Ocean of Sin and Starlight

PRIEST. PIRATE. MONSTER.
From New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle comes Ocean of Sin and Starlight, a dark-fantasy romance with morally gray pirates and monstrous sirens, a standalone spinoff of A Ship of Bones and Teeth.
I wasn’t always a monster.
Once upon a time I had a family, a home, dreams.
Until it was taken away from me and I was turned into a creature only the Devil could love, cursed with bloodlust and immortality.
I spent a century in an isolated monastery for other heathens like me, learning to control my most monstrous impulses, becoming a man of faith so I could put my sins behind me.
I was doing so well
I was almost…human.
Until I met her.
Larimar, the tempting siren who made me forget my vows, who promised herself to me before she escaped my clutches.
Now I’m obsessed with tracking Larimar down, joining an infamous pirate crew on their ship the Nightwind as we search the high seas for any sign of her.
I don’t know what I’ll do when I find her.
But I know she belongs to me.
And I’ll become a monster once more.

NOTE TO This book can be read as a standalone. HOWEVER, if you were planning on reading A Ship of Bones and Teeth, then I would read that first before you read OOSAS.
ALSO...please head the content warnings inside the front of he book as it has many triggers.

INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR REGARDING THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK:
Ocean of Sin and Starlightis in the dark-fantasy genre—which means it is a fantasy (or romantasy) that contains frightening or disturbing themes.
Does that mean this can be considered a dark romance?
Not exactly.
In my opinion, dark romance has many shades of gray, and I like to dabble in all of them. But I won’t call this a dark romance, because then dark romance readers will go into it thinking it’s going to hit certain levels of depravity and, IMO, I don’t think it does. So, if YOU are a dark romance reader, this is me saying it’s not a dark romance because I do not want to lead you astray. In other words, you can’t say you were disappointed it wasn’t dark enough, because I am telling you right now…it’s probably not dark enough for you.

BUT, and here is a big but (heh),if you are not a dark romance reader, then some scenes in here may be offensive, shocking, or make you uncomfortable. Aside from violence, gore, harsh language (speaking of language, I took liberties with their speech so it didn’t sound as stilted as it did back in the 1700s. That wouldn’t be enjoyable to read),blasphemy on all counts, and explicit sex scenes (including on-page rape, not involving the MCs),there are scenes that are dub-con, especially when it comes to abuse of power dynamics and coercion. The heroine is also held captive for a period of time and has been essentially kidnapped and tortured. Did I mention crucified? Literally?

There are also some BDSM elements, such as bondage in chains, lots of biting and blood play, cum play, anal sex, butt stuff, breath play, insertion of foreign objects… Did I mention blood play?

Last but not least, our antihero is a man of the cloth. I’m not saying he’s a good priest, given his bloodsucking and murderous and super-horny nature, but there are some religious elements turned into scenes of a graphic nature, including sexual, that will offend you and be considered blasphemous/disrespectful to those who are devoutly Christian. Hell, even those who aren’t religious might feel offended. My goal isn’t to purposely offend anyone, but I am just doing what the characters tell me to do.

SO PLEASE, if you are sensitive to scenes of that nature, or anything I listed above, this is not the book for you. I am providing this content warning so that you can stay safe and make the right choice for yourself! Don’t read stuff that will make you mad. It’s not worth it!

If you decide to read on, I hope you enjoy the bloody ride.