Previous SFF Author: Katherine Rundell
Anna Katherine is the pseudonym for two women (Anna Genoese and Katherine Macdonald) who have both worked in the publishing industry for most of their lives. They wrote Salt and Silver to be a jolly romp, starring a type of heroine they love but rarely see in romance novels. You can read the first chapter at their website.
Salt and Silver by Anna Katherine
Blurbs for Salt and Silver use the word “romp” often enough that I was expecting something in the vein of paranormal chick lit. I was surprised, then, by the dark places Salt and Silver goes, and Anna Katherine‘s ability to both scare the daylights out of me and break my heart.
Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised, given that the whole story is about going to, well, Hell.
Our heroine is Allie,
Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 4 | Anna Katherine | SFF Reviews | no comments |
Previous SFF Author: Katherine Rundell
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