Salt

Oh wow, this book was something way different than what I expected. Or, rather, I don't know what I actually expected, but I ended up loving this! It's told in vignettes, from the point of view of the second oldest in the family. The reader is dumped into a sea monster fight, and then slowly finds out what these four kids are travelling around and hunting them in the first place. In other words, this book starts out with a whole lot of fanfare and not much explanation. It does a really good job of going back and filling things in though.

I think what I really loved was the familial relationships in this story. Moskowitz shows a family who bickers, and sometimes all out fights, but at the end of the day still have deep love for one another. She shows the good times, with giggles and games. She also shows the parts where love is there, but it's shadowed by guilt and anger. It was so refreshing to see a real feeling family unfold, even if they were sea monster hunters at the same time.

So yeah, this was heartfelt and a lot of fun!