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selkierosemary · 18 days

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Your local selkie tumblogger not the best at taking pretty photos but I had to show you all this new book called A Sweet Sting of Salt that I just got for my lesbian book hoard, because it's about a selkie! If you're familiar with the fisherman's wife story then you can guess what the selkie is dealing with. I'm so excited to read this!

#selkies #selkie books #selkie folklore #a sweet sting of salt #i was also gifted the little stuffed seals i put in this photo! the seashells and stuff are just off my desk.#i heard we are supposed to take pretty pictures of books so i did my best.#readwomen #rose sutherland #about to put this book with my literally unexaggeratedly life changing tides by our own betsy cornwall #bookblr #the rest of my regularly scheduled lesbian book posting is on my sideblog but obviously this needed to be posted here #selkie enthusiasts of tumblr need to know

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lgbtqreads · 21 days

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New Releases: April 9, 2024

Young Adult Every Time You Hear That Song by Jenna Voris They say to never meet your idols. But they never said anything about upending your life for a quest designed by one. Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who’s as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper. The…

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oracleofmadness · 1 month

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Wow! The tale of The Selkie Wife is already very intense but very good. However, this author took this fairytale and created a Sapphic, illuminating, just brilliant retelling. Honestly, I couldn't ask for anything better. This is just brilliant.

Jean, a midwife in the early 1800s in Nova Scotia, meets Muirin and her husband Tobias. After getting to know them, she realizes there is definitely a problem in their relationship.

I really felt the isolation and unsettling feelings that the author created in this book. The characters and the atmosphere were phenomenally done. I really was taking by how much I felt a part of this story through the author's descriptions.

I definitely recommend this!

Out April 9, 2024!

Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!

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rheadionne · 20 days

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Check out my review of A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland

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ilikereadingactually · 24 days

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A Sweet Sting of Salt

A Sweet Sting of Salt by Rose Sutherland

i have to get this out of the way first: i can't stand this cover. it doesn't match the book at all imo. this cover says "sexy YA romance," and doesn't say "queer historical fantasy" to me at all, and folks looking for sexy YA romance will be disappointed, and folks looking for queer historical fantasy will have a hard time finding it. but my feelings about cover design aside, i did in fact look closer at this book, and decided to read it, and loved the hell out of it! a very charming pearl inside an oyster. which is actually not a great metaphor, because i like the way oysters look aesthetically, and i do not like the way this cover looks aesthetically. i'll stop going on about it, i've typed enough words that the image has gone mostly above the fold.

so! this was a lovely book! it's set in the early 1800s in Nova Scotia, which i know nothing about, but that didn't actually matter to my enjoyment. it's not really about the history of the time, aside from the way of life and social mores of this little town by the ocean. which is a plus for me personally because i'm bad at/not terribly interested in historical Events, i'm always more compelled by the characters and their relationships. so i was very compelled here by Jean, unmarried twentysomething lesbian midwife; Jean's mentor/surrogate mother Anneke and her friend/surrogate brother/fellow queer Laurie; especially compelled by Muirin, the "mysterious" Scottish wife of Jean's neighbor.

i say "mysterious" in quotes only because it takes Jean quite a while to figure out what's going on with Muirin, on several levels--which is not a problem! Sutherland does an excellent job of keeping Jean's gradual understanding believable, while also giving the genre-savvy reader everything we need to see the story under the story. the dramatic irony is delightful. the slow building love story is delightful. the dips into historical queerness was delightful, well-balanced and given with nuance. the climactic tension was tense as hell, the resolution made me weepy, and best of all...selkies!! surprise, this is a selkie story, which is one of my favorite things. it's a struggle for me not to be one of those white girls who is uncomfortably woo-woo about what she thinks is the witchy pagan spirituality of her Celtic ancestors because one of her great grandfathers came over from Ireland. selkies bring it out in me though T^T

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how i read it: an e-galley from NetGalley, which i read in one sitting after work yesterday, cuddled in bed. what bliss.

try this if you: saw The Secret of Roan Inish at a formative age and/or just are into selkies, love seeing historical queers find ways to be together, dig kidfic, or long for the ocean.

some bits i really liked: Muirin and Jean being relatable

Jean caught a glimpse of Muirin's back past his shoulder; she sat on the bed in the far room, gazing out the window at the sea. Jean couldn't have said why she was sure Muirin was looking over the woodlot to the bay, and not at the trees or the empty field behind the house, but she was certain of it, somehow. Muirin had grown up on an island, and she could be twenty miles inland and still have seagulls in her eyes., was the sort who'd pine if she were kept from the shore for long. Jean knew sea-longing too well not to have seen it in Muirin. Some people had salt water in their blood.

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No, what Jean minded about going to church was the people. She was already beginning to chafe at beginning so closed-in with neighbors and didn't want to be in town long enough to have to come again next Sunday. She wasn't used to having to see and talk with a dozen different people and more each day anymore. Maybe in a bigger place it would be different? Where you'd see people but not know them all by name, and have them know you, too, and want to stop you to tell you all about their children, and their business, and their neighbor's business, too. Where you wouldn't have to wonder what they were all thinking about you, or guard yourself as close.

pub date: April 9, 2024!!

