Kimber the Magnificent here. Mom’s doing it again. That smiley, sparkly-eye thing. And there’s not even a single T-bone in sight. But there is a new book and a new author she wants to tell you about. Cuz they’re two of her new faves. So take it away Mom!
Kimber yukking it up with her BFF, Xenia. Is it dinnertime yet?
Note: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Before we jump into this review, Kimber wants to make one thing perfectly clear: She is not happy about Her Momness forgetting dinner because she was so absorbed in this book, she forgot what time it was.
Not that we’ve got that out of the way…
The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as five high school friends battle evil with their unusual gifts and abilities. Meanwhile, there’s a reason the nearby “forbidden preserve” is forbidden. You so do not want to go there.
Note: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
“Hey Mom!” quoth I, Kimber the Magnificent. “How do you spell ‘fas-cin-a-ting?” (“Quoth.” Isn’t that a great word? I stole it from Mom. Don’t tell anyone, okay?)
“Why?” quoth Mom. (There’s that great word again.)
“I need it to help with the review of that cool book you just read. The historical novel about the world’s first female ace fighter pilot.”
“You mean, The Legend of Lilia?”
“That’s it!” Says I. Mom tells me it goes kinda like this:
![The Secrets Left Behind : An emotional and evocative tale spanning three decades. by [Antoinette Tyrrell]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41CxVa2BT4L.jpg)
The Secrets Left BehindNote: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
“If only I’d known and now it’s too late.”
– Kate Millington
This is a story about four women. At first blush, they’re as different as night and day. But there’s more to the story as revealed in this masterful blend of history, mystery, tragedy, regret, and redemption.
Note: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
A medieval religious artifact. A budding romance. A middled-age widow and amateur sleuth who wonders if there’s a connection between two murders, and why? And who might benefit from a religious relic with healing properties?
Liz McLuckie’s husband died five years ago. Working through her grief, she’s neck-deep in renovating two dilapidated old cottages in Whitby on the North Yorkshire Coast. Out walking her faithful bull terrier, Nelson, at a cliffside Benedictine Abbey one morning, Liz stumbles upon a dead body. She later discovers that a break-in occurred at the church the same night as the body showed up. Coincidence or not?
The Aging MachineNote: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
One of us started reading this book with a big bowl of marble fudge ice cream with extra hot fudge sauce. And raspberries. Mom added peanut butter to make up for any nutritional deficiencies in the berries. This book moved along so briskly, she kept having to refill. To “keep her energy up,” dontcha know. (Insert eye roll here.)
Anyway, I, Kimber the Magnificent, will let Her Momness tell you more about The Aging Machine:
Songbird
Note: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
“Hey Mom!” says I, Kimber the Magnificent. You gotta get a load of this “cozy mystery” thingy. (No idea what that means. But it sounds yummy!)
“What’s up, Kim?” says Mom.
“This Songbird book? It stars Ace the German shepherd. His human sidekick is Private Detective Jax Diamond. I’m goin’ with the dog, okay? Whaddya think?”
The OrderThrust into the political and religious tumult of the 16th century, a young monk is sent on a perilous journey with a mysterious document.
A mysterious document is secreted beneath the floors of a French abbey for three hundred years until a young monk discovers it. If it gets out, the document threatens governments and religious hierarchies alike. Betrayal, double-crosses, kidnapping and murder follow in this thorough and solid work of historical fiction.
Ready to dive into something a little different? Good! Cuz Mom and I? We’re mixing it up today with three titles that are as different as me and the neighbor’s feline. (Gag me with Meow Mix!)
Today we’re reviewing a Young Adult dystopian fantasy. A yummy cookbook with down home cookin’ (it passed the Kimber Taste Test, so grab a plate!). And a clunker of a skunker. Can you guess which is which?
Ready? Set? Play ball!
The Whitney Chronicles Book 4: No Greater LoveRating: G
Genre: Fiction/Christian Fiction
Launch Date: December 15, 2021
Via: Reedsy/Discovery
Note: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Josiah and Olivia Whitney are middle-aged residents of a rural North Carolina town. They’re trying to get their new business, Whitney Engineering, up and running and live a comfortable, quiet life. But fate seems to have other designs – and so do human traffickers.
Hot-headed city council member Bruce Madison is seen yelling at new Sheriff Tyrell “Ty” Andrews. Questions and conflict soon follow. Does Madison have a connection to human trafficking and the drug cartels? What about the quintet of people surreptitiously hauled into town by a tractor trailer? And who’s trying to silence them, and why? A high stakes game of cat-and-mouse with a deadly assassin ensues. When desperate people take desperate measures, who will survive?
Pages & Paws 