I love when a book is even better than I hoped it would be. That’s definitely the case with this one!
After Tova’s husband dies, she starts working as a cleaner at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Her friends think she’s crazy, a woman of her age doing that kind of work, but it gives her a sense of purpose, and it keeps her from mourning her husband as well as her son Erik, who disappeared one night more than 30 years ago and was presumed drowned.
Tova strikes up a most unlikely friendship with Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living in the aquarium. Marcellus is smarter and more resourceful than anyone realizes, and he starts to take a liking to Tova too, in his own way.
Little by little, Marcellus starts to realize a secret that’s been kept hidden for years, and he’s determined to help Tova discover the answers she’s been seeking. But it will require every bit of cunning he has left—and could endanger his life.
I didn’t think another non-human character would touch me more than Six-Thirty from Lessons in Chemistry, but Marcellus was amazing. I really enjoyed so many of the characters in this book. It’s the kind of story that will make me look at aquatic creatures a little closer the next time I’m at the aquarium!
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