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How We Became Wicked

Alexander Yates

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A plague, called Wickedness, is pulsing through the world; and in its wake, it's dividing the...

The Hemlock Cure

Joanne Burn

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It is 1665 and the women of Eyam keep many secrets. Isabel Frith, the village midwife, walks a...

Historical fiction The Black Death Bubonic Plague 1665-1666 Eyam

Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Salt Grows Heavy in Books

May 12, 2024

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The Salt Grows Heavy
By Cassandra Khaw
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After the murder of her husband and the fall of his empire, a mermaid and her plague doctor companion escape into the wilderness. Deep in the woods, they stumble across a village where children hunt each other for sport, sacrificing one of their own at the behest of three surgeons they call "the saints." These saints play god with their magic, harvesting the best bits of the children for themselves and piecing the sacrifices back together again.

To save the children from their fates, the plague doctor must confront their past, and the mermaid must embrace the darkest parts of her true nature.

This was certainly not the story I’m used to reading when it comes to mermaids. This was fully of gore and dark meanings. Some parts are hard to read and not for the context but it’s like a full dictionary has been thrown in and it really put me off. Overall it’s a deeply dark fairytale of mermaids and death. For a small book it packs a punch in places.