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- Content warnings: Violence, Blood, Gore, Death of a parent, Suicidal ideation, Kidnapping, Captivity, Animal death, Injury detail
Of Rime and Ruin: A Beauty and the Beast Winter Mermaid Romance
by Liesl West
Book 2 in Sirens of Adria
A spicy Beauty and the Beast retelling with arctic mermaids and a cursed Frost King who shifts into a clawbeast.
goodreads 4.27/5 414 ratings
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Length456 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Passionate / intense
- The swoon
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- King / ruling monarch
- Love/hate tension
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Cursed
- Captor/captive
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Brooding prince
- Morally gray love interest (LI)
- Possessive / claiming
- Addictive read
- Monster
- Tension
- Dark/tortured soul
- Anticipation
- Longing glances
- Wall pinning
- Possessive/protective
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Claiming
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Beauty and the beast
- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Mermaids/sirens
- Fairytale retelling
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- Underground / underworld
- Monsters
- Prison / captivity
- Captive romance
- Arctic regions
- Forbidden love
- Interspecies romance
- Mermaid romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Moderate
- Royalty
- MC 20-30
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- Lush
- Siren
- Ethereal
- Dramatic
- Snarky/sarcastic
- Magical
- Lyrical
- Monster tamer / beast bonded
- Yearning
- Emotional
- Haunting
- Intense
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Frozen wasteland
- Bonds forged in war
- Forbidden desire
- Cursed bloodline
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Book details
- Length
- 456 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book