Audiobook narrator: Sasha Pick

Rose Justice is an American courier pilot working for Great Britain during World War 2 when she is captured in enemy territory and transported to Ravensbruck women's concentration camp. During the six worst months of her life, Rose learns what it means to fight to survive, and meets an incredible group of women who help pull her through.

This book was a wonderful, emotional read and I can't recommend it more enough and also recommend the audiobook which was fantastic. I definitely think people should read Code Name Verity first as though you follow a different character, the timeline is a year following Code Name Verity, and there are spoilers. Some past characters do show up in Rose Under Fire, which is really nice!

There are some really tough moments in this book but just liked CNV, female friendship and camaraderie is one of the main storylines in this novel and I loved it. The women Rose meets and the stories she hears are utterly unbelievable yet really happened. The characters, like Roja and Irina, are tough as old boots yet full of kindness and feeling.

There were moments that made you hold your breath, such as when Rose finally tried to escape with her friends. I thought it lost some of the flavour of the story when there was such a big time gap between when Rose left the camp to hearing the trials of the Nazi doctors but I do appreciate seeing how victims were involved in such trials, and the trauma they still had to suffer.