A review by ginameix
Salt Magic by Hope Larson, Rebecca Mock

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This was a fun read, I enjoyed the characters and the stakes seemed reasonable for the story. A good middle grade to early high school e read for fans of Howl's Moving Castle or Séance Tea Party. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Abandonment, and War

There is a panel or two depicting dead bodies - there are sheets over the bodies and they do not die on screen. The main character often feels abandoned by her brother who left for the war there is a brief moment in which a beetle and a gecko die during a 'circle of life' moment. They are not characters in the book. The main character's brother has just returned from the war and has a few flashbacks to it as well as some PTSD symptoms from it but they are not focused on. There is one scene in which the main character is threatened by a gun.