Match BookThe Secret, Book & Scone Society
Ellery Adams
2017 · 290 pages · Mystery
How it reads
The Secret, Book & Scone Society is mystery (cozy mystery, specifically), and its dominant mood is cosy. Low stakes, warm company: the kind of book you read under a blanket. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are friendship, secrets and redemption. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It opens a series. The ending resolves happily. At 290 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something cosy
- you want an escape
- you want to be sure it ends well
Maybe not if…
- you need something dark, tense or eerie
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- mystery
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- prolific veteran
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- cosy
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- friendship, secrets, redemption
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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