I picked this up without having read the "prequel", [b:The Litany of Earth|21943848|The Litany of Earth (The Innsmouth Legacy, #0.5)|Ruthanna Emrys|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1398031519l/21943848._SX50_.jpg|41247953], and ages since I've picked up any Lovecraft so I'm sure I missed a fair bit of it but the world-building in top-notch, and I really like the upturning of the Lovecraftian fear of the other by showing us the religion from the point of view of an Innsmouth descendent. The ending got a bit convoluted and difficult to follow or felt somewhat unevenly paced but all in all a worthy read, maybe I'll come back to this after reading the rest of the Innsmouth Legacy series.