The Salt Grows Heavy

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Cassandra Khaw: The Salt Grows Heavy (Hardcover, 2023, Titan Books)

Hardcover, 128 pages

Published May 12, 2023 by Titan Books.

ISBN:
978-1-80336-342-4
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5 stars (2 reviews)

Myths are full of lies. This is not one of them.

Fleeing the downfall of an empire, a mermaid and her plague doctor companion escape into the eerie shadows of a wintery forest.

Amongst the bark and snow they are drawn into ancient games for ageless children – a murderous hunt of blood and sacrifice – deep in the woods, where three who call themselves ‘saints’ rule over them all like gods.

Trapped in a feverish nightmare of masked monsters, stitches and surgeons, and needle teeth, the mermaid must embrace all of her cruelty and hungers to free the children.

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reviewed The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

The Salt Grows Heavy, by Cassandra Khaw

5 stars

In The Salt Grows Heavy, Cassandra Khaw creates a dark, hungry world. It’s the kind of world where the mermaids are abyssal creatures, far from the ones in our own fairy tales, and where magic always has a dark price. And yet, for all the horrific violence contained in these pages, I found a surprising amount of love and heart in this brief novella...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.