Sylvia Bishop has a written a whole new world in On Silver Tides, with its own myths and history. It’s a watery Twilight, or a freshwater version of Helen Dunmore’s Ingo books. The kind of storytelling that stops your breath and weaves knots around your heart. Exquisite, and hard to leave behind.

This book is a gift of rare imagination and luminous writing. I haven’t read something so original and immersive in a long time. On Silver Tides is a classic in the making and I loved every word.