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- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Torture, Gore, Body horror, Dismemberment, Blood, Death, Murder, Captivity, Imprisonment, Abuse, Sexual trauma, Trauma, Childhood trauma, Sexual content
The Wicked Sea
by Jordan Stephanie Gray
Book 1 in The Wicked Sea
Scorching hate-to-lust with a winged warlock and a pink-haired killer mermaid, soul-bound against their will and racing across a gory dark-fantasy world for a god's heart.
goodreads 3.72/5 102 ratings
storykind_community 5/5 1 rating
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Length448 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Intense / passionate
- Tension finally satisfied
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- Dark/tortured soul
- Morally gray x morally gray
- Rough / primal
- Feral brain activated
- Morally gray
- Possessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming
- The swoon
- Brooding prince
- Power imbalance
- Dirty talk heavy
- Addictive read
- Possessive alpha
- Captor/captive
- Tension / anticipation
- Adrenaline rush
- Cursed
- Who did this to you
- Desperate / urgent
- Vicarious thrill
- Touch her and die
- Power dynamic
- Push and pull
- Possessive/protective
- Reluctant allies to lovers
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Wall pinning
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Eye contact intensity
- Ear whispers / breath on neck
- Marking hickeys
- Magic-infused intimacy
- Power exchange
- Possessive
- Marking
- Claiming
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Dominance
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Ship / at sea
- High fantasy
- Mermaids/sirens
- Forced proximity
- Coastal / island / beach
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- Grimdark / dark fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Magic bond
- Underground / underworld
- Dark romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Adventure romance
- Captive romance
- Heist romance
- Forbidden love
- Mermaid romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Heavy
- Survivor
- Seductive
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- Snarky/sarcastic
- Intense
- Atmospheric
- Feral/unhinged
- Dangerous
- Cinematic
- Runaway / on the run
- Spicy
- Punchy
- Warrior/fighter
- Edgy
- Deceptively deadly
- Feral
- Banter-heavy
- Gritty
- Sensual
- Unhinged
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 448 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book