Coming of age story about a young girl, Kya who was slowly abandoned by everyone in her family, leaving her alone to fend for herself and living in a small shack in the marsh, isolated from society. Over the years, she was shunned by the town, and became known as the "Marsh Girl”. The town's golden boy mysteriously dies, and Kya finds herself at the receiving end of the town people’s anger and suspicion.

My thoughts: -
I have mixed feelings about this book, overall I thought the story was really good but I don’t have any strong feelings towards the book, and I did not love the book like other readers have. I enjoyed reading about Kya’s journey growing up and surviving in the marsh. I also enjoyed the romance elements of the book and Kya’s attempts to open herself up to a relationship. I found the first half of the book abit dull and slow, but the second half was a lot more interesting.

I also felt that abit lost when reading some of the descriptions of the marsh, some of the sentences I had to read a couple of times to understand what it meant