REVIEW: "Once Upon a Dime" by Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick

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About the Book:

✦ Title: Once Upon a Dime

✦ Author: Perry Elizabeth Kirkpatrick


✦ Genre: Clean spy comedy novella


✦ Series: Book #6 in The Accidental Cases of Emily Abbot


✦ Recommend for: ages 13+

My Personal Rating

⭐⭐⭐.5

📖 Synopsis

It's all coming to a head... or tails.

Emily Abbott is accidentally in danger. Targeted by the 10,000, a mysterious group of rogue spies, she’s been relocated to a safe-house, placed under the protection of an ICS agent, and given a new, temporary job in a political campaign’s call-center.

But when Brent calls her in a panic to say a bomb threat has been made against the campaign, she can’t help but become involved. As the threats ramp up, stolen RFID tech disguised as a pair of dimes shows up in Phoenix.

Is it a coincidence? Emily doesn’t think so.

What are the 10,000 planning? Only time will tell, and once the dimes are used, time is something Emily and Brent don’t have.

💭 My thoughts

This is probably one of my favorites since book 1. Very exciting and entertaining and, as always, I'm itching to read the next book in the series!

⚠️ Broad content notes

Fighting, being held at gunpoint; many mentions of bombs, explosions, threats, terrorists, etc.; mentions of different political parties and campaigns.

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Bookishly yours, 


Lottie M

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