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- Content warnings: Domestic violence, Sexual assault, PTSD, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Death of loved one, Gore, Trauma, Physical abuse, Death, Animal death, Racism/bigotry, Body horror, Sexual content
The Saltwater Curse
by Avina St. Graves
Hades and Persephone underwater with a kraken king and a survivor heroine who already killed one monster before this one came for her - and the humor balancing the trauma keeps it from drowning you.
goodreads 3.58/5 8,220 ratings
storykind_community 4.5/5 2 ratings
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Length382 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice4/5 · Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Fated mates
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Monster
- Captor/captive
- Possessive / claiming
- Cathartic release
- Beast / monster
- He falls first
- Rough / primal
- Book hangover
- Secretly soft
- Only soft for them
- Passionate / intense
- The swoon
- Cursed
- Obsessive love interest
- Tender / sweet explicit
- Earned hope
- King / ruling monarch
- Experienced x innocent
- Size emphasis
- The angst delivered
- Possessive alpha
- Slow burn with late spice
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Touch starvation
- Size difference focus
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Marking hickeys
- Wall pinning
- Longing glances
- Monster romance elements
- Tentacle/appendage themes
- Monstrous anatomy
- Size difference
- Bonding/claiming/marking
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Marking
- Voyeurism
- Breeding/fertility themes
Fantasy promise
- Monster romance
- Beauty and the beast
- Coastal / island / beach
- Paranormal
- Kraken / tentacle beings
- Captive romance
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- Underground / underworld
- Mythological
- Monsters
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Forced proximity
- Fairytale retelling
- Interspecies romance
- Kidnapped by the hero
- Soulmate/destined bond
- Healing romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Dark
- Immersive
- Heavy
- Survivor
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- Mental health rep
- Adventurous
- Humorous
- Damaged survivor
- Romantic
- Atmospheric
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Runaway / on the run
- Engaging
- Widow
- Intense
- Cinematic
- Swoony
- Lush
- Beauty and the Beast retelling
- Hades and Persephone retelling
- Forbidden desire
- Cursed bloodline
- Island kingdom
- Underground rebellion
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Book details
- Length
- 382 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book