Curse of the Nautilus by Ralynn Kimie Book Review

My Review: 

​I really enjoyed this book. It's a shining example of how to have a great plot AND meaningful/impactful romance and relationships. I've seen quite a few books lack in one place or the other, and that would really pull me out of it. Although a bit graphic sometimes, it still wasn't as graphic as other books I've read (scenes I don't enjoy). 

I lived in Hawai'i for a few years and did most of my "growing up" there, as I like to call it, back in middle and high school. This book brought me right back to that time, and it made me miss the culture, honestly. 

I loved the pantheon and the relationships between the gods and goddesses, and feeling the justified rage and fury coming from certain characters gripped me. There were parts that made me uncomfortable, parts that should make everyone uncomfortable, but things in my past gave it more... umph, so to speak, for me. 

I loved reading this villain origin story, and I look forward to book 2 if it ever gets written. I'll definitely be scouring Kickstarter for it, as well!

Summary: 

There was once a sea witch with powers that rivaled Poseidon himself.

When she challenged him for his throne, he killed her, and her magic was locked away in a nautilus shell lost in the dark ocean depths.

Sought after by many, none had the power to wield it.

Until now.

Villains are not born. They're made.

This is a modernized 'Hawaiian meets Greek' mythology-inspired prequel fairy tale of a Sea Nymph and the Prince of the Atlantic.

Anela is a 26-year-old sea nymph in Hawai'i. Still nursing a broken heart from a former flame, she keeps others at an arm's length away so no one can hurt her again. Her life is turned upside down when her mother brings home a man brought to the Hawaiian Islands by raging storm, whose presence in the Pacific angers the shark gods, but pleases her younger sister, Malia. Hi'iaka, her mother, insists on protecting him from them and Anela is determined to find out why.

Triton is a 28-year-old prince of the Atlantic Ocean. Charming and handsome, yet arrogant and self-serving, he only really has one goal on his mind: get back home by any means necessary. When his plan goes south and someone is severely hurt, he reconsiders that he may be stuck as a land dweller forever. Forced to be in the company of beings he hates most, he has to stop playing life like a game before someone gets killed.

​Please check the trigger warnings.

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