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A review by dmniccoli
Surrendering to Scylla by Wren K. Morris
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
4.5
4.5/5. Vicious, skull-bashing, body-squishing lady monster of legend and her sweet, gentle, soft boi lover.
As much as I loved the vicious bits, I loved the time dedicated to learning about Scylla’s and Ophelos’s pasts, how their respective trauma shapes how they perceive the world, relationships, and how they react to things—something they openly talk about with each other to improve communication and to better accommodate and support each other.
And I loved that the focus of this story is on the nymphs and monsters — not the Greek deities that use, abuse, and then carelessly cast them aside — and gives them their agency and pride back.
There was also some very lovely tentacle action - ngl would’ve loved even more.
And while the characters face some really rough obstacles, they’re able to turn things around and there is an HEA. The final chapter made me cry on a plane as I was finishing it.
So looking forward to reading more monster romance by Wren K. Morris.
Content notes (some contain spoilers): sex, tentacle-play, blood, gore, death, bullying, death of major characters.
As much as I loved the vicious bits, I loved the time dedicated to learning about Scylla’s and Ophelos’s pasts, how their respective trauma shapes how they perceive the world, relationships, and how they react to things—something they openly talk about with each other to improve communication and to better accommodate and support each other.
And I loved that the focus of this story is on the nymphs and monsters — not the Greek deities that use, abuse, and then carelessly cast them aside — and gives them their agency and pride back.
There was also some very lovely tentacle action - ngl would’ve loved even more.
And while the characters face some really rough obstacles, they’re able to turn things around and there is an HEA. The final chapter made me cry on a plane as I was finishing it.
So looking forward to reading more monster romance by Wren K. Morris.
Content notes (some contain spoilers): sex, tentacle-play, blood, gore, death, bullying, death of major characters.