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The Song of Salt and Shadow is an atmospheric siren–pirate romantasy about lost identity, treacherous seas, and slow-burn enemies-to-lovers tension. A siren born without a tail. A song meant to drown pirates. A pirate ready to drown for her . Hunted for her blood and the scales that grant humans magic they should never wield, Eryse flees the hunters and climbs aboard a vast black ship. The crew is cursed, and in the darkness, ghosts roam the deck. As she steps aboard, a silver thread of light appears — the Glim. Believing she may be the key to breaking the curse, the captain does not let her go. Caught between a curse that tightens its grip and a sea that never forgives, Eryse cannot live in water and cannot live without it. To claim the tail she was never given, she is forced to confront her own voice and follow a path that leads straight through a pirate who may be just as dangerous as the sea itself.
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Is The Song of Salt and Shadow: A Slow-Burn Siren–Pirate Romantasy appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 14 and up.
This atmospheric fantasy romance features hunting/violence against sirens for their blood and scales, a cursed pirate crew with ghostly presences, and peril on the high seas. Romance is slow-burn enemies-to-lovers with minimal on-page intimacy (fade-to-black).
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include captivity, death, and grief (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the haunting siren-pirate romance, magical curses, and a heroine fighting to claim her identity and place in a dangerous world.