{"id":13197,"date":"2022-12-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13197"},"modified":"2023-03-31T15:42:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T20:42:47","slug":"the-fire-star-jewel-is-missing-will-these-your-courtiers-be-next-by-a-l-tait-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13197","title":{"rendered":"THE FIRE STAR jewel is missing – will these young courtiers be next? by A. L. Tait (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A wedding almost delayed by goats,
a new squire for the groom,
a reluctant lady’s maid<\/a> for the bride\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rennart Castle is swirling with preparations for Sir Garrick’s wedding to Lady Cassandra – and rumors that its Airl will oppose the new King who is using the kingdom’s wealth for himself alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reeve’s training in court etiquette and observing people should help Sir Garrick through this new situation – and is the 16 year old’s final chance to become a knight<\/a> himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maven now waits upon a young noblewoman displeased to be marrying a lowly knight. Not long ago, Maven also wore fine clothes, but the teen’s family has fallen upon desperately hard times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The priceless Fire Star gem always goes to the family’s youngest daughter upon her betrothal – never to a son – and that is what Lady Cassandra brings into this marriage. The Airl will soon demand that she gives it to his headstrong daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Fire Star is stolen before the wedding, Reeve and Maven find themselves searching for clues in the castle and countryside new to them both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is the secret Birch Circle of women involved?
Why is the Airl’s daughter taking so many risks?
Can Maven’s forbidden ability to read and write stay hidden?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Told in alternating chapters by the two teens, The Fire Star<\/em> takes us to a medieval land where their detecting skills can save the castle household and perhaps the entire kingdom! Followed by The Wolf’s Howl<\/em> (info here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What part of courtly life would you like to experience for yourself?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: The Fire Star (Maven & Reeve Mystery, book 1) \/ A. L. Tait. Kane-Miller Books, 2022. [author site<\/a>] [publisher sit<\/a>e<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A wedding almost delayed by goats, a new squire for the groom, a reluctant lady’s maid for the bride\u2026 Rennart Castle is swirling with preparations for Sir Garrick’s wedding to Lady Cassandra – and rumors that its Airl will oppose the new King who is using the kingdom’s wealth for himself alone. Reeve’s training in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[69,19,50,51],"tags":[90,22,7,4,197,11,5,70,37,18,40,185,43,39,49,184,31,56,15,217,21,35,33,6,129,28],"class_list":["post-13197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-fiction","category-historical","category-mystery","tag-abandonment","tag-behavior","tag-beliefs","tag-belonging","tag-bullying","tag-communication","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-death","tag-family","tag-fathers","tag-grandparents","tag-growing-up","tag-love","tag-memories","tag-mothers","tag-non-us-author","tag-reading","tag-relationships","tag-royalty","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-survival","tag-travel","tag-treasure","tag-villains"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/maven-reeve-fire-star-cover.png?fit=264%2C406&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13197"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13735,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13197\/revisions\/13735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}