About this book:
“While springtime rainstorms and floods keep everyone in Blackberry Valley on alert, Hannah Prentiss is happy to stay warm and dry, joining her women’s church group on a new project. Well-known chef and professor Julia Miller is sourcing family recipes for a new Kentucky-focused cookbook. To Hannah’s surprise, tucked among the pages of her great-great-aunt Mabel’s handwritten cookbook is a reference to a sixty-year-old mystery. In 1965, a tornado struck Blackberry Valley, and the church’s golden altar cross hasn’t been seen since.
Hannah decides to piece together the past and find the missing cross. But her attention is soon diverted to a more pressing issue—Julia’s husband disappears while on a cycling adventure. With a record storm barreling down on Blackberry Valley, can Hannah wade through the clues and find the answers before tragedy strikes?”
Series: Book #10 in the “Mysteries of Blackberry Valley” series. Reviews of Book #1, Book #2, Book #3, Book #4, Book #5, Book #6, Book #7, Book #8, and Book #9!
Spiritual Content- Proverbs 3:5-6 at the beginning and is later quoted; A few Scriptures are read, quoted, remembered, & prayed; Prayers; A man sings part of a hymn; Many mentions of churches, church going, church events, & pastors; Mentions of God, His plans, His grace, & being forgiven; Mentions of prayers, praying, & blessings over food; Mentions of Bibles, Bible reading, devotionals, & witnessing; Mentions of redemptive stories and people finding God after making bad choices prior in life; A couple mentions of miracles; A mention of someone in the Bible; A mention of a godly woman; A mention of Sunday school; A mention of being blessed; A mention of sins; A mention of something tasting “heavenly”;
*Note: Mentions of luck & being lucky.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘wimp’; Some eye rolling; Going through a tornado, intense flooding, a near car accident, & helping rescue someone (up to semi-detailed); Finding someone who has passed away (from a heart attack, barely-above-not-detailed); All about & many mentions of stealing, stolen items, thieves/looters, & criminals; Many mentions of tornadoes, flooding, damages, evacuations, missing people, & people being rescued; Mentions of deaths & grief (including Hannah’s mother from cancer); Mentions of arrests & jails/prisons; Mentions of rumors & gossip; A few mentions of a possible kidnapping; A couple mentions of possible danger with armed men; A couple mentions of lies & lying; A mention of the Civil War; A mention of a murder case; A mention of a car accident; A mention of a fire; A mention of a business being sabotaged (Book #7);
*Note: Mentions of car brands; A mention of a book (‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’).
Sexual Content- Two not-detailed kisses and three barely-above-not-detailed kisses; A married couple shares two kisses (no details); Some touches, embraces, hand holding & nearness (barely-above-not-detailed); Blushes; Some noticing (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of boyfriends/girlfriends, dates, & dating; A mention of a kiss; Love, being in love, & the emotions;
*Note: As a note for parents of younger readers possibly interested in this series, Hannah and Liam do spend some time alone together in her apartment (on the couch) and talk (nothing sexual happens besides an embrace and her curling up against him; Their ages are 36 and 38, respectively).
-Hannah Prentiss, age 36
P.O.V. switches between Hannah & Mabel (in the historical period)
Fifteen scenes set in 1965
276 pages
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My personal Rating-
While not my favorite of the series, it was good to see Hannah and her friends again! I’ve lived through a few floods, so it was a little unnerving to read about, but it added a bit of suspense towards the end to an overall calm mystery. I did figure out instantly where the cross was, so that was a bit of a disappointment.
If I could nit-pick one thing, there were quite a few conversations that felt like info-dropping such as the history about a type of food or its ingredients. Because of this, those parts felt like stilted and like a Wikipedia page. It wasn’t completely distracting, but I did notice it a few times.
See y’all on Wednesday 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.
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