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Into the Deep
by Amara Lynn
Following Amara Lynn on Twitter, I knew Into the Deep was coming for awhile before it was released. I enjoyed all the cute snippets and rushed to get my copy when it finally came out. This is my third Amara Lynn fiction, and I enjoyed how different it was from the Masks novellas and short story. The cute was dialed up to 11!
In the Golden Age of Piracy, Lamark is the son of a successful pirate captain and set to inherit his father's ship. That would be great except (1) Lamark is the worst pirate ever and (2) upon the captain's death, the crew mutinies and dumps Lamark on a dingy. As he floats about, waiting to starve, he encounters a trapped merman, and, in thanks for saving him, the merman leads Lamark to an enchanted, deserted island. The merman calls himself Yuvie and...well, this is a romance novella. You can figure out the rest.
This novella's adorableness is out of this world. Is it trope-y and the plot predictable? Yes. Is that exactly what I wanted reading this work? Also yes. I went in looking for a good ol' gay nautical time and I got it. Lamark and Yuvie are instantly lovable characters and it was a joy to witness them fall in love. Lamark's clumsiness did seem a little exaggerated at points, but it didn't distract too much from reading. The pacing was also on point, hitting beats like nobody's business. At its best, Into the Deep is a simple, tender love story between a pirate and merman, with a happy ending.
In fact, I think Into the Deep is at its weakest towards the ending, where it deviates from the predictable path. About 85% of the way through the novella, new characters, complications, and twists come out of the woodwork seemingly at random. I'd almost says they're deux ex machinas, but they rather raise more questions than provide answers. Maybe some of it is preparing for a sequel? Though I wasn't overly concerned about nautical accuracy, there's a big glaring one that's never addressed. I made a lot of "wtf really?" faces.
Overall though, Into the Deep is a cute gay pirate-merman novella. I definitely recommend it to Tall Ships era romance fans who want to treat themselves to some fluff.
In the Golden Age of Piracy, Lamark is the son of a successful pirate captain and set to inherit his father's ship. That would be great except (1) Lamark is the worst pirate ever and (2) upon the captain's death, the crew mutinies and dumps Lamark on a dingy. As he floats about, waiting to starve, he encounters a trapped merman, and, in thanks for saving him, the merman leads Lamark to an enchanted, deserted island. The merman calls himself Yuvie and...well, this is a romance novella. You can figure out the rest.
This novella's adorableness is out of this world. Is it trope-y and the plot predictable? Yes. Is that exactly what I wanted reading this work? Also yes. I went in looking for a good ol' gay nautical time and I got it. Lamark and Yuvie are instantly lovable characters and it was a joy to witness them fall in love. Lamark's clumsiness did seem a little exaggerated at points, but it didn't distract too much from reading. The pacing was also on point, hitting beats like nobody's business. At its best, Into the Deep is a simple, tender love story between a pirate and merman, with a happy ending.
In fact, I think Into the Deep is at its weakest towards the ending, where it deviates from the predictable path. About 85% of the way through the novella, new characters, complications, and twists come out of the woodwork seemingly at random. I'd almost says they're deux ex machinas, but they rather raise more questions than provide answers. Maybe some of it is preparing for a sequel? Though I wasn't overly concerned about nautical accuracy, there's a big glaring one that's never addressed. I made a lot of "wtf really?" faces.
Overall though, Into the Deep is a cute gay pirate-merman novella. I definitely recommend it to Tall Ships era romance fans who want to treat themselves to some fluff.