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Wild Dark Shore: A Novel
Charlotte McConaghy
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An ENTHRALLING new novel from the NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves
“A WILDLY TALENTED writer.” —Emily St. John Mandel.
A family on a remote island. A mysterious woman washed ashore. A rising storm on the horizon.
Dominic Salt and his three children are caretakers of Shearwater, a tiny island not far from Antarctica. Home to the world’s largest seed bank, Shearwater was once full of researchers, but with sea levels rising, the Salts are now its final inhabitants. Until, during the worst storm the island has ever seen, a woman mysteriously washes ashore.
Isolation has taken its toll on the Salts, but as they nurse the woman, Rowan, back to strength, it begins to feel like she might just be what they need. Rowan, long accustomed to protecting herself, starts imagining a future where she could belong to someone again.
But Rowan isn’t telling the whole truth about why she set out for Shearwater. And when she discovers sabotaged radios and a freshly dug grave, she realizes Dominic is keeping his own secrets.
As the storms on Shearwater gather force, they all must decide if they can trust each other enough to protect the precious seeds in their care before it’s too late—and if they can finally put the tragedies of the past behind them to create something new, together.
A novel of breathtaking twists, dizzying beauty, and ferocious love, Wild Dark Shore is about the impossible choices we make to protect the people we love, even as the world around us disappears.
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ofpagesandprint\ \ Dahlia\ \ • Jun 12
[On June 13th, Libro.fm is celebrating Audiobook Month with a global audiobook walk! Audiobooks are my favorite way to consume stories, and I am so excited to celebrate them on the 13th with a stroll. 🥳\ \ Last week, I asked my Bindery community for their audiobook recommendations, and I wanted to share them and some of my favorites with you all in case you need some recs for the walk (or just want to add to your audiobook TBR!):\ \ My Bindery community recommends:\ \
- @Sawyer loves Billy Porter’s Unprotected (narrated by the author)\ \
- @Readingwithlori loves Legendary by Stephanie Garber (narrated by Rebecca Soler) and The Survivor Wants to Die at the End by Adam Silvera (narrated by Frankie J. Alvarez, Kyla Garcia, and Anthony Rey Perez)\ \
- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (narrated by Cooper Mortlock, Katherine Littrell, Saskia Maarleveld, and Steve West)\ \
- Taste by Stanley Tucci (narrated by the author)\ \ \ I recommend:\ \
- Legendary Frybread Drive-In edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith (narrated by Katie Anvil Rich, DeLanna Studi, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Darrell Dennis, Elva Guerra, Erin Tripp, and Jordan Waunch) - A welcoming, sweeping collection of interconnected stories with Native pride, food, and love.\ \
- Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous by Autumn K. England (narrated by Dani Martineck) - A queer, heartwarming, and cozy fantasy filled with farmer's market trips and delicious treats.\ \
- The Children by Melissa Albert (narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Saskia Maarleveld, Kristen Sieh, Leslie Aleman, and Iggy Costello) - A twisty and haunting novel perfect for readers who love dark fairytales that feel like fever dreams.\ \
- Shim Jung Takes the Dive by Julia Riew (narrated by the author) - A hopeful, whimsical, and enchanting middle-grade fantasy with Korean folklore.\ \
- A Potion, A Powder, a Little Bit of Magic by Philip C. Stead (narrated by Daniel Henning) - A quirky, creative, and magical middle-grade tale.\ \
- Celestial Lights by Cecile Pin - A poignant, thoughtful, and charged yet peaceful literary fiction novel.\ \
- The Summer of Lost Things by Jenn Bennett (narrated by Allie Shae) - An addictive and adventurous treasure-hunt romance perfect for summertime.\ \ \ What are you listening to this Saturday? 🎧🫶](https://ofpagesandprint.binderybooks.com/item/DHiBpNox8WVaLUbND1Xt/)
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ofpagesandprint\ \ Dahlia\ \ • Apr 26
[As flowers bloom and baby birds hatch, welcome spring (and continue the Earth Month celebration) with these brilliant books that highlight the power and beauty of nature! S0me are darker, and some are cozier, but all of them are captivating stories that will sweep you away. 🫶🏼\ \
- Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe by C.B. Lee - Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe is a spellbinding, cozy YA fantasy with sapphic love, magic, and a powerful exploration of doing one’s part to take care of the planet in the face of climate change.\ \
- Is It Spring? by Kevin Henkes - Is It Spring? is a calming, peaceful, and captivating children’s book that emphasizes the importance of patience, hope, and nature.\ \
- Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future edited by Grist - Metamorphosis is a thoughtful, immersive short story anthology filled with hopeful, creative stories that present an alternative future of “sustainability, inclusivity, and justice.”\ \
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- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy - Eerie, rainy, romantic, mysterious, and atmospheric, Wild Dark Shore is a gripping cli-fi psychological thriller with powerful descriptions of the nature, weather, and animals of Shearwater (a tiny island near Antarctica).\ \
- Heiress of Nowhere by Stacey Lee - Heiress of Nowhere is an immersive, sea-swept YA historical mystery with lush descriptions of the nature of Orcas Island.\ \
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- The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley - Propulsive and vivid, The Island of Last Things is a creative dystopian novel following two zookeepers at Earth’s last zoo.\ \
- Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves by Jaap de Roode - Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other Animals Heal Themselves is an enlightening, fascinating, and fun read that blends medicine, evolution, agriculture, and animals.\ \
- Brewed with Love by Shelly Page - Witches, sapphic love, and a delightful mystery meet in Brewed with Love, a cozy YA fantasy with a magic system inspired by the properties of redwood trees.\ \
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- Weyward by Emilia Hart - Weyward is a powerful, irresistible novel following three women across five centuries that centers on the power of women, nature, and magic.\ \
