He’s the sort you hate but also can’t help but love because of how complex of a villain he is. In fact, he was, in an odd way, my favorite character outside of Margot. He’s just creepy enough to be a frightening foe, but human enough to make you sympathize with the twisted path that made him that way. The villain, Das Gespenst ( The Ghost in German), is easily Roseanna’s best bad guy yet. are all vividly portrayed and stand out in their own way. The hero, Drake, and side characters like Dot, Camden, Redvers Holmes, Admiral Hall, etc. But isn’t just Margot that is so brilliantly written. She was so fun to read about, and the flow of the writing keeps you effortlessly within her unique train of thought. Margot, the heroine of this story, is a delightfully quirky math genius who often thinks in numbers, sees patterns and statistics in everything, and can calculate the amount of stitches in your clothing just by observing. No, they feel alive and fully formed, as if they really lived a hundred years ago. They aren’t just flat book characters that have a few interesting characteristics thrown in there to give it an element of realism. Roseanna’s characters are full-fledged people. I knew it was going to be good and that I’d love it, but it still surpassed my expectations. He’s smitten quickly by the intelligent Margot, but how can he convince a girl who lives entirely in her mind that sometimes life’s answers lie in the heart?Īmid biological warfare, encrypted letters, and a German spy who wants to destroy not just them but others they love, Margot and Drake will have to work together to save themselves from the very secrets that brought them together. But when her world is turned upside down by an unexpected loss, for the first time in her life numbers aren’t enough.ĭrake Elton returns wounded from the field, followed by an enemy who just won’t give up. Margot De Wilde thrives in the environment of the secretive Room 40, where she spends her days deciphering intercepted messages.

Three years into the Great War, England’s greatest asset is their intelligence network–field agents risking their lives to gather information, and codebreakers able to crack every German telegram.

The Number of Love by Roseanna M. White