Demons, Well-Seasoned

Secret Spice Cafe Series, Book 3

By: Patricia V. Davis

Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon

This metaphysical novel incorporates mystery and problem-solving, but also adds a dash of spice. The prologue introduces an era just before Hitler has just been made the ruler of Germany, when Queen Mary of Teck christens her ship of the same name, and where a baby born in Louisiana faces an uncertain future without her mother.

Now fast forward to 2020, in the first chapter, some hours before a predicted apocalypse, when kindergartner Alana Miceli falls into a trance for the first time. In her vision, she's wrenched out of her familiar school setting and into the ship's Secret Spice Cafe.

As the spirits of the Queen Mary draw connections between past and present events and season them with new possibilities, listeners are treated to a compelling story that is especially powerful when considered in light of the previous books in the trilogy. While newcomers to the series could conceivably enter into this story without knowledge of the other novels, it is highly recommended that these tales be absorbed in chronological order, to enhance this final volume's strength and the series as a whole.

©2019 Patricia V. Davis (P)2020 Tantor

I want some more

I loved immersing myself in this story, I did not want it to end and I hope there will be more stories with some of these characters even if they are only "extras" in another story.

I felt like I was a part of the story. I laughed with them, I cried with them. I wanted to meet these wonderful people in real life.

Patricia created another wonderful tale and Ann Marie Gideon did a nice job of narrating once again, with so many different characters she made it possible to hear them as different people with only a few times that I had to go back a bit to catch that it was a different person than originally thought.