N. N. Light
Aug 17, 20222 min
Title: The Acadian Secret
Author: Tammy Lowe
Genre: Action-Adventure, YA/Young Adult, Time Travel Adventure, YA Time Travel Adventure
Book Blurb:
Nova Scotia has kept an incredible secret for centuries. In 1795, sixteen-year-old John Smith, convinced he’s found buried treasure, digs down into a mysterious pit on a small island.
In present-day Nova Scotia, twelve-year-old Elisabeth London knows there’s no such thing as magic, but when she finds herself in seventeenth-century Scotland, she no longer knows what to think. While under the guardianship of a kind-hearted Highlander, Elisabeth discovers his ancestral home holds a mystery of its own.
As John continues to dig the strange pit, he inadvertently begins the longest-running, most expensive, and deadliest treasure hunt in history. Now, Elisabeth London and John Smith each try to unravel the secrets consuming them, unaware that a tormented young man holds the string weaving all of their lives together.
For Elisabeth, the adventure is just beginning. Unless her parents discover she’s time-travelling. Then…she is so grounded.
My Review:
If you have spent any time in the last odd decade watching a pair of brothers attempt to recover a treasure on a small island...then this book is for you! This is an amazing book that is an eye opener to the average reader. There has never been a time travel concept like the one used here. This book simply turns the tried-and-true time travel genre on its head. Kudos to the author for the incredible originality.
The story is multi-faceted and has enough tension to keep you glued to the pages. This book, at times, is a lovely coming of age with all the joy and fun that comes from that. There is also a dark edge that will grip the reader and keep one on edge.
Never one to give away anything about a book…but let me say if what the book says is true, there are going to be some very disappointed people associated with a certain dig. There are characters in this book who are loathe-worthy. The author deals with these in a wonderful fashion that had me clapping over those scenes.
A creative and fun book that will appeal to adventure fans. A book for fans of treasure hunting books. A book for fans of coming-of-age stories. An excellent book that sets the stage for the highly anticipated book two.
My Rating: 5 stars
Buy it Now:
https://www.amazon.com/Acadian-Secret-Tammy-Lowe-ebook/dp/B09ZZTC82D
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-acadian-secret-tammy-lowe/1115118531?ean=2940185824498
https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/the-acadian-secret/9781509243105-item.html
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-acadian-secret/id6442847833
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Tammy_Lowe_The_Acadian_Secret?id=6Z9-EAAAQBAJ
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-acadian-secret-1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60903715-the-acadian-secret
https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-acadian-secret-by-tammy-lowe-2022-08-03
Author Biography:
An adventurer at heart, Tammy has explored ruins in Rome, Pompeii, and Istanbul (Constantinople) with historians and archaeologists.
She’s slept in the tower of a 15th century castle in Scotland, climbed down the cramped tunnels of Egyptian pyramids, scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge, sailed on a tiny raft down the Yulong River in rural China, dined at a Bedouin camp in the Arabian Desert, and escaped from head-hunters in the South Pacific.
I suppose one could say her own childhood wish of time traveling adventures came true…in a roundabout way.
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Reviewed by: Mr. N