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A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland
4.5
Thanks to Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the eARC!
I really enjoyed reading A Sweet Sting of Salt, which is no surprise because I think this book was practically written for me. It's set in Nova Scotia (I live in Nova Scotia), the main character is gay (I too am gay), and the ocean is a major part of the book (I am a sailor). So right off the bat, tailor-made for me to like. The themes and topics with the selkie wife story were really interesting, and I loved the sense of wrongness coming from Tobias as the book went on. I hate him as a character, but the fact that I feel so strongly towards him is great. All the side characters were really fleshed out, and they really added to the story.
My only issue with the book is that the pacing felt a bit lagging at the start, but by the time I was at the 50% mark I was hooked and couldn't put it down, and I finished it in basically one sitting. I liked the attention to detail in the research, with all the character last names being ones that are very Nova Scotian and I recognized, and the name-dropping of places that I have been to. I feel like I'm going to be recommending this one hand-in-hand with The Girl From the Sea, another book about lesbians and selkies in Nova Scotia.
4.5/5 stars, and a big thumbs up from your friendly NS lesbian!
I really enjoyed reading A Sweet Sting of Salt, which is no surprise because I think this book was practically written for me. It's set in Nova Scotia (I live in Nova Scotia), the main character is gay (I too am gay), and the ocean is a major part of the book (I am a sailor). So right off the bat, tailor-made for me to like. The themes and topics with the selkie wife story were really interesting, and I loved the sense of wrongness coming from Tobias as the book went on. I hate him as a character, but the fact that I feel so strongly towards him is great. All the side characters were really fleshed out, and they really added to the story.
My only issue with the book is that the pacing felt a bit lagging at the start, but by the time I was at the 50% mark I was hooked and couldn't put it down, and I finished it in basically one sitting. I liked the attention to detail in the research, with all the character last names being ones that are very Nova Scotian and I recognized, and the name-dropping of places that I have been to. I feel like I'm going to be recommending this one hand-in-hand with The Girl From the Sea, another book about lesbians and selkies in Nova Scotia.
4.5/5 stars, and a big thumbs up from your friendly NS lesbian!