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Salt brings together Hari, a grimly single-minded native boy, with Pearl, a privileged girl from one of the ruling families. She is escaping a forced marriage to a despicable but powerful man, while he seeks to save his father from Deep Salt, the most mysterious and dreaded of the work sites. What they discover is worse than they could have imagined.
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I wasn't as fond of Gool as of Salt. I was quite attached to Hari and it took some time for me to adjust to new protagonists who weren't as interesting as he had been. I found the story itself less compelling as well. Certain plot elements felt contrived, with answers coming too easily. It involved less exploration of society and emphasized more of the mystical and fantastical elements of the story than its predecessor. This might please some readers, but it wasn't what had attracted me to the first novel. Nevertheless, I'll be keeping my eyes open for when the third book hits the market.
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