Summary:

She’s a killer in disguise. He’s determined to make her his queen.

As a deep sea death-dealer, Enna Valomir’s life is simple: kill the siren, deliver the body, collect the reward. There’s just one problem. Enna owes a mermaid her life, and in the cutthroat waters of the Abyss, that’s a lifelong blood oath of service.

When the mermaid orders her to kill the Abyssal Princess, Enna is pulled into an impersonation scheme with no choice but to infiltrate a gaudy surface court and help the mermaid win the heart—and throne—of its unwitting future king.

But Prince Soren isn’t interested in courting the so-called Abyssal Princess, or any power-hungry princess, for that matter. He’s finally met his match in her fierce and mysterious handmaid, and he’ll be damned if he can’t have Enna for his queen instead.

Breaking a blood oath means death, but Enna falls for Soren anyway. Now she must watch him descend into a ruin of her own making, or warn him of the ruse—and die.

Part of the Sirens of Adria dark fantasy romance series, Of Song and Scepter is a standalone little mermaid retelling intended for mature audiences.

My Thoughts:

I always loved My Little Mermaid, and now that I am into dark romance, fantasy, and monster romance, how could I not love Of Song and Scepter?

Mermaid dark romance? yes please. Who knew mermaid/fish getting it on would be spicy and not weird, but Liesl West did a great job at making each scene so steamy!

I love that our FMC is a stabby, assassin, unhinged and disheveled mermaid, who clearly doesn’t know how to interact with other people. It is funny and I found it so interesting that the prince was obsessed with her unhinged dark nature.

I liked the storyline, it was similar to the OG Disney story in enough ways that it reminded you of it, but also so so different that it had it’s own unique retelling nature. I thought the end was great, and I hope we get more in this world, maybe the head guard could have her moment to shine??

All in all, I enjoyed Of Song and Scepter, book 1 in the Songs of Adria series by Liesl West, and if you like darker retellings, you will love this too!

Worthy of a Re-read.

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