#23 The Salt-Black Tree by Lilith Saintcrow

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The direct sequel to Spring’s Arcana tells you right in the beginning you need to have read the first book and there really isn’t much of a infodump if you haven’t done so. Nat is on her way to find the last pieces of the puzzle she needs to save her mother. But even as she meets other divinities, she comes to realize that her mother wants to live and take everything from Nat. Nat inner monologue has her coming around to the idea that her mother didn’t plan on ever loving her and instead really saw her as a tool to manifest her power in this new land. Now Nat must finish her quest to retrieve the heart to fulfill her side of her bargain with Baba Yaga and also not become consumed by other gods and powers that might grow from eating her own developing powers.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through Netgalley