Written by Hazel Hitchins
Highly
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| Published by | Troubador Publishing Ltd (28 Feb. 2025) |
| Genre | Women’s fiction |
| Pages | 258 |
| ASIN | B0DQPXR72Z |
| ISBN-10 | 1836281439 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1836281436 |
2025 Blog Tour #5
Today I am taking part in my third Blog Tour of 2025 with a review of Babs & Aggie: The Good, The Bad and The Vegan by Hazel Hitchins. I begin by thanking Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for the invitation to join the blog tour and Hazel Hitchins for a free digital copy of her book to review.
The blurb:
Aggie has reached that “certain age” – in her case, a thousand years or so, give or take a decade.
After centuries of bringing kings to their knees, running a small-town cafe isn’t how she imagined her life would pan out. Now, thanks to the machinations of the false vegan from across the road, she risks losing even that. And just when she thinks things can’t get any worse, along comes her old friend, Babs, in her House-on-chicken-legs, ready to ruffle some feathers with her unique blend of borscht, tough love and alcohol.
But everybody has a secret – the grocer who hides his loneliness behind a cheery smile, the neighbour crippled by debt and grief, and the young woman who jumps at her shadow – and before Aggie can help anyone else, she has demons of her own to lay to rest.
Can she confront her past to save her future? What is the ‘Vegan’ really hiding? Will Babs ever let her have the last word?
Raucous, rowdy, and heart-wrenching and heart-warming in equal measures, Babs and Aggie is a magical tale of love, loss and the comfort of a friendship forged through food, laughter and a LOT of slivovica.
Women's Fiction
My thoughts:
My eye was caught by the intriguing blurb for Book 1 in The Slippers and Sorcery Chronicles series, Babs & Aggie: The Good, The Bad and The Vegan. I envisaged witchcraft, fun and mayhem so I could not resist, and I was not disappointed.The story is narrated by Aggie, a witch whose powers have all but deserted her. In her time of need, her long-time friend Babs arrives with her positive mental attitude, a guiding hand, her borscht and tops it off with plenty of alcohol.
I loved this amusing story which took me on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Some parts are a little disturbing while others had me laughing out loud, usually at something Babs had said or done.
I need a Babs in my life!
I highly recommend Babs & Aggie: The Good, The Bad and The Vegan. Babs and Angie are both great characters and I look forward to their next adventure.
| Author Bio – Hazel Hitchins |
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 Hazel Hitchins is a writer who spends her days having conversations with her imaginary friends, some of which she writes down. She lives in Wales with her normal family, normal(ish) cat, and entirely abnormal laundry pile. |
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| Threads | @hazelhitchinsauthor |
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| Facebook Author Page | @hazelhitchinsauthor |
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