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A Ship of Bones & Teeth

Karina Halle

3.66 AVERAGE

sandra_vaiana's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

abmalada's review against another edition

4.0

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A good, solid pirate romance. Though it hasn’t stopped me from reading them, I can never NOT imagine Captain Jack Sparrow anytime I read certain pirate-y lines (e.g., “Savvy?”).

So far, I’ve only read Halle’s retellings (the other was [b:Blood Orange|58245394|Blood Orange (The Dracula Duet, #1)|Karina Halle|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1662563849l/58245394._SX50_.jpg|91293885]/[b:Black Rose|62923533|Black Rose (The Dracula Duet, #2)|Karina Halle|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1670781065l/62923533._SX50_.jpg|98742485] which is a Dracula retelling) but I do not mind them as much as I keep thinking I will. While this is a The Little Mermaid retelling, it’s not so much retelling the plot of the movie as it is fictionalizing what could’ve happened after. It does give the author a bit of leeway (which is perhaps not a good thing) that I can get by with less background to the story, because I’m already familiar with the context thanks to the original story.

The romance was good, if a bit cheesy at times, but I didn’t really feel any angst from the “enemies” to lovers part. I don’t really feel that she was ever his enemy or vice versa. It’s much more of a captor/captive situation. Thankfully, Maren (our FMC) points this out, but the abduction, forced proximity, and angst is really not that bad when you consider how awful her husband, Aerik, is.

Also, extremely sad that Goodreads doesn’t have a listing for the Fabled edition, which I got from Half Price Books, because the cover is beautiful.

bitch's review against another edition

1.0

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4 וחצי אם היא לא הייתה אנטישמית

samikeena's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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- 2 stars -

The story itself sits comfortably at a 3-star level — engaging, interesting, though occasionally repetitive and a bit longer than necessary.

Unfortunately, the audiobook quality dragged the entire experience down. The female narrator was shockingly bad. It sounded like she recorded the entire thing through a laptop mic while whispering so as not to wake a sleeping baby next to her. No energy, no clarity, just a flat, muffled delivery that made it hard to stay engaged. Honestly, it was so distracting I almost didn’t finish. This performance desperately needs a re-recording with proper equipment

paris_ducky's review

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I feel like some parts of the story should've been longer and were rushed through. Especially in part 2 but apart from that this was a fantastic read i would reread anyday

kayla_reads830's review

5.0

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This Little Mermaid retelling was so well written! I knew that I liked this author’s work from past books I have read, but this one really packed a punch for me. It was a wild ride I never wanted to end! Maren really surprised me towards the end with how she handled her situation. She really is the strong main character energy and I quite liked her a lot. Bones was another surprise I didn’t see coming! Monsters call to monsters is an understatement! This was such a fun read and I can’t wait to be back in this world of kickass pirates.

thelibrarylibra's review

4.0

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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 ╭──── 🌿 𝙰 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝙱𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 & 𝚃𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚑 by 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞
╰ ❝𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚘. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝, 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕, 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚝. 𝙾𝚑, 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚢 … 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎.❞

｡☆✼★━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━★✼☆｡

╭──── ❌ 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 ❌

‣ sexual content with dubious consent
‣ possessive & toxic romance
‣ abuse and violence
‣ bondage
‣ captivity

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╭──── ♡ 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐎𝐘...

✦ the little mermaid meets pirates meet vampires?
✦ i hate you, i love you
✦ spicccyyyyyy
✦ touch her, i kill you

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╭──── 🌿 O V E R A L L:
╰ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5

“𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴.

𝘈 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘌𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢—𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘌𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦—𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.”

This book is a total stand-out in the enemies-to-lovers genre. It’s the perfect cocktail of spice, possessiveness, dark fantasy, and magic—all shaken, not stirred. Ramsey is brooding, fiercely protective, and very good at taking control (in every sense), but Maren?
She never loses her spark. Fire meets fire, and it burns.

As for the spicy scenes… whew. Let’s just say I had to cross my legs and remind myself it’s fiction. Daddy—I mean Captain Ramsey—has talents that go well beyond sailing ships. 😅

I gave it 4 stars mainly because I found myself wanting more backstory on the side characters. There were so many intriguing personalities, and I would’ve loved a deeper dive into their stories.

Fair warning: check the trigger warnings before you dive in. But if you do? Bon voyage, smutty sailors. 🏴‍☠️🔥 

vv_books's review

4.0

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I inhaled this book, I could barely sleep with how excited I was to pick it up again in the morning. That's on me for starting it at 9PM, smh. So happy it was a standalone, because I could not take a cliffhanger, I was already on the edge of my seat from the 80% mark, but also very sad, because I wanted more time with these characters, all of them!

Our leading lady and the swoony, 'dirty pirate' were simply mesmerizing, I kicked my little feet and giggled to myself whenever they shared a scene. Their chemistry was off the charts and the steamy scenes... !!! Phew!

laura_devouring_books_crumpets's review

5.0

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i cant wait to read more by this Author.....


The little mermaid where Eric is awful and a Pirate King Steal this sirens Heart, and a seawitch who controls the kraken!!!!!

I loved the world and definitely had some chilli pepper moments, along with some tearjerk moments......

thepagesiread's review

4.0

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3.5 ⭐️
Overall, a fun book, The little mermaid meets Pirates of the carribean.
A few grammatical and editing errors, and perhaps I was looking for a bit more depth, but it had a good pace and plot and was an enjoyable read