The Saltwater Curse

5⭐️2🌶

I decided to participate in Mer-May and picked a book off my TBR. I'd been planning on reading this one for a while now so this was the perfect excuse to move it to the top. Oh my goodness, this book was phenomenal, I absolutely loved it. It's a Hades and Persephone retelling essentially. It covers some very deep themes that are cut with humor and a sweet MMC. The FMC, Cindi, escapes her abusive marriage by stabbing her husband in the neck. She flees the US and makes it to China after stealing proprietary microchip information from her deceased husband. His powerful rich crime family comes after her. She keeps moving around and eventually winds up in Indonesia. The MMC Ordus is a Kraken. He's a mutant Kraken though who has alot of human features. When I read the blurb for the book I assumed it was going to be fantasy, but it ended up being contemporary or urban fiction taking place in present day. I wasn't sure how that was going to work out but it was great, so much better than I expected. Ordus is the king of the Kraken and his domain was cursed by a sea witch many years ago. His kingdom is slowly dying along with his people. His mother and his two siblings were killed years ago. He is totally alone and his people never even wanted him to be king because he's an "abomination". He is drawn to Cindi because she's his fated mate, but he never expected his mate to be a human. His only companion over the years is another "abomination" Vasz who is a shark-dog-octopus hybrid thing. He acts like a dog but Vasz and Ordus can speak to eachother. Vasz is absolutely hilarious. He loves coconuts and has his own chapters. They are an absolute riot. Cindi suffers from PTSD from the domestic abuse and has been in fight or flight for the past 15 months. The entire book works though her PTSD and learning to trust again. I personally appreciated that it didn't just get glossed over or hurriedly resolved. It takes a long time for Ordus and Cindi to get on the same page. I thought the book was very well written. I didn't find the spice overly spicy. With Ordus being a Kraken I was expecting more craziness. Maybe I'm getting jaded. Either way, I loved this one, it was so fun.

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