This was a very solid read! It has the right amount of everything: good relationships, nice adventures and reading flow, and the references to Anne of Green Gables definitely were a plus for me. Fiona´s letter at the end was also extremely sweet. Books that deal with time as a main focus can be a hit or miss, nonetheless, I feel like the author dealed well with it! I recommend this book to people looking for a thrill of adventure, the kind that reminds us of our worry free younger days. My thanks to the publisher, the author and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

If you have spent any time in the last odd decade watching a pair of brothers attempt to recover a treasure on a small island...then this book is for you! This is an amazing book that is an eye opener to the average reader. There has never been a time travel concept like the one used here. This book simply turns the tried-and-true time travel genre on its head. Kudos to the author for the incredible originality.

The story is multi-faceted and has enough tension to keep you glued to the pages. This book, at times, is a lovely coming of age with all the joy and fun that comes from that. There is also a dark edge that will grip the reader and keep one on edge.

Never one to give away anything about a book…but let me say if what the book says is true, there are going to be some very disappointed people associated with a certain dig. There are characters in this book who are loathe-worthy. The author deals with these in a wonderful fashion that had me clapping over those scenes.

A creative and fun book that will appeal to adventure fans. A book for fans of treasure hunting books. A book for fans of coming-of-age stories. An excellent book that sets the stage for the highly anticipated book two.

My Rating: 5 stars

I received a free copy of this book from the publisher through netgalley, I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I love time travel books and I was so happy to grab an advanced copy of this one. Super entertaining I loved that this is two stories in one that converge toward the end. There is a mysterious man who pops up in all the time lines but we don't know who he is until much later in the book.

Elisabeth lives in Nova Scotia but is drawn to a mysterious necklace in an antiques store and finds that it helps her travel through time. What starts out as fun quickly turns into something more menacing. For a 12 year old time travel is about sharing your modern tech with people who will be awed by it, however 17th century Scotland is full of superstitious people and witch hunters looking to make a buck.

John Smith is sure there is treasure hidden on an island off the coast of Nova Scotia. At 16 he and his friends start to dig, but their efforts are thwarted. After he buys the land he starts his search again, a search that will claim many lives and keep him busy well into old age.

I loved the characters and the way the story was woven together. I was much more intrigued by Elisabeths story but I do like how they finally converged. I'm looking forward to this story continuing and finding out more about the mysterious man.

Thank you Netgalley and Wild Rose Press for the chance to read The Acadian secret by Tammy Lowe. I picked this book because I have always been intrigued by the secrets of Oak Island. This book wasn't what I was expecting. There is two stories told in three timelines; 1795, sixteen-year-old John Smith, digs down into a mysterious pit on Oak Island sure he will find pirate treasure. In modern Nova Scotia, twelve-year-old Elisabeth London all of a sudden finds herself in 17th century Scotland. While these two young people have the adventure of their life, can they solve the secrets that they have found. This book is meant for middle school children.

Ms. Lowe does a wonderful job of moving the reader from one place in time and space to another. The characters are well developed and quite believable. The story was very exciting and keeps the reader's interest to the last page. I hadn't realized Elisabeth's story was a cliff hanger. I hope we don't have a long wait for the next one. The only part of the story I am uncertain about is whether current electronics would work when time traveled back centuries. I am recommending this to my twelve year old great niece. I think she'll love it. I was provided a copy of this book via Netgalley in return for a fair review.

I liked, but didn't love this book.

At first the changes in POV were very confusing.

I did like the world created and the idea of time travel.

Personally, I am not a fan of books that follow children, so the age of the MC was hard for me to get interested in her story. But, I am sure a lot of other people would be interested in it.

Wonderfully done Scottish fantasy tale, I was so invested in what was going that I completed the book quickly. It had a great plot and I thought the different elements worked well together. It was a great time-traveling story and I enjoyed that this was done in Scotland. Tammy Lowe has a great style and I look forward to reading more from her.

"Gasping for air, Sarah bolted from her chair and hurried to the cupboard to grab what she could find. “Oh, dear God. What made all that noise? Is Granddad all right?”This treasure hunt had turned into one calamity after another. Even the cofferdam ended in failure, when a storm came through and destroyed it all. The Truro Company, too, had exhausted their funds. The excavated hole was now being called the Money Pit."