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- Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos - Cozy, sapphic, and atmospheric, Homegrown Magic is a welcoming and sweeping fantasy with garden magic and found family.\ \
- Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood - With monsters, mythology, and a harrowing adventure through a Jamaican jungle, Wildblood is a gripping YA novel.\ \
- Wild Is the Witch by Rachel Griffin - Set in the Pacific Northwest, Wild Is the Witch is an enchanting adventure with lush descriptions of Washington’s mountains, banter, only-one-tent, and the cutest owl.\ \ \ Happy reading, and let me know which books you're reading this season! 🫶🏼](https://ofpagesandprint.binderybooks.com/item/4KXnExXDnhjyHdOM41Jn/)
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[I'm back with my scheduled weekly updates after a few-week-long brain break. Sorry for not keeping up with things, but sometimes I just don't really want to be on the internet. You can read this short post if you want to know more.\ \ This week in the book world: \ \ Oh, no! People are surprised that Barnes & Noble didn't treat the Oathbound release in the same way it treated Onyx Storm. It's almost like they're a giant corporation that chooses profits over people. If only there was a pattern of previous behaviors that they could have predicted this. If only they could choose better places to spend their money, you know, like indie bookstores that threw parties and had signed stock and special swag and everything for this release.\ \ Can't wait til the next time this exact thing happens.\ \ This week's publishing news: \ \
- Excited for Luke Larkin's debut, House of Hands, which was pitched as an "atmospheric Western with a paranormal twist, in which a girl in the Montana Territory sets out to find her father after he is carried off by an otherworldly creature".\ \
- Kelly Andrews, author of Your Blood, My Bones, announced a new duology. The Gravewood, was described as "supernatural romance with dystopian elements, about a Deaf girl living in post-climate collapse New England who offers up her blood to the cunning young leader of a local vampire cartel in exchange for desperately needed supplies". Sign me up.\ \
- New John Wiswell's!!! The Dragon Has Some Complaints, which is about "a dragon whose three heads bear three mismatched personalities and the dragon rider trying to befriend all three heads in time for them to save the world together"\ \
- Queer romantasy alert! Sarah Glenn Marsh's We Could Be (Anti)Heroes, "pitched as gay Lord of the Rings, a m/m romantasy in which ex-best friends, the descendants of heroes, must team up to find treasure in a haunted swamp"\ \ \ This week's new releases: \ \
- Oathbound by Tracy Deonn (YA, Fantasy)\ \
- Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid (YA, Dystopian)\ \
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Adult, Fantasy)\ \
- They Bloom at Night by Trang Thanh Tran (YA, Horror)\ \
- Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Adult, Literary)\ \
- The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (Adult, Dystopian)\ \
- The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica (Adult, Horror)\ \ \ What I read this week: \ \ The Devils (Finished):\ \ THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING. The characters, the comedic timing, the storytelling. This book goes up there with Shades of Magic and The Scholomance as one of my favorite adult fantasy series. It made me laugh out loud in an embarrassing fashion and also made me cry. I'm not over it. \ \ The Scorpion Queen (Finished):\ \ This was... fine. I really liked the premise, but the pacing was so weird. It's not a long read, but it felt like it was dragging on for forever. I was also so disappointed when I got to the end and realized it was being set up a series. I will probably not be reading the next one. \ \ Fable for the End of the World (Finished):\ \ Fable for the End of the World has burrowed its way into my soul in ways I cannot even begin to describe. It has all of my favorite things... sapphic longing, enemies-to-lovers arc, dystopian setting... you know, the works. It’s a quick, easy-to-fall in love with read that will have you going back to the nostalgia of 2010s teen fiction.\ \ One For My Enemy (75%):\ \ If you're looking to get into Olivie Blake's writing THIS is where you should start. I love her books, but as I've said many, many times–she's not for everyone. One for My Enemy gives you a good look at her usual tone/storytelling approach, but with a much more traditional narrative approach. Also, it's endlessly quotable. Like, some seriously gorgeous moments. Join my Fable book club if you want to read a few I've pinned.\ \ Brother Brontë (50%):\ \ Lol, I'm supposed to have this finished by Book Club tomorrow. It's not very long, but I'm kind of hating it. The descriptions of the setting and the prose style is hard to describe, but it spends so much time describing things without actually telling you anything. Does that make any sense? Probably not. It's also structured in "4 Books," and they each have a different narrative style, which is kind of chaotic.\ \ Oathbound (10%):\ \ I swear to god if any of you spoil this book for me I will throw my phone/laptop/ipad into the nearest ocean and then I will drive to your home and throw yours in the next nearest ocean.\ \ What I bought/shelved: \ \ I went a little wild at the bookstore this week. Whoops.\ \
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- The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao\ \
- Nightweaver by R.M. Gray\ \
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- Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft\ \
- Fable for the End of the World by Ava Reid\ \ \ Not being on the internet as much has caused a severe decline in books I've shelved, so nothing to report there.\ \ Other Musings: \ \ Sorry for being a "bad" creator last month. I'm feeling much better and will get back to my old habits. Thanks friends. Appreciate you.](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/item/SvQlRwA3kD2ZlCmdfs9J/)
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Not So Well Read\ \ Courtney\ \ • Jan 19 2025
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I was absolutely blessed by the bookstore gods this week when these galleys (physical ARCs) arrived in my hand. Please hold while I try to speed read 3 of these before their indie next deadlines and going semi-feral over new Olivie Blake.
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