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A lonely human fisherman. A naiad terrified of humans. An MM fantasy romance.
Fisherman Tam lives alone in his cabin. It’s a quiet life, a calm life, and a lonely one. One night, he sees a naiad in a cage. Horrified, Tam buys the naiad and sets him free. But even after the naiad disappears into the ocean, Tam can’t stop thinking about the beautiful, slender nymph, with his dark-blue eyes.
Shai has learned the hard way that humans are to be feared. But when a human saves him, it upends everything he thought he knew about them. He knows he should stay away from the fisherman. They are from two different worlds. They have nothing in common. They don’t even speak the same language. And although the man rescued him, Shai knows humans can’t be trusted.
But Shai can’t stay away. Nor can he ignore the desire he feels for this big man with his broad shoulders and hairy chest. But is there a chance for love between a human and a naiad? Or are their differences too great to overcome?
Overview
To love a Naiad by Gigi River is a fantasy/romance MM book that introduces us to a world made up of small islands scattered across the sea.
In this world we find the Naiads, which are blue or green creatures, depending on whether they are naiads from the sea or from lakes and rivers.
One of the most notable characteristics of these creatures, apart from the color of their skin, is that they do not speak the same language as humans. Personally, this was a detail that I found very interesting.
To love a Naiad is the first book in the A Naiad Romance series, each book features a romance between a human and a naiad and can be read independently, but is best enjoyed in order.
In this first book we have Tam and Shai as main characters. Tam is a fisherman who lives on a small island alone and away from his family, this because he feels inadequate to live with them. Shai on the other hand is a naiad who has lived in captivity for a long time and away from water and because of that he has gotten sick.
Tam finds Shai caged in a market stall on the island he is visiting and decides to buy the naiad to help him recover and free him.
I just loved it!
Tam and Shai are super adorable. I felt very identified with Tam's feelings regarding the expectations that his family (specifically his mother) had for him.
The story is simple and very sweet. I liked the slow way in which they fall in love and how without knowing it and without being able to express it (literally they cannot communicate since they do not speak the same language) they care for each other.
The language barrier was a bit frustrating, but it makes sense and seeing how they were learning to communicate was very nice.
And you, would give it a chance?
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