The Salt Grows Heavy
"Khaw's poetic prose and stylish approach to gore make it a blood-soaked, unforgettable gem." --The New York Times
From Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness in the world, and the darkness within oneself.
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
A Song for Quiet
Hammers on Bone
The Dead Take the A Train (co-written with Richard Kadrey)
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This was such a unique story, told from a very unique perspective. I would have loved for this to be a little longer, to offer a bit more backstory to these two very interesting characters. I don’t dip my toes into fantasy that often, so this was a bit of a different read for me, which was pretty refreshing. My only real qualm with this story was the fact that there were phrases constantly used throughout that felt a bit redundant. We can only hear about “sinew” a couple of times before getting tired of hearing about it. That being said, the rest of the story was compelling and I’m so glad that I gave this story a chance.
awful. just awful. for a horror/creepy book there is literally no horror. it’s hard to follow the story since she uses ridiculously fancy words for five minutes straight to describe a single event. the event is a character laughing and you get “my lungs filled with air to exhale a sound like screeching resembling the joy of a child on a sunny day in the park” .. obviously a joke but what is the significance of doing this. honestly could’ve been a great story but the writing style lost me, glad I bought it as an audio book and not the actual book.
This story was beautiful. I enjoyed that one of the main characters was a mermaid and that they weren't Disney-fied. There where a lot of words used that aren't normally used unless you read a lot, so I can see that being off-putting to a lot of folks. Otherwise the story was well told. I must say if I had read this book I would have given it 4 stars, but that Susan Dallian narrated this story made a difference.
I do wonder what it is to find someone to love like that. I both hate & love that this book made me cry, as I normally don't have the ability to cry over such things as love stories.
I do wonder what it is to find someone to love like that. I both hate & love that this book made me cry, as I normally don't have the ability to cry over such things as love stories.
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