A Tense Premise That Never Quite Heats Up

⭐️⭐️⭐️½ I’m a fan of Pam Jenoff, but I’ll be honest—her books tend to run hot and cold for me. Code Name Sapphire landed squarely in the middle. Lukewarm. Set in 1942, the novel follows Hannah Martel, a Jewish woman who escapes Nazi Germany after her fiancé is killed in a pogrom. When her ship to America is turned away, Hannah finds refuge with her cousin Lily and her family in Brussels. With no safe way out of occupied Europe, Hannah is drawn back into the resistance, joining the Sapphire Line. When a devastating mistake leads to Lily’s family being arrested and placed on a train bound for Auschwitz, Hannah faces an impossible […]

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