Blood and Salt: Written by Kim Liggett
Release Date: September 22nd, 2015
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format of Novel: Hardcover
Rating: 4/5 stars
Summary (from good reads): When you fall in love, you will carve out your heart and throw it into the deepest ocean. You will be all in—blood and salt.” These are the last words Ash Larkin hears before her mother returns to the spiritual commune she escaped long ago. But when Ash follows her to Quivira, Kansas, something sinister and ancient waits among the rustling cornstalks of this village lost to time.
Ash is plagued by memories of her ancestor, Katia, which harken back to the town’s history of unrequited love and murder, alchemy and immortality. Charming traditions soon give way to a string of gruesome deaths, and Ash feels drawn to Dane, a forbidden boy with secrets of his own.
As the community prepares for a ceremony five hundred years in the making, Ash must fight not only to save her mother, but herself—and discover the truth about Quivira before it’s too late. Before she’s all in—blood and salt
Ash is plagued by memories of her ancestor, Katia, which harken back to the town’s history of unrequited love and murder, alchemy and immortality. Charming traditions soon give way to a string of gruesome deaths, and Ash feels drawn to Dane, a forbidden boy with secrets of his own.
As the community prepares for a ceremony five hundred years in the making, Ash must fight not only to save her mother, but herself—and discover the truth about Quivira before it’s too late. Before she’s all in—blood and salt
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This was one of books I was dying to read this book for a period of time because I love me some horror romance. Coming from a person that enjoys that genre, I decided to take a gander at this novel. Meaningless to say, I did enjoy it quite a bit. It was fast pace and I giggled at some of the chapter names even though I wasn't suppose too. The concept of the story was gripping and suspenseful, considering the elements of a cult and alchemy, I was able to be pleasantly surprise by the events Ashlyn and her twin brother endured while trying to save their mother from becoming a vessel for their ancestor.
The pacing of the story was spot on, though I was slowly loosing interesting because I wanted it to have more suspense into it and a couple of the twists were predictable. But, the significant ones were executed quite nicely. I enjoyed the main cast of characters very much, they were out of it yet a perfect fit for this time of duology.
The only main problem I did have with Blood and Salt was that this book reminded me too much of the Mara Dyer trilogy. It was probably because of the mind bending stuff we see in that trilogy, but I think I had too high of an expectation for this book since Mara Dyer was such a beautiful crafted novel for psychological thrillers in my opinion.
All in all, I found this debut novel compelling, suspenseful, and interesting due to the occult elements that this book. I thought it did lack a little with the twists, but otherwise, I fairly enjoyed this novel. I eagerly await for the sequel that will released next year and possibly other novels from this author as well if she continues her writing in the horror genre.
The pacing of the story was spot on, though I was slowly loosing interesting because I wanted it to have more suspense into it and a couple of the twists were predictable. But, the significant ones were executed quite nicely. I enjoyed the main cast of characters very much, they were out of it yet a perfect fit for this time of duology.
The only main problem I did have with Blood and Salt was that this book reminded me too much of the Mara Dyer trilogy. It was probably because of the mind bending stuff we see in that trilogy, but I think I had too high of an expectation for this book since Mara Dyer was such a beautiful crafted novel for psychological thrillers in my opinion.
All in all, I found this debut novel compelling, suspenseful, and interesting due to the occult elements that this book. I thought it did lack a little with the twists, but otherwise, I fairly enjoyed this novel. I eagerly await for the sequel that will released next year and possibly other novels from this author as well if she continues her writing in the horror genre.
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