4.5 Stars !
I am truly at a loss for words, this left me absolutely gobsmacked...
This was such a hauntingly beautiful short story of two soulmates both from very different worlds, forever doomed to be estranged from one another. However, even despite the glaringly obvious disparities between them, love conquers all as they become each others safe haven–two lost pieces forever meant to find one another. How a monster finds reprieve for the pain he's suffered at the hands of despicably evil humans and of how he then repents and pays for his mistakes–all because of the gentle human girl who showed him the power of kindness ❤ After all, even monsters can be capable of humanity after falling to his knees in surrender of love before the very human girl he took captive under the sea ;)

I'd say this novel is like the perfect blend of the classic 1997 hit romance Titanic, the movie Shape Of Water and the danmei novel Cold Sands/The Frore Dunes by Mu Yun Lan Qing !

* plz note that there is NO Stockholm Syndrome, mind-fuckery or non-consent in this novel whatsoever.