Tied to the waves
Book 1 of Monsters of Brimrey Island
The ocean was the end of my parents’ lives—he might be the start of mine.
In an ideal world, my dead parents’ waterfront house would rot with them.
In an ideal world, I wouldn’t need the money from selling it, and I would’ve never returned to the island I fled from at eighteen.
But life is never kind to people like me, is it?
So I’m back where I left the friends who broke my heart and the ex whose bruised fingerprints I still can’t scrub off my skin.
The second-to-last thing I need right now is an injured, unconscious merman drifting over to my dock. And the last, the way he tells me I’m beautiful when he wakes up.
Tied to the Waves is an MX monster romance with a nonbinary protagonist, a sweet love interest, lots of hurt/comfort, dark themes, and spice. As a full-length novel with a HEA, it can be read as a standalone or as the first book in a series full of trans characters set in the small town of Brimrey Island.
Content Warnings
Not in order of relevance.
Bad relationship with parents, graphic sex, mention of internalized racism, mentions of drowning, murder, off-page sexual abuse and rape (not by the love interest), off-page violent death of parents, past suicide attempts, transphobia (mainly deadnaming), use of a slur against a disabled person.
This is for you if you want...
🏳️⚧️ Nonbinary main character
☀️ Cinnamon roll hero
🩹 Angst, angst, angst
🫂 Found family
🔪 Revenge on a rapist subplot
🌶️ Monster bits
What readers have to say
The vibes were perfect. I wish I could read this again for the first time. The MC’s are my personality now and I was so emotionally devastated I will probably never touch this book again, definitely recommend!
Goodreads Review of Tied to the Waves
Absolutely superb, heart wrenching, beautiful writing! Instant fav.
Goodreads Review of Tied to the Waves
I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a reminder of the power of a found family who chooses you when no one else does, the many different and wonderful forms that love can take, and that even the oddest and loneliest of us can find a place to call home.
Goodreads Review of Tied to the Waves