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Wreck and Ruin: A Little Mermaid Retelling
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Start date
April 16, 2025
Finish date
April 30, 2025

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kayla Buis
Apr 27, 2025 rated it it was amazing
"I am wreck and ruin, and if I get out of this alive, my fractured soul will forever be a prisoner to this night."

OOOOOOOFFFFTTTTTTTTT, this book had me in an absolute choke hold. I really struggled to put it down and continue my daily life.

We follow our poor FMC Airlie through some of the worst trauma known to man. Trapped in a cave, all alone apart from her spiders, and the devils who visit her to do unimaginable things.
Always looking for some kind of escape Airlie manages to find a hole in t
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Naiomi Cox
Apr 27, 2025 rated it really liked it
If you want a dark retelling of The Little Mermaid you don’t need to look any further than here.
theappleisledreamer
May 04, 2025 rated it really liked it
😍"In spite of that darkness, I found someone, or rather she found me. Tangled in shadows beneath water and stone. Two helpless souls bound together by tragedy and fate, and as I walk toward my future, I realize for the first time that I have everything I ever wanted."😍

Well, that was the plot twist that kept on twisting 👀

Wreck and Ruin is the Dark, Mafia, Romantasy, Fairytale retelling crossover that we didn't know we needed! I cannot wait until book 2!
I loved that even though it was VERY dark an
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Kate Smith
"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝑮𝒐𝒅."

𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Now with that disclaimer out of the way, let’s dive down into this gothic romance that had me on tenterhooks.

Airlie has never known anything but cruelty and fear. That is until she meets a stranded man who she locks away in a cave to
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Murphy
Apr 21, 2025 rated it really liked it
4⭐️ 4🌶️

What a dark and heartbreaking ride. This is a dark re-telling of little mermaid.
Some very dark themes so please make sure you check the trigger warnings.
I love how their story ends, took me on a big emotional journey.
Christabel
May 04, 2025 marked it as to-read
Eliera
Sep 23, 2025 marked it as to-read
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