𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲🕒: 3 minutes
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Kate King✍🏻 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 490📖
📄𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩!📄
THE QUICK AND DIRTY
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Interconnected Standalone
𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲: HAE
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: Dual POV
“𝙄 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚, 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙩. 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.”
TROPES
🐚 Hate to Love
🔱 Second Chance Romance
🐚 One Bed
🔱 Also, one… boat
🐚 Forgotten Memories
🔱 Touch Her and 💀
🐚 Fiery, Stubborn MFC
🔱 “Fuck it”
FYI, there are two more books in this series, I’ve reviewed both 👀
By far my favorite Little Mermaid retelling to date. This one is giving Little Mermaid meets Pirates of the Caribbean with a sprinkle of Princess Bride—and Kate wove in those storybook details without making them feel forced or overdone.
“𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨… 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙡𝙡.” — Odessa
Everything from Dessa “losing” her voice, to Alix bringing her trinkets from the human world, to her slightly out-of-control hoarding problem felt like a love letter to the original tale—while still being completely Kate’s own.
And then there’s Kastian. Our boy reads like he has a dash of OCD, which makes his inability to control his feelings for Odessa feel like being strapped to the front of a runaway rollercoaster (no brakes, no mercy). Add in a soul bond, and his “mild obsession” goes nuclear.
“𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝. 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝.” -Kastian
And honestly? I love a man who goes a little unhinged for his MFC.
“𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘹𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘐 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴.”
“𝙄’𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙. 𝙃𝙤𝙬’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙮?”
😂😂😂
Now, on the spice front: we don’t kink shame in this house, but Dessa and Kas were getting very public and very sandy. Like, I couldn’t stop wondering—did no one else question the logistics of sand in… delicate places? 🫣
Plot-wise, I loved that Jett played a bigger role this time—it makes me think he’s being set up as the next MMC (maybe with Aurelia?). I wouldn’t hate a Jett/Connell pairing either 👀 Either way, I’m crossing my fingers for more Captain James Connell in future books.
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Ready to dive into Fox and Aurelia’s story? Check out my review of A Hunger in Every Heart. (And be ready to fall for tall, dark, and broody 😏)
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