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- Content warnings: Anxiety, Grief, Blood, Vomiting / emesis, Sexual content, Murder, Death, Self-harm, Captivity, Kidnapping, Suicide
A Cry for the Deep
by Amanda Linsmeier
Book 2 in The Three Bells
The romance stays tender while the sea debt gets mean. It has the exact fairytale problem you want: one girl trying to save her future before the water takes it back.
goodreads 3.97/5 37 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length304 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice3/5 · Sweet / tender
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Friends to lovers
- F/F
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Sweet / tender
- Earned hope
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- Mutual pining
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Hurt/comfort
- Slow seduction
- The swoon
- Only one who understands them
- Fantasy / supernatural intimacy
- Tension
- Longing glances
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Coastal / island / beach
- Gothic
- Mermaids/sirens
- Fairytale retelling
- Low fantasy / secret magic
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- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Mermaid romance
- Hidden identity
- Secret heir/royalty
- Adventure romance
Reading experience
- First person
- Moderate
- Apothecary
- Sapphic
- Haunting
- Atmospheric
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- Soft/gentle
- Mental health rep
- Romantic
- Lyrical
- Survivor
- Anxiety rep
- Eerie
- Emotional
- Character-driven
- Mysterious
- Hopeful
- Little Mermaid retelling
- Rapunzel retelling
- Bargain with consequences
- Island kingdom
- Star-crossed lovers
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Book details
- Length
- 304 pages
- Publisher
- Keylight Books
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book