Remarkably Bright Creatures

hank you @bibliolifestyle and Ecco Books for this gifted copy.

I’m so very excited to read this marvelous debut book! It has been getting rave reviews, and after reading the synopsis I know it’s a story I’m going to fall in love with!

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘈 𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘖𝘷𝘦, 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸'𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴

𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago.

Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.

Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late.

Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.

💬𝐀𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝?