A Siren's Hold

Summary: A Whole New WET World: Where a merman finally gets a "taste" of dry land.. and a human.

Title: A Siren's Hold
Author: Jude Vanity
Page Count: 167

MY RATINGS:

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Fantasy Romance, Siren x Human, Sirens, Fated Love, Secret world, Tentacles, Spicy, Touch her & Die

Book 1 in the Blood Sea Series

To save her is forbidden. To live without her is impossible.

Ceruleus, Crown Prince of the Blood Sea, has hunted countless threats in the dark waters of his territory, but none like her. Penelope is human. Fragile. Meant to fear him. So why can she hear his song? And worse . . . why does it answer something deep and ancient within him? Certain that his goddess has called him to her for a purpose, Ceruleus defies the laws of his kind and saves her, even if it might cost him everything.

Penelope Carver has spent her life caged in silk and gold. She is beautiful. Obedient. Powerless beneath her father's empire and the marriage arranged by him. On the night before her wedding a violent storm drags her beneath the waves and into the arms of a monster she was never meant to meet.

When forbidden desire ignites between land and sea, law and fate collide. When the siren prince finds his moon, blood will spill, fate will rewrite history, and the sea will not give her back willingly.

A Whole New "WET" World. 😇❤️

This was actually my FIRST TIME dipping my toes into a Siren-meets-Human romance and I’m so glad I took the plunge! Honestly, it was such a trip seeing these two worlds collide. It’s basically the ultimate long-distance relationship struggle.... like, how do you make it work when one of you literally needs to be underwater to, you know, breathe? Their lives are a mess. But watching them figure out that "land vs. sea" drama was half the fun.

What I Love:

✅ Ceruleus name. I’m not going to lie. I kept struggling with his name. My brain just wanted to call him "Cereals" the whole time. 😆😆

✅ The storytelling is top-tier. Jude Vanity has a serious gift for diving deep into the emotions and POVs of Ceruleus and Penelope. You really feel the characters' internal struggles and their journeys of self-discovery. Especially their thoughts on how they can possibly bridge the gap between scales and skin without everything falling apart.

✅ This book leans MORE into the plot than the smut, but don't let that fool you—the tension is high.😍🔥 The author builds so much heat between the two (which is impressive considering their world-ending complications).

✅ Insta-Lust? (I mean, I get it now!) I’m usually the first person to roll my eyes at the "Instalove" trope. But hear me out! 😬😬 Once you understand why Penelope falls so fast for her sexy fish prince, it all clicks. And honestly? If I were in her shoes, I’d be a goner too. I will personally help her pack her bags and jump off the nearest pier if it means dumping that human trash for a magical merman.

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NOTE: This is my personal opinion about the book. My goal is to share my experience, not to change anyone's perspective. Thank you to Jude Vanity for giving me the opportunity to read this early.