The Orca's Serenade

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Description

Eva Diaz, a marine biology student, has always loved the sea and the orcas that call it home. This makes her summer job a dream come true for the struggling university student. When an opportunity arises to check out her uncle's current project, a very rare specimen of cetacean, in the top-secret research facility of Ocean Land, she can't resist learning more. Except this specimen is a lot less whale and a lot more creature of myth. Mermaids shouldn't be real yet now it's her job to befriend one. Gripped by uncertainty she must choose whether to be a warden or to heed the call of the orca’s serenade.

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Status: Completed
Year: 2023
Author: EldritchPotato

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Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(5)

KiraKiraKiraRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story perfectly matches the tags. This will be exactly what you expect from them and the description. Except some twists, of course.
The writing, style, grammar - excellent. This is a romance story first, making secondary and background characters a bit lacking in development absolutely acceptable as they are not the focus but our MCs. The main villain is a bit cartoonish but it allows the story to be not that dark. I liked that the author did not place any unnecessary heartbreaking drama in the story, or made it overly realistic - the executed level was perfect.
I enjoyed the story, felt and loved the characters.
For people caring "is it porn? I see warning of sexual content" - out of all chapters only a couple contained sexual content.
Definitely give it a try if you like romance and mermaids;)
TwiRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I came in expecting lesbian mermaid romance, and I got what I wanted. The story absolutely nails the primary character interaction - our protagonists going from wariness to affection to friendship to lovers - and honestly it doesn't need to do much else for me to like it, but everything else was good or at least solid.
Also there were two or so sex scenes and they were both hella cute.
I mostly liked the description/bodies of the orca mermaid, though
I'm not completely sold on her having hair?
There were a few spelling and grammar mistakes, but not enough to detract from my experience.
The pacing is mostly alright, although there's a moment in the start of the second act (out of three) that felt like a missed opportunity for a little more of something. Though you may prefer it that way, to keep the pacing going quick.
when Eva and Viola are immediately kicked from the Rig to the Abyss (and I'm defining the three acts here as "bonding with Viola/time in the research facility," "time in the Rig and the Abyss," and "escape into the ocean and final showdown")
Regardless, it definitely sticks the landing, so I don't mind all that much.
DompanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
I would like to write actual reviews, but I simply lack the writing talent required to do that. So instead I leave you this magnificent three line long review:
Good story!
pacing was a bit too fast at times.
Talbot is a certified Disney villain.
Probably should have left it here first.
Nyx_SageRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Your writing is fantastic! The character interactions were spot on, and the plot was engaging. I really enjoyed the story, though the pacing felt a bit fast in some places. Overall, it was a compelling read with strong storytelling. Keep up the great work, author :) I'll be reading your other creations as they come out!
Jesse TrudelleRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
It's a pretty good start.
First off, the formatting of the story is a little strange and kind of hard to follow. It's small things, and could just be the author's preference, but each paragraph is spaced out by a couple of indents and it makes it a little hard to follow. Nothing major, as the story is still readable and legible, with only a few grammatical hang-ups here and there, like missing a period or not capitalizing a letter.
I read up to the most recent chapter (chapter 4 at the time of review) and so far I am having a little bit of a hard time understanding what creature is that we are following. At first, I thought it was an orca with the pod, but then it said something about calves, so I then I thought it was a human. But after continuing reading, it clearly wasn't a human, so I went back to the thought of it being an orca. But then the most recent chapter says that it's a rare mutation of an orca of sorts, but in that same chapter it says the Orca has hands. I'm not sure if we simply aren't supposed to know what we are looking at yet, and we are supposed to know later in the story. It could be possible I'm just missing something or misread it, but personally, I am having a hard time understanding it.
The actual story isn't bad though, I did enjoy my read of it. The orca/human got caught by human trappers and was taken from the ocean, sent to a SeaWorld-type park, living in a cell, and being fed like a captured animal. Another protagonist, Eva, works there and I imagine she is going to start working with this animal later in the story.
I don't typically read these types of stories, but it kept my interest all the way to the latest chapter. The author does a good job of keeping a balance of both perspectives of the characters.
There isn't too much descriptive writing, it feels a bit more like narration than actually describing what we are looking at. It doesn't feel too immersive. But that is also a personal preference.
All in all, it's a good start and the