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Salt Storm eBook Kendall Kulper

Salt & Storm is incredible. I knew I was going to love it from that amazing opening chapter, and I did. I held onto that love even when the author ripped my heart out and messed with my emotions. Just…wow. A historical setting, a taste of the paranormal, and a swoon worthy romance are the ingredients for a perfect book when mixed correctly, and oh, how Salt & Storm mixes them right. Avery has lived on Prince Island her entire life, just like the generations of Roe women before her. It’s a small whaling community, and as the island witch, her grandmother keeps the whalers and their families safe. But her time is coming to an end, and Avery should be taking over, since her mother has sworn off magic. Then she has a dream, where she dies, and she knows she’ll never be the next witch unless she can find a way to change the future.

The alternate history setting of Salt & Storm was perfect, and not just because the mid-1800s are my favorite to read about. It just fit with the magical aspect and really amplified the struggles between Avery and her mother (a character that I loved to hate, so much!). I also loved getting to know a little more about whaling, which is probably weird. But Prince Island is almost as dependent on whales as they are on the Roe witches. It’s a time where kerosene is starting to gain popularity, and whales are becoming increasingly rare. It’s no wonder the town folk go a bit mad when learn about Avery’s grandmother’s failing spells…

Salt & Storm has an amazing romance! It doesn’t really come about until halfway through, and then does become quite important, but not in an annoying insta-love way. It tugged at my emotions, made me smile, and made me cry! Yes, I cried! It is tragic and beautiful and sad and…my emotions! Avery and Tane–the tattooed harpoon boy!–come together because he was told of a young witch who could interpret dreams. He agrees to help her get to her grandmother if she reads all of his dreams for him. Of course, they grow close, and then there’s a twist and it killed me! But then I figured out another twist that would untwist that twist, but then it didn’t matter because it was all going to happen regardless! And then I cried. Quite the emotional investment on my part.

I absolutely loved Salt & Storm! I do not have a single complaint about it, except maybe that it broke my heart and I was not expecting that. I went into this expecting excitement, adventure, magic and romance! Well, I got all of that plus more! Avery’s relationship with magic, her mother, and grandmother was amazing and I didn’t see that all coming! Her romance with Tane was sooooo good and tragic! Then there’s her relationship with the island and their inhabitants, which was complicated and certainly screwed up. I just loved everything it had to offer!

*Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.


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Salt Storm eBook Kendall Kulper Reviews

Not enjoyed 1 of the few books I simply could not finish. Do not recommend
Excellent!!!!
Very original story!
I fell in love, laughed and cried. Best read of 2015! I am off to read the companion novel and novella.

I love the family aspect and family conflict. The relationship with grandmother and granddaughter And mother and daughter, so realistic and so involving!

Tane is my favorite male character period! I loved how the magic was so incorporated into this world and I love the historical basis of this time period and the history of whaling incorporated into the novel.

Just bravo!
This book was a difficult one for me. It took me awhile to get through it, and I'm still on the fence about it, so that's why I've given it 3 stars.

Salt & Storm didn't really pull me in until about 60% into the book. I trudged along, by pure will power alone, determined to finish it. It is an historical fantasy set on a tiny, fictitious Prince Island off the coast of New England. This island's main income is the whaling business, and whether or not the sailors are successful depends on the charms of the witch of the island.

Avery Roe, the protagonist, is the grand-daughter of the current Roe witch. For the first 12 years of her life, she lived with her grandmother after being abandoned by her mother. Then one day, her mother comes to reclaim her, and her dreams of becoming the witch vanish as her mother refuses to let her learn magic and interact with her grandmother. For four years she's dreamed of getting away from her mother and returning to claim her title.

Although Avery has yet to learn spells, she, like all her ancestors, has a special gift dream telling. One day she wakes from a dream that predicts her death. Desperate to learn magic and change her fate, she seeks out help from a tattooed harpoon boy names Tane. They strike up a deal. He helps break her mother's curse that binds her from seeing her grandmother, and she interprets his dreams in the hopes of his finding and avenging his family's death.

Of course, they fall in love and all that good stuff. Who knew? It is a bit insta-love, but since they're relationship evolves somewhat before anything happens, I'm not too upset about it.

So, sounds intriguing, right? I thought so, until the first part of the book literally kept running in circles like so

1) Avery and Tane meet to discuss her curse and his dreams.
2) She grows impatient with him and is kind of a turd about the whole thing.
3) He fails to stop the curse.
4) Resulting in her passing out at the meer thought of visiting her grandmother.
5) She wakes up & gets pissed.
6) Goes home and fights with her mother.

Repeat.

That is the jist of the first part of the book. And just when the monotony has reached it's breaking point, things FINALLY happen. And then it gets pretty good. The story takes some twists and turns, and I'm not going to lie, I may have teared up a few times over certain events that happen in the latter part of the book. The ending is well executed, but the beginning is brutal. I'm glad to have stumbled upon a decent stand alone though, as opposed to having to commit to a series.

It has its flaws, but definitely deserves a shot.
Salt & Storm is incredible. I knew I was going to love it from that amazing opening chapter, and I did. I held onto that love even when the author ripped my heart out and messed with my emotions. Just…wow. A historical setting, a taste of the paranormal, and a swoon worthy romance are the ingredients for a perfect book when mixed correctly, and oh, how Salt & Storm mixes them right. Avery has lived on Prince Island her entire life, just like the generations of Roe women before her. It’s a small whaling community, and as the island witch, her grandmother keeps the whalers and their families safe. But her time is coming to an end, and Avery should be taking over, since her mother has sworn off magic. Then she has a dream, where she dies, and she knows she’ll never be the next witch unless she can find a way to change the future.

The alternate history setting of Salt & Storm was perfect, and not just because the mid-1800s are my favorite to read about. It just fit with the magical aspect and really amplified the struggles between Avery and her mother (a character that I loved to hate, so much!). I also loved getting to know a little more about whaling, which is probably weird. But Prince Island is almost as dependent on whales as they are on the Roe witches. It’s a time where kerosene is starting to gain popularity, and whales are becoming increasingly rare. It’s no wonder the town folk go a bit mad when learn about Avery’s grandmother’s failing spells…

Salt & Storm has an amazing romance! It doesn’t really come about until halfway through, and then does become quite important, but not in an annoying insta-love way. It tugged at my emotions, made me smile, and made me cry! Yes, I cried! It is tragic and beautiful and sad and…my emotions! Avery and Tane–the tattooed harpoon boy!–come together because he was told of a young witch who could interpret dreams. He agrees to help her get to her grandmother if she reads all of his dreams for him. Of course, they grow close, and then there’s a twist and it killed me! But then I figured out another twist that would untwist that twist, but then it didn’t matter because it was all going to happen regardless! And then I cried. Quite the emotional investment on my part.

I absolutely loved Salt & Storm! I do not have a single complaint about it, except maybe that it broke my heart and I was not expecting that. I went into this expecting excitement, adventure, magic and romance! Well, I got all of that plus more! Avery’s relationship with magic, her mother, and grandmother was amazing and I didn’t see that all coming! Her romance with Tane was sooooo good and tragic! Then there’s her relationship with the island and their inhabitants, which was complicated and certainly screwed up. I just loved everything it had to offer!

*Disclaimer I received this book from the publisher through NetGalley for review. No compensation was offered or accepted.