#ice crypt

[freckled-lili]

Ice Crypt: *(describes mermen as being ugly/monstrous in comparison to the more humanoid and beautiful mermaids)*

Me, a Disaster Bisexual Beauty-and-the-Beast /Monster-Romance Fan: lol I’d still tap that.

[maclanahan--mermaid-comics]

"This will help us visit. I'll make one when the tide is up... and when it goes down and you see it, you'll know I'm close." -Lysi, @icemassacrecomic

A 45 minute speed-paint before going to bed. I miss the ocean...

[wlwlitaestetics]

“I, for one,” said Annith “love Meela the same no matter what kind of wool she prefers!”

ICE CRYPT by Tiana Warner

[icemassacrecomic]

Happy Pride Month from Meela and Lysi! 

Read up to page 15 of the comic today on icemassacre.com and up to page 24 on patreon.com/icemassacre

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Lysi and Meela from Ice Crypt by @tianawarner ♡

[obfan22]

After reading the amazing Mermaids of Eriana Kwai books, I had the urge to do a doodle, if you haven't read this amazing series yet id recommend you do, you wont be disappointed.

[tarotattwilight]

I’m starting a new monthly post! Since I’m so awful at getting things read lately, I thought I would sell some of my favorites to you!

Series: Mermaids of Eriana Kwai trilogy Titles: Ice Massacre ∴ Ice Crypt ∴ Ice Kingdom Author: Tiana Warner Genre: YA, Fantasy, wlw, Mythology > mermaids

  What it’s about:

As most of you know, I LOVE this series with all of my being. This will have some baby spoilers, but nothing more than what the blurb says, really. I promise I won’t ruin it for you!

The island of Eriana Kwai is on the brink of destruction. Merpeople have been hoarding all the fish and sending armies of mermaids to lure and kill fisherman for decades. After years and years of sending men out to cull the mermaids, they decide to send girls, who are not affected by the mermaid’s lure. Meela and nineteen of her peers have been trained for five years to kill mermaids, but there’s one problem for Meela, she was once best friends with a mermaid and she knows how similar to humans they really are. Over the course of Ice Massacre, Meela has to come to terms with the fact that may have feelings for a mermaid and also save her people from annihilation. She soon discovers it’s not the merpeople against them, it’s just one, and he’s relentless.

In Ice Crypt, Meela is searching for a weapon she hopes to try and trick the King with. He wants a trade, but she intends to use it against him. All the while, Lysi is trying to survive war under the water instead of above it, as well as hatch a plan to assassinate the king. I think this one is my favorite because we get to see how the merpeople live underwater and what exactly is going on with their leaders. And in Ice Kingdom, Meela and Lysi are once again separated, but we get a whole new perspective of a Navy Seal. He’s on the outside of the whole situation, but he has his own decisions to make in order to save lives. Will Lysi and Mee be reunited? Will everything work out in the end? I dunno, you’ll have to read it and find out ’cause I’m sure as hell not going to tell you.

Why I love it:

I found a post on Tumblr two years ago, about two months before the sequel was due. It praised Ice Massacre with a fervor that I now have. It’s the mermaid series I never knew I needed. I had read one other series that just wasn’t what I thought it was going to be and I was left disappointed and sad. Most of the mermaid books I would find were romance based, about turning human, or discovering the MC was actually a mermaid all along. This one is nothing like that. Romance takes a backseat; it’s all about coming into yourself as a person and acknowledging that you can be loyal to your people but also be happy with who you are and what you want.

On the whole, I just love this series. It’s everything I ever needed and wanted and I’m always rereading it when I need a pick-me-up or when I need something to get me out of a slump. Not to mention, Tiana is a lovely human being who loves horses and always replies when tagged in something. She and artist April Pierce are working together to create a graphic novel, due this winter. They will release it, page by page, on Patreon. I will definitely be linking it as soon as it’s up and running. There are seven pages posted here, if you want to see what it’s going to look like!

Also, keep your eyes peeled for her new novel, not yet titled, “a science fiction novel about a young woman who gets an internship at an aerospace company and discovers her boss is a supervillain,” (from this interview). I can’t wait to see how that one will go!

Why you’ll love it:

It’s got strong and capable warrior women, all native, from an island off the west coast of Canada. There’s girl love and coming out in hilarious but nonchalant ways, and wonderful support systems and families. It checks all my boxes (minus witches). It’s action packed, wholesome, and so much fun.

There are a few things that can be triggering, like killing, blood and gore, domestic abuse of a side character, and undertones of homophobia and racism from some characters (it’s not blatant, but one could see the hatred of merms to be racist/xenophobic and Meela’s parents take some convincing about the whole lesbian thing). Also, most of the people on Eriana are convinced merpeople aren’t intelligent beings, but more like sharks, no matter how many time Meela tells them differently.

Anytime anyone asks for a recommendation, I usually recommend this. I just can’t praise it enough! Let me know if you’ve read it or if I’ve sparked an interest in you to read it! I love talking about it with others!

Enjoy!!

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AVALON ARCHIVE SERIES REVIEW: Mermaids of Eriana Kwai

Mermaids of Eriana Kwai trilogy by Tiana Warner [Ice Massacre, Ice Crypt, Ice Kingdom]

Reminds Me Of: Deadliest Catch meets Lord of the Flies, with killer mermaids added to the mix

Quick and Dirty Summary: The people of a Pacific Northwest island send a party of teenage girls out on an annual mermaid hunt. One girl’s childhood friendship with a mermaid complicates matters.

Come for: the killer mermaids

Stay for: the inter-species lesbian romance! And kaiju!

Bonus Points: For solving the inter-species romance problem!

Diverse Characters: The protagonist and most of the characters are from a fictional Pacific Northwest native tribe. Protagonist and her Love Interest are lesbians.

Great White North: The author is Canadian, so expect some Canadian spellings and slang.

Foreign Language Fun: Have fun with the fantasy conlang, which shares visual similarities to Haida, but not much else. There’s also some Spanish, but you won’t need to bust out Google Translate to understand it.

Ooh, Navy SEALS! Um, there’s Navy SEALS in this series. They fight Killer Mermaids. Things don’t turn out well for them.

Did I Like It: I was pleasantly surprised by the first book -- it was basically “almost everything goes wrong when teenagers are tasked with a life-or-death mission.” Even the teenage drama was put to good effect! And the slow build with the Protagonist’s relationship with her Love Interest was handled well. The second book was a step down, mostly because of the ridiculous resolution of a Fetch Quest (check the tags for my rant). Unfortunately, the third book is rather dull until the last quarter, where all the action takes place. The lack of appearances by supporting characters from the previous installments doesn’t help.

Recommended: Definitely read the first book. Only track down the rest of the series if you’re invested in the inter-species romance.

Content Warnings: For infanticide, graphic violence, and abuse. Also, don’t get attached to any named characters! There’s a good chance they’ll probably die.