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bensbooks · 6 months

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Upcoming in 2024: A Sweet Sting of Salt

When a sharp cry wakes Jean in the middle of the night during a terrible tempest, she’s convinced it must have been a dream. But when the cry comes again, Jean ventures outside and is shocked by what she discovers—a young woman in labor, already drenched to the bone in the freezing cold and barely able to speak a word of English. Although Jean is the only midwife in the village and for miles around, she’s at a loss as to who this woman is or where she’s from; Jean can only assume she must be the new wife of the neighbor up the road, Tobias. And when Tobias does indeed arrive at her cabin in search of his wife, Muirin, Jean’s questions continue to grow. Why has he kept his wife’s pregnancy a secret? And why does Muirin’s open demeanor change completely the moment she’s in his presence? Though Jean learned long ago that she should stay out of other people’s business, her growing concern—and growing feelings—for Muirin mean she can’t simply set her worries aside. But when the answers she finds are more harrowing than she ever could have imagined, she fears she may have endangered herself, Muirin, and the baby. Will she be able to put things right and save the woman she loves before it’s too late, or will someone have to pay for Jean’s actions with their life?

A Sweet Sting of Salt is an adult fantasy retelling of "The Selkie Wife" and is set for release April 9!

#books #booklr #bookblr #upcoming books #a sweet sting of salt #rose sutherland

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siereads · 7 months

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A Sweet Sting of Salt Review

Rating: 5/5

**I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review**

I had to pause on reading this a few different times because it honestly made me anxious. The way Rose Sutherland builds the tension and hostility between Jean and Tobias is absolutely phenomenal but it also made my stomach hurt.

The story overall is fantastic. The relationships between the characters are well-built and oftentimes made me feel like I was sitting around with old friends instead of just reading a book. It doesn't shy away from emotion the way some books do nor does it focus on purely physical aspects of attraction. It's very well-rounded and filled with such a need to love and be loved and to protect those you care about.

I cannot recommend this book enough.

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pipperoni32-blog · 8 months

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A Sweet Sting of Salt

by Rose Sutherland / 4 stars

**expected publish date April 9, 2024**

Selkies are something I'd heard of, though I've never read the The Selkie Wife. Still, when I saw the description for this book, it more than piqued my interest.

The start was a little slow, but I found myself drawn into the storytelling and writing. If you're looking for a fast-paced, thrilling book, this is not the one for you. The story has good pacing and moves along in a way that draws you in, though it stays on the slower side. The story builds, and I found myself drawn to the environment and characters.

I've read a few books with midwife characters, most notably Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien, and I think it's interesting how these women who are such a crucial part of the community can still find themselves outside of it. Jean especially, in the fallout of rumors spread by the mother of her best friend Jo, finds herself unwelcome. So she works to become invaluable, but always stays conscious to never get too close, always refusing to stay after her role in a birth has been fulfilled, doing her job and nothing more. Her perspective and that of the town may not match up though.

When Jean hear's a woman's cry on a stormy night, she can't help but go to investigate. Stunned, she finds a woman about to give birth, who speaks hardly a word of English. It's a struggle to make this woman feel safe as Jean brings her into her home, and tries to get her comfortable. The birth is fast and safe, but there's something unsettling about the way everything went about.

Jean's heard of Tobias' mystery wife, who showed up one day but hasn't been seen around town. Tobias is her closest neighbor, and the woman - Muirin - couldn't have made it far in her condition. The next day Jean goes to him, to let him know both Muirin and his new son are safe. However, Muirin's whole demeanor shifts when Tobias appears, and Jean worries about Muirin's mental state. She insists that Muirin stay with her for a week, to make sure both she and her son are healthy, and that Muirin is up for the task of a newborn.

Jean's own mother committed suicide shortly after Jean's birth, something that has haunted Jean her whole life. She hopes to stop Muirin from meeting the same fate. However, as she spends the week with Muirin, and sees her state of mind and her eagerness to learn English and communicate, Jean begins to suspect something more may be going on at home.

One thing I really enjoyed about this was that when a big event happens toward the end of the book, that wasn't the ending. We were able to see how the characters moved on from this, and how their lives continued. It gave me a closure that I don't always get from books. I wasn't left wanting more, needing to see where these characters would end up, if they'd be happy.

The friendships and community were also a shining point. You felt a sense of being welcomed inside this world, and sharing in it.

Thank you to the publishers through NetGalley for an ARC!

#book review #netgalley #booklr #rose sutherland #a sweet sting of salt

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siriuslygrimm · 9 months

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Secrets of the Sea

#BOOKREVIEW - Secrets of the Sea - #ASweetStingOfSalt #blog

A young midwife comes to the aid of her neighbor’s new, mysterious wife and becomes involved in something far more expansive than she could have anticipated in Rose Sutherland’s A Sweet Sting of Salt. Out the outskirts of a Nova Scotian village along the sea, Jean is awoken in the middle of a night during a storm by a cry; venturing outside to investigate the origin, Jean is surprised to find a…

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simssutherlandlegacy · 2 years

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The quads strolling in from school...

#sims 4 #simblr #sims 4 legacy #alexa sutherland #sutherland family #Sutherland legacy #levi sutherland #rose sutherland #sutherland

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whumpypepsigal · 1 year

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#the unspoken “you’re not alone” gesture

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eggsaladstain · 1 year

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the fact that rose did not hesitate to steal from the right wing conspiracy nuts was SO fucking funny

i love that their dynamic is just:

Source: The Night Agent, Episode 1 (Netflix, 2023)

#the night agent #netflix #peter sutherland #rose larkin #gabriel basso #luciane buchanan #peter x rose #larkland #sutherkin

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lydiaas · 1 year

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sutherkin + height difference

#netflix knew what they were doing #i love how perfectly that last gif sums up the dynamic lmaoo #she's very small but she will kill you #the night agent #thenightagentedit #sutherkinedit #sutherkin #peter x rose #peter sutherland #rose larkin #usergrace #userbrizz

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jolieeason · 20 days

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WWW Wednesday: April 10th, 2024

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme Sam hosts at Taking on a World of Words. The Three Ws are: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? Here is what I am currently reading, recently finished, and plan to read from Thursday to Wednesday. Let me know if you have read or are planning on reading any of these books!! Happy…