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Spice Level

🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Very Steamy

Vibe Check

Spice

SweetExplicit

Emotional Depth

LightGut-Punch

Pacing

Very SlowRelentless

Darkness

CozyVery Dark

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RomantasyFae

Beneath

by Ariel Sullivan

★★★★★★★★★★

4.10

Summary

Book 1 of Rebirth. A young woman wakes with no memories in an underwater kingdom ruled by beautiful, dangerous fae. As pieces of her past surface, she must navigate a world of court politics, dark magic, and a fae lord whose interest in her is terrifyingly personal.

Tropes

Enemies to Lovers Amnesia Forbidden Love Fated Mates / Mate Bond Political Intrigue / Court Scheming Slow Burn

Mood

Swoony Atmospheric Escapist Enemies with Chemistry

⚠️ Content Warnings›

Violence (general)Captivity / ImprisonmentDeath of a Loved One

Representation

Heterosexual Romance

Spice Notes

Very steamy — explicit open door scenes

Details

Pages410 pages

Year2024

POVFirst Person - Single

PacingMedium-Fast

StructureEnemies to Lovers Arc

BurnSlow Burn

Love TriangleNo

FormatSeries — Ongoing

TimelineMonths

ViolenceModerate

Based onLittle Mermaid

Characters

Morally Grey✓

Strong Female Lead✓

Multi Protagonists✗

LGBTQ+ Romance✗

Setting

Ocean Kingdom / Underwater Fae Courts / Faerie Realm

Read-Alikes

A Court of Thorns and Roses, Quicksilver, When the Moon Hatched

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