SuitabookBlood and Salt
Kim Liggett
- Reading
- Try reading a few chapters together initially, pausing to map the characters, visions and community rules. Afterwards, ask which mysteries became clearer and whether the emotional relationships developed sufficiently.
- Themes
- Family loyalty versus inherited ties: Ash and Rhys enter the community connected to their mother’s past after she disappears, while Ash tries to understand their family’s connection to it. The situation foregrounds rescue and family concern, but the treatment of Ash’s priorities is described as inconsistent, leaving the value of inherited ties unresolved.
- Power of belief and ritual: The isolated community is associated with cult rituals, mystical events, immortality, black magic and bloodshed. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Atmosphere versus clarity: Visions, carnivorous corn, unexplained deaths and elaborate supernatural history create a dark atmosphere around Ash’s journey. One account values the dark, vivid storytelling, while another finds the plotting bewildering and the relationships underdeveloped; the effect is therefore likely to be strongly reader-dependent.
- Worth knowing
- Before reading, consider whether the reader welcomes bloodshed, unexplained deaths, frightening imagery, cult rituals and supernatural peril. Attraction and romance form part of the paranormal storyline, but the ending and its resolution remain unclear.