Thank you to NetGalley and the L.N. Loch for the ARC of this story!

Ivan is a pretty miserable man that works for a miserable company (ala SeaWorld) that mistreats all its animals. He has some not-great pre-conceived notions about a LOT of people and things, and he is absolutely a flawed character. He's set in his ways and a complete rule-follower that would rather fade away than be seen. And yet, I found myself feeling for him and hoping he would just OPEN HIS EYES to see what was really going on around him.

Winston, on the other hand, is a whole mess. He's loud and messy and not afraid to stand up for what he believes in, consequences be damned. He's determined to save a whale names Seymour that GalaxySea is mistreating. He is also kind of stupid (affectionate) and far too forgiving, but I adored Winston from the get-go.

When these two bump into one other- quite literally, and begin to see colors for the first time, they figure out that they're soulmates. Which, hello, one of my favorite tropes!

What follows is the two of them falling in love and finding themselves and facing some harsh truths about who they are as people. And man, Ivan kind of sucks as a person sometimes. Oh, and they might also be determined to break a five-ton whale out of a tank.

This was a super fun, at times angsty and FRUSTRATING read. It wasn't perfect, for sure, and I cursed out loud a few times at some of the things the characters did (hello, Winston, you were well within your rights to make that apology go on FAR