A review by bookloversofantastic
Leviathan's Song by Elsie Winters

4.0

This book was really good and sweet ! It’s a slow-burn paranormal romance between a little human/elf and a half-merman. The story is really slow-building but it’s well done according to the characters.

Elara is known for the beautiful magical pieces that she crafts, but she’s also capable to built dangerous devices. While the magical mafia is interested in her talent, she already has things to fear and should not be allured by the beautiful voice calling her each time she sees him. Levi is a half-merman cast aside by his people who prefers to live in the human world, using his singing talent to survive, but he wasn’t prepared for his meeting with Elara and the profound temptation that she will represent.

Elara is a really sweet person, using her talent to help people by creating pieces embedded with magic. Her past experience with golem scares her and she doesn’t want to see her work being used for violence, but when sprites are threatened she realises that some things need to change. Being half-breed is not easy for a merman, rejected all his life by his mother’s people, Levi holds lots of bitterness against mer and fears the implication of his magic on his relation with Elara.

A wonderful story, with exceptional characters, I just love Sidney and her brother Josh, and also Levi’s roommates Jordan and Grim. Can’t wait to see what will happen next.