This book feels like a Saturday afternoon movie. It's basically a little mermaid retelling from the prince's pov, and everything about the vibe says "lighthearted and juvenile" until there's some torture scenes and quite a bit of sexual innuendo more fitting to a YA story. The tone shift was weird but didn't take me out of the story.

It has a very simple premise and the ending overall is quite underwhelming (in a sense that it plays out pretty much the exact way you know it will) but I had my fun with it and really enjoyed how the characters interacted with each other. I only wish the potential with a lot of the worldbuilding didn't fell so flat, because there were some very interesting details.

It's a cute little romance, nothing incredible but sweet enough to entertain.