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- Content warnings: Religious trauma, Homophobia/transphobia, Drowning, Grief, Violence, Blood, Substance abuse, Parental abuse, Death of loved one
The Woman from the Waves
by Roslyn Sinclair
A rare sapphic romantasy that earns every page of its 564-page length - the slow burn between a woman leaving the church and a shapeshifting sea spirit is genuinely exquisite, and the Orkney Islands setting feels like a character itself.
goodreads 4.43/5 1,216 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length564 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Emotional / loving
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Slow burn
- F/F
- Medium
- Emotional / loving
- Book hangover
- Mysterious stranger
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- Forbidden love
- Slow burn with late spice
- Romantic fulfillment
- Protector
- Only one who understands them
- Slow / sensual
- Cathartic release
- Experienced x innocent
- Tension / anticipation focus
- The swoon
- She falls first
- Worship / reverence
- Earned hope
- Found family
- First time / discovery
- Touch starvation
- Eye contact intensity
- Longing glances
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Neck kisses / neck touching
Fantasy promise
- Fantasy romance
- Coastal / island / beach
- Low fantasy / secret magic
- Shapeshifter
- Beauty and the beast
- Small town / village
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- Mythological
- Mermaids/sirens
- Temple / church / monastery
- Monster romance
- Opposites attract
- Healing romance
- Hidden identity
- Immortal/mortal romance
- Rescue romance
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Romantic
- Lyrical
- Heavy
- High
- Innocent / sheltered
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- Sapphic
- Mythic
- Lush
- Runaway / on the run
- Intense
- Immersive
- Survivor
- Atmospheric
- Dreamy
- Emotional
- Introspective
- Sensual
- Poetic
- Yearning
- Dramatic
- Ethereal
- Orkney Islands windswept coast
- Scottish folklore immersion
- Religious deconstruction
- Each-uisge mythology
- Ocean and storm imagery
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Book details
- Length
- 564 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book