"Mum's the Word" by Emily Thomas

About this book:

  “When Anne finds an ancient Egyptian clay pot in the attic, which Aunt Edie excavated at an archaeological dig, she decides to put it on display in the library. But Mildred Farley takes one look at it, then trips and falls, suffering a badly sprained ankle. “It’s cursed!” she exclaims, visibly shaken by the artifact’s reappearance. Soon, all of Blue Hill is in an uproar, recounting various disasters brought on by the relic when Aunt Edie first brought it home forty years ago . . . and blaming every new accident, injury, and mishap in town on the curse. Is the pot really to blame for the current rash of strange, unfortunate events, or is someone using rumors and superstition to cover up a crime?

  Meanwhile, Ben makes friends with a new boy in town. But when he announces that, like his buddy, he’s not sure he believes in God and refuses to go to his youth class at church, Anne fears her son has fallen in with bad company. Should she put an end to the friendship? How can she navigate him through this crisis of faith?”


Series: Book #17 in the “Secrets of the Blue Hilly Library” series. Reviews of #1 Here, #2 Here, #3 Here, #4 Here, #5 Here, #6 Here, #7 Here, #8 Here, #9 Here, #10 Here, #11 Here, #12 Here, #13 Here, #14 Here, #15 Here, and #16 Here!


Spiritual Content- Scriptures are mentioned, remembered, read, & discussed; Prayers; Church going & sermons; Talks about God & if He is real; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Mentions of God, discussing with children that He is real, & faiths; Mentions of prayers, praying, & thanking God; Mentions of Bibles & Scriptures; Mentions of those & events in the Bible; Mentions of churches, church going, church groups, sermons, pastors, & hymns/songs; A couple mentions of godsends; A couple mentions of blessings & being blessed;

             *Note: All about many mentions of a cursed clay pot, curses, & superstitions; Mentions of a father saying he has no use for God or religion & that in turn influences his son to say that God is make-believe (its later mentioned that the wife wants the son to go to church and a pastor comments that he thinks she might wear the pants in the family); A few mentions of haunted houses.

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: two ‘sissy’s, two ‘stupid’, and three forms of ‘dumb’; A couple mentions of eye rolling; Mentions of thieves, break-ins, & a stolen item; Mentions of bullies, teasing, & fighting/fights; Mentions of frauds/scams; Mentions of lies, lying, & liars; Mentions of rumors; A couple mentions of fires; A mention of domestic violence;

             *Note: Mentions of books & authors; Mentions of movies; Mentions of car brands; Mentions of sports teams & players.

Sexual Content- Mentions of a husband leaving his family; Mentions of dates & a ladies’ man; A mention of flirting.

-Anne Gibson, age 34
                                P.O.V. of Anne
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My personal Rating-

While this one was not the most interesting book in this series to me (I’ve never been a big fan of Ancient Egypt stuff), it was still a fun read with quite a bit of faith content that I liked seeing.

See y’all on Friday with a new review!

*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.