really good tho, if a bit more serious perhaps, but I did enjoy it tons and I bet you'll love it too!

Code name verity>>>>>>>

UGH. it was SO good. an absolutely INSANE amount of plot twists, and for once in my life i was thrilled to be reading an ebook instead of a hard copy because it meant i physically couldn't give into temptations to read ahead. i immediately started rose under fire (i'm not very far in- the wedding just took place- so no spoilers if you've read it!) and i'm just praying that wein somehow manages to pull THAT many bait-and-switches again because it was one of the best book-reading experiences i've had in a long, long time

[napo-con-fritas]

@drjackandmissjo grazie mille for the tag <3

Tell me your favourite ship from 10 fandoms you are in

Harry Potter: Fred x Hermione

Riordanverse: Carter x Zia

MCU: Steve x Peggy

Star Wars: Obi-Wan x Satine

The Century Trilogy: Ethel x Fitz

Veritiverse: Jamie x Maddie

Derry Girls: James x Orla

LotR/Hobbit: Thorin x Bilbo

Broadway musicals: Anastasia x Dmitry

How to Train Your Dragon: Hiccup x Astrid

Tagging: @heyimboredtalktome @crushing-on-nico-di-angelo @malloryiswlw @spiderintheathenacabin @solace-seekers @makiruz @unionofdreamers and anybody else who wants to do it!!

[viscountess-aberowen]

Hi! I’m wondering if you have any book recommendations for me after I’ve read the whole Code Name Verity verse? I’m specifically looking for WW2 historical fiction similar (or not) to cnv:)

Hiii! Here are some WWII historical fiction recommendations to fill the Veritiverse void!

Secondary school level:

“Waiting for Anya” - Michael Morpurgo: a young teenager in a French village gets caught up in a resistance circle that helps escapees cross the border towards Spain

“Number the Stars” - Lois Lowry: a Danish girl and her family help their jewish neighbours (and close friends) escape towards safety

Young Adult:

“Salt to the Sea” - Ruta Sepetys: it follows a group of young people as they try to reach the harbour in Prussia during Operation Hannibal. Each of them has a secret. The chapters are short and easy to follow

“All the Light We Cannot See” - Anthony Doerr: it tells the story of a blind French girl and an orphan German boy, alternating between the past (their childhood and the beginning of the war) and the ‘present day’ (by the end of the war)... I personally adored the way their stories interconnected

“The Book Thief” - Markus Zusak: it’s not exactly like CNV, the tone is another, but it has a very interesting way of showing the way the Nazi government oppressed its own people

[viscountess-aberowen]

The Honourable Beaufort-Stuart and Lady Julia

[viscountess-aberowen]

I was overcome with a wave of sadness over my grandfather and his house and his things that weren’t ours any more, and all the summers that would never come back.

-Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

[viscountess-aberowen]

Julie Beaufort-Stuart

[viscountess-aberowen]

While the music played, we were not doing anything but listening. We were not at war. We were not enemies. We weren’t anybody special or different from each other – just people listening. People listening to music together.

-Elizabeth Wein, The Enigma Game

[viscountess-aberowen]

The river has a voice that doesn’t die. It is inhuman and ancient as starlight.

-Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

[viscountess-aberowen]

It felt as though time had stopped still. Maybe we were already dead and this was purgatory, circling in the frozen dark forever, looking for an enemy that might not exist.

-Elizabeth Wein, The Enigma Game

[viscountess-aberowen]

I finally read The Enigma Game, some more Jamie Beaufort-Stuart sketches (ft. his wee sister Julie and an angsty Maddie moment)

[viscountess-aberowen]

Oldish quick sketch I found of the Honourable Jamie Beaufort-Stuart

[viscountess-aberowen]

There was strength in [the kiss], and hunger, and control, and it was like standing on the edge of a cliff in a gale, frightening but also marvellous.

-Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

[viscountess-aberowen]

It makes you very uncomfortable to realise that your emotional attachment to something is an indulgence.

-Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief

[viscountess-aberowen]

I am ashamed to put down here what happened next, but I shall, as a sort of penance for being so utterly shallow.

-Elizabeth Wein, The Pearl Thief