Carpe Glitter

By: Cat Rambo

Narrated by: Barb Lyon

What do you do when someone else’s past forces itself on your own life?

Sorting through the piles left behind by a grandmother who was both a stage magician and a hoarder, Persephone Aim finds a magical artifact from World War II that has shaped her family history.

Faced with her mother’s desperate attempt to take the artifact for herself, Persephone must decide whether to hold onto the past or use it to reshape her future.

©2019 Cat Rambo (P)2020 Meerkat Press

A dash of magic and a dollop of steampunk

That was delightfully odd, and just a touch dark as Persephone sorts through her grandmother’s effects, unearthing secrets. I loved the way it also told a story of family: the good, the bad, and the strange.
This was more on the magic realism end, so those looking for lots of action and hocus pocus may be disappointed. It’s a cozy level mystery with no cussing or sex.