I picked up this book solely because of its setting. The story is set in Thailand and I do think the author did a nice job describing the country and what life is like there. He mentions in his acknowledgments that he has actually visited Thailand so I trust him with his descriptions. However, other than the creation of the setting, I did not have much interest in this one. As a reader, I lacked a connection to the characters and didn't really care what happened to them in the story. It was an entertaining plot (hence why I gave this three stars instead of two), but please note that there are some very sexually graphic scenes. The Thai sex work industry plays a prominent role in this story and there are some parts that seemed to be more explicit than needed. Overall, Salty was just an okay read and I probably won't go out of my way to recommend this one to others.