A Sweet Sting of Salt

Reviews

• Dallas

  Finished October 28, 2024

  3.5 ⭐️ This was a cute read, I loved Jean and Muirins story and the love they had for each other. I do wish we got more of it. I felt like a lot of the story was Jean waiting for a chance to get to see Muirin and we didn’t get as much time as I could have liked to actually see them together. The ending had me so scared for them I wish we had a longer scene at the end of them finally able to be happy together after all that trauma and pain.

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• Laurynn

  Finished October 27, 2024

  3/5⭐ 1/5🌶️ 💖Tropes - Found family - Forbidden love - No third-act breakup 📖 My Thoughts I’m actually really glad I picked up this book as I’ve never read a selkie wife folktale and it was a very heart-warming story that was well written. It dragged quite a bit in the beginning. It felt like we kept going nowhere with the progression of the story for a bit but it did eventually pick up. Once it picked up, I couldn’t put it down! At times I wished there had been more intimate moments shared between the characters to make me really feel the longing. For a while, I didn’t feel the connection to them that I wanted to. Otherwise, it was such an enjoyable read! ⚠️ Triggers Some of the triggers include murder, homophobia, confinement, domestic abuse, and animal death. 🏳️‍🌈 Representstion Both the main characters were sapphic females and while I love the representation, I wanted more for them! At times, it feels like authors represent sapphic females as meek and non-sexual in their desires. While I completely respect that some females may be, I wanted a bit more passion for these characters. For the time period, it makes sense for them to be a bit more reserved and the circumstances surrounding them. 🌶️ Spice The spice in the book was quite vague. We only get one spicy scene where they are removing clothing and things are getting heated, but again, the wording is vague. I think I’ve said it a couple times already but I WANTED MORE.

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