Book guide
A Dark and Drowning Tide
A sharp-tongued folklorist must solve her mentor’s murder with the one rival she cannot stop wanting.
Genre and trope pairingsFantasyMythologyFantasyPolitical intrigueFantasyQuestFantasyMentorFantasyShifterRomanceSlow burnRomanceAcademic rivalsRomanceRivals to loversQueer RomanceSlow burnQueer RomanceAcademic rivalsQueer RomanceLGBTQ+Queer RomanceRivals to loversMysteryWhodunnitMysterySecret pastAdventureQuestAdventureExpeditionAdventureRace against time
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About A Dark and Drowning Tide
Lorelei Kaskel joins an expedition searching for a magical spring that could secure her king’s power, but the journey turns deadly when her mentor is murdered. Forced to work with her academic rival Sylvia von Wolff, Lorelei must find the spring, expose the killer, and survive the dangerous folklore haunting their path.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- antisemitism
- murder
- alcohol consumption
- drugging
- blood
- gore
- injury detail
- dead body
- vomit
- strangulation
- drowning
- fire
- body horror
- scientific racism
