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A review by matsinko
The Seafarer's Kiss by Julia Ember
1.0
what the hell was all that not-like-other-girls-protag that's hated by all the other girls, bc obv it's how it goes (that's a huge pet peeve of mine), and who's manipulated by her best friend, bc we can't have one (1) good m/f friendship w/o it escalating into some petty one-sided crush?
the main romance was super unconvincing and it just fell flat as the "love interest" wasn't even present half of the time (gotta admit tho, in the first half they did have some cute moments). also, the super unnecessary violence outbreak at their reunion, tf was that? overall, i didn't care for any of the characters at all. i had some issues with the infertile-women-as-broken narrative and generally, i had such huge hopes for that book (f/f little mermaid retelling, are you kidding me, it sounded awesome) but i was left really disappointed. the only character i had any interest towards was loki, but they went too easily in a way? idk.
the main romance was super unconvincing and it just fell flat as the "love interest" wasn't even present half of the time (gotta admit tho, in the first half they did have some cute moments). also, the super unnecessary violence outbreak at their reunion, tf was that? overall, i didn't care for any of the characters at all. i had some issues with the infertile-women-as-broken narrative and generally, i had such huge hopes for that book (f/f little mermaid retelling, are you kidding me, it sounded awesome) but i was left really disappointed. the only character i had any interest towards was loki, but they went too easily in a way? idk.