A review by eacolgan
Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

4.0

This book was quietly lovely, smart and poignant, and just enjoyable all the way through. Set a few years after the end of WW2, it looks at the effects of the US internment camps on those who survived them, hints at the beginnings of McCarthyism, and makes the whole Lovecraftian mythos feel as natural and real as any other part of American history. The question of what makes a monster is examined alongside the question of what makes family, and seen through the eyes of Aphra, one of the last of her kind, the answer seems to be "If you feel it to be true, it is." I really loved this, and am looking forward to whatever Emrys writes next.