A review by rebeccasreadingrambles
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

5.0

Wow. I was really blown away by this book. I had read Between Shades of Gray by this author and really enjoyed that book. But this one seemed even more powerful. I started it and suddenly found myself halfway through without realizing it. The characters are so raw and I felt their every hurt and fear. The writing was just superb. The author did a great job of painting the desperate landscape without too many words. The sections with short thoughts into each character's head were especially well done. I became attached to the characters, even though I knew that they had barely a chance to survive. Near the end I found myself actually whimpering out loud, in public. Alfred's POV was especially chilling as we got deeper and deeper into his troubled mind. I have read a lot of HF books, but have never read a book quite like this. So emotion and so amazing.