Thank you Netgalley for the ARC of this book.


This book has it all.
Conservation- ✅
Mystery - ✅
Atmosphere - ✅
Self reflection- ✅

Charlotte does it again where she mixes the themes of climate change and mystery together flawlessly with a wonderful dash of self discovery.

If you are a fan of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves you will absolutely love this book.

Setting a lighthouse in Antarctica where a family and scientists are caring for a seed storage facility to help grow food in our ever changing disaster of climate change.

The characters are compelling and you feel their stress, unease and hopefulness throughout the gripping tale. The theme is tough but absolutely necessary, the seas are rising.

I was lucky enough to listen to the audio as well and let me tell you the Narrators are absolutely fantastic and provide an even more emersive experience. I felt like I was out there shivering with the seals.

I highly recommend you take a chance on this book.

Once in a great while a book comes along that grabs a hold of me and doesn’t let go. WILD DARK SHORE is a gripping blend of climate fiction and literary suspense that will easily find its way to the top of my 2025 favorites.

The Salt family lives on a remote subantarctic island between Tasmania and Antarctica and are caretakers for the world’s largest seed bank. Researchers have left the island due to rising ocean tides and the Salt family are left as the last inhabitants; that is until a woman washes up on the shore. With her arrival brings an unraveling of secrets with catastrophic consequences.

To say the setting is atmospheric is a complete understatement. A treacherous landscape. A tumultuous sea. Unforgiving conditions that bring out the best in some, and the worst in others.

I have loved each of Charlotte McConaghy’s books, but WILD DARK SHORE is nothing short of incredible. Through themes of loss, sacrifice, and motherhood McConaghy powerfully explores the ghosts we carry. The story manages to be both deeply sad yet earnestly hopeful for humanity all at the same time.

Saskia Marleveld is a standout in this full cast audiobook narration. The full cast production makes for an immersive audiobook experience and adds to the tension of the story.

READ THIS IF YOU:
-are drawn to emotionally riveting stories
-find climate fiction fascinating
-love when a setting is a character in and of itself

RATING: 5/5
PUB DATE: March 4, 2025

Many thanks to Macmillan audio and NetGalley for an electronic ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A seed bank in Antarctica becomes the setting for an unsettling, dystopian thriller. One family has been left to care for the seed bank, they have been alone for years, but then a woman washes up on the island. Both the Salt family, and Rowan are drawn together, but both are keeping secrets. When Rowan discovers a recently dug for dinnergrave on the island, she begins to wonder if she should trust her newfound family