I devoured Samantha Hunt’s previous novel, Mr. Splitfoot, last year and it easily fell into my top 10 of the decade (If you have yet to come across Mr. Splitfoot then I implore you to check it out; it has everything you’ll ever need: ghosts! cults! comets!) but The Seas easily steals a spot among my favorites of all time. The Seas is slim, spare, and haunting. I have always been drawn to tales of maritime peril, and while there is no shipwreck here there are […]
This is not a happy story, but hey- neither is The Little Mermaid.
The Seas by Samantha Hunt