Danielle Devlin / Cara Devlin

I’m so pleased I picked it up 🙌

22.11.2024 06:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Background of Bolivian salt flats. In front is the cover of the book The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla.

Martha and Finn are on the trip of a lifetime to the Bolivian Salt Flats. For Martha, it’s a desperate attempt to cure her crippling climate change anxiety, something that’s been added to by the flight pollution she’s caused on the journey so far. For Finn, it’s the final chance to see if his marriage to Martha can survive. Joined by two other couples, Martha and Finn journey to a remote area of the salt flats with Oscar, a self-proclaimed shaman, who plans to help them achieve spiritual enlightenment. However, as each salt ceremony progresses the group have to face different versions of reality with consequences that will leave them all with life changing ultimatums! This book is a masterclass in building tension. I felt consumed, firstly by Martha’s anxiety, and then by the story as a whole which doesn’t let up right until the final sentence. I love books that make you physically feel something and this one definitely does! I read it over a weekend and it’s one of the stories that I was thinking about all the time, I couldn’t wait to get back to it! Throughout the novel the characters have a number of strange experiences, partly due to the conditions of the environment they find themselves in, but also through the salt ceremonies which often result in hallucinations. These parts were so well written, creating a disorienting feeling for the reader that mirrored what the characters were going through without being confusing or taking you out of the story. This added to the tension as both the reader and the characters often didn’t know what was fact and what had been imagined! The salt flats themselves felt like a character in the book and the descriptions are so vivid that I felt like I was right there. It’s actually made me want to visit the area but I think I’ll give Oscar’s retreat a miss! The Salt Flats is one of the best books I’ve read this year so I’d highly recommend.

Time for another #ScottishBookWeek review! Today’s book is The Salt Flats by Rachelle Atalla and while Rachelle is Scottish the book is set in Bolivia. This is one of the best books I’ve read all year so I’d highly recommend it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

21.11.2024 12:01 — 👍 83    🔁 17    💬 5    📌 0

He is such a handsome boy ☺️

21.11.2024 10:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Morning, I’m finally off work for a few days and I’m going to get stuck into #book2 of the Ravens and Wolves trilogy. My handsome writing buddy isn’t too happy about it, unlike Odin, The All-father, he didn’t give his right eye for wisdom, he gave it to pee too close to a holly bush 😩

21.11.2024 10:13 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I absolutely adored One Dark Window ☺️ it’s been my favourite read of this year

21.11.2024 09:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Hello lovely Monica! How are you? So lovely to see you! 💜

20.11.2024 19:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hi I’m Susie a book lover and reviewer from just outside Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. I read quite widely but crime/thrillers have a special place in my heart! When I’m not reading I love to travel, listen to podcasts, hang out with my family, and drink cocktails (Espresso Martini please 🍸)
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19.11.2024 20:15 — 👍 649    🔁 23    💬 56    📌 3

🐺⚔️A Song of Ravens and Wolves ⚔️🐺 available on kindle, Kindle unlimited and paperback - for fans of Game of Thrones, Vikings and The Last Kingdom amzn.eu/d/86IeHnR

19.11.2024 13:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So this is where everyone is hiding? 👋 lovely to see all the lovely faces! For anyone who didn’t know my second book A Song of Ravens and Wolves released 10/10/2024 and I’m using the name Cara Devlin for that series ☺️ #amreading

18.11.2024 18:46 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I need to get better at posting on here, I’m missing so much! Here’s the last event I did over at @waterstones Durham at the book club and signing afterwards! 🙌🥳

03.04.2024 15:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks so much, Tony 😊

22.10.2023 16:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s the best, I’m re-reading it now!

01.10.2023 18:31 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Feels totally surreal seeing it!

24.09.2023 11:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When you get to see your book on the shelves in Waterstones for the very first time! 😱😭🥰

24.09.2023 10:37 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0