thank you to netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free audiobook in exchange for an honest review! this has not affected my review in any way, all opinions are mine.

3.5/5

to save her brother the heartbreak of losing the love of his life, mina sacrifices herself to the sea god and becomes one of the sea god's brides. a yearly sacrifice is made to him to calm the violent sea storms, but instead of a husband, she finds a cursed god and her soul stolen. mina has just thirty days to get her soul back, save a cursed god, and figure out what's going on with the demons and spirits around her.

for the most part, i really enjoyed this book! i thought it was well written and really liked mina's voice. i thought we also had a very fun cast of characters around to get to know!

where this book loses points from me, however, is simply that i think it had more in it. i think there was more story to tell for a lot of the minor characters, and things that felt like they should've been said that weren't. while the romance was pretty sweet, it wasn't as major of a focus as i thought it would've been and it left me feeling somewhat ambivalent about it. i actually cared much more about the relationship of two much more minor characters that seemed like it should've been developed more than it was

still, this was a very enjoyable read that i was excited to come back to, with fantastic worldbuilding and a wonderful atmosphere!