The Salt Grows Heavy

I could easily see this being a 4star read or higher if I had read this as a physical or e-book instead of audio book. That is NOT because the narration was bad, it wasn’t, but the prose style was such that it begs you to take your time reading and maybe even rereading some passages, and I found myself getting lost in the lyrical nature of it all on audio.

This was a really interesting story with characters not quite like others I’ve read (a mermaid and a plague doctor) that left me with a lot of questions. A lot of which I wish I had answers to.

Also the love story aspect was very nice and I was enjoying it but ultimately I didn’t feel like I understood why the characters were so in love.

I think I have to reread this to get all I want out of it, at least I hope that is the case.