"Wow! This is a phenomenal debut! I almost passed this book up, but the cover made me do a double take 😉, and I am so glad that I read this! This book took me by surprise, and just sucked me right in. There were many emotions throughout this book, and I even cried early on in Chapter Two!

I feel that I cannot give even the briefest description of what this book is about, because then I feel I would be giving away major spoilers. I suggest picking this book up, and just reading the pages. You will fall in love with Honor, Tom, and Grace. You will feel their thoughts, and feel each ounce of pain and grief that they go through.

This book is unlike any book that I have ever read, and I love the uniqueness. I learned many new things/facts from reading this book, and I now have a new favorite poem, “Hymn to Beauty� ~ by Baudelaire.

This book is about grieving, it’s heartbreaking, it’s about finding love again. I just loved everything about it! I say add this book to your shelf immediately as it is worth it!
(4.5 stars- rounded up!)

Many thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, and the author for a DRC of this book which I had the pleasure of reading. All opinions are my own.
Publication date: June 10, 2025"

"It is 1 am and I’ve just finished reading Wild Dark Shore. My newborn son is fast asleep in his bassinet beside me and my eyes are crusted with salt water. Choking back tears while simultaneously trying to keep a baby asleep is no easy feat.

There is a storm raging outside as I type this from the comfort of my warm bed, in my beloved beachside town. Three miles away, I am certain the waves are roaring much like the monstrous waves of Shearwater.

Oh, Shearwater. Oh, Salt family. How you captured my bookish heart and ripped it out of my mighty chest. I thought I had lung capacity much alike to that of Fen Salt (insert seal noise here) yet here I am, finding myself breathless from yet another beautifully tragic, profoundly powerful, emotionally charged, quiet yet roaring novel written by McConaghy.

This book is so much more than climate fiction, it is an enigma of sorts. Family drama intertwined with a mystery and at the heart of it all� love, so so much love. "

Johanna Zerafa is on page 202 of 320 of Broken Country