In Sea-Salt Tears {ss}

by Seanan McGuire

Ebook, 2012

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Available

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Fic SF McGuire

Publication

Publisher Unknown (0101)

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LibraryThing member Trialia

Review from 1st read, August/September 2012. 2nd read, March 2013.

Firstly, for anyone who hasn't seen this about: the ebook is available through Seanan's website, seananmcguire.com. It's free to download and is not available in print form at this point.

Secondly, for Toby readers who have never

heard Seanan's music, I suggest you try to find the song "In This Sea", from her album "Stars Fall Home" (now sadly out of print). It ties in perfectly to this, its companion story. I read this a while after learning and loving the song, and the references in the song hit me like a 2 by 4 when I read the novella. A nice 2 by 4 though.

"In Sea-Salt Tears" is a beautiful, sometimes breathtaking 20-page novella about Elizabeth and Annie, both characters any reader of Seanan McGuire's Toby Daye series will have met by other (and the same) names by the end of "One Salt Sea".

It's possible to read and love this before you know who they are. It gives more nuance and depth when you read it after. It's a lovely romance between two women who are what they are, what they must be, and what they choose to be - even if that means losing other parts of their lives. I definitely recommend it. Have tissues nearby if you're an emotional type, and even if you're not; you might cry a bit. I did, and I would not consider myself an overly emotional type of person. Seanan just knows how to get to me. And I'm glad she does!

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LibraryThing member raselyem7

I really liked this one! Just beautiful, I particularly appreciated the way the character's sexuality was just there, it wasn't over-explained, it just was.

Very nicely done.

LibraryThing member librarycatnip

I really liked this one! Just beautiful, I particularly appreciated the way the character's sexuality was just there, it wasn't over-explained, it just was.

Very nicely done.

LibraryThing member lavaturtle

A beautiful, heartbreaking story about two people faced with impossible choices.

LibraryThing member tldegray

This story is one of my favorite things I've read so far this year. It's full of all the things I like: learning who you are and who you want to be; wonderful, exciting, new love; making painful choices and learning harsh lessons. It's part of the October Daye series but you can certainly read it

on its own. [2013 Hugo Nominee Reading]

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