Wild Dark Shore @MacmillanAudio @CharMcConaghy

Wild Dark Shore is another gripping, thought provoking and mysterious novel by Charlotte McConaghy. She captures the isolation and the beauty of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. brilliantly. The island was once full of researchers but now it is home to Dominic Salt and his three children. There are precious seeds on the island that must be protected and transported off the island. The sea levels are rising and during a storm, Rowan, a woman washes up on the shore. Trust is a big issue in this book as many of the characters have secrets. Can Rowan trust the Salts? Cam the Salts trust Rowan?

I was swept away to the island of Shearwater by Charlotte McConaghy’s beautiful writing and vivid descriptions. She captured the trapped feeling that I love in books. I have enjoyed two of her previous books, Once There Were Wolves and Migrations. Both involve bleak settings, research, survival, climate change, and people leaving things behind for research and the greater good.

I enjoyed the mystery of this book. I wonder what happened to the sabotaged radios and the graves. I also enjoyed the bonds of the family, the love, the choices and actions we make for those we love, the island, and the descriptions of the wildlife that lives on the island.

This book has many levels which deal with loss, grief, secrets, love, family, climate change, survival, and the future. This book moves at a slower pace and while I struggle immensely with slower paced books, I did not mind the slower pacing in Wild Dark Shore. I found that it fits the plot and descriptions of life on the island perfectly.

I listened to the audio version of this book and the narrators did a fantastic job of bringing Wild Dark Shore to life.

Thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.