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Of Rime and Ruin: A Beauty and the Beast Winter Mermaid Romance

by Liesl West

🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate·spoiler

Why Read This?

You'll experience a tender, magical love story that melts the ice around a cursed heart.

Synopsis

A kingdom on the edge. A monster in the depths. And a bond that could rule or ruin... Princess Nahlani of the Brine would rather master her siren magic than endure the responsibilities of court. So, when she’s threatened with an arranged marriage to a land-bound prince, Nahla flees—only to swim into the icy domain of the cruel Frost King. King Aethan rules a Rime in ruins, his cold exterior concealing an unspoken a curse that turns him into a bloodthirsty, unpredictable threat to his own people. The siren spy in his waters doesn’t know it yet, but she’ll be safer behind bars... Determined to escape her new captor, Nahla’s magic sparks a forbidden alliance. Unaware of the bond she’s formed with the kingdom’s most feared creature—the fabled clawbeast—Aethan moves her from prison to palace. But as the truth of the beast unravels, so does the distance between Nahla and Aethan, leaving them to confront a dangerous and undeniable attraction. An interconnected standalone in the Sirens of Adria series, Of Rime and Ruin is a twisted, spicy romantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with slow burn enemies to lovers romance, enchanting winter fantasy, and mer courts instead of fae.

At a Glance

4.27 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️moderate
Endingspoiler
PairingM/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

beauty and the beastcaptive romancecursed love interest

Mood

romanticdarkatmosphericmagicalbittersweet

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

4.27 ★

Page Count

456 pages

Published

2025

Primary Genre

Romantasy

Pairing

M/F

POV

Dual POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Audiobook

Format

Standard

Narrator Count

Single

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

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Characters

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Spice Details 🌶️

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deathtraumaviolencecaptivitydubious consentgrief

World & Setting

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Reading Context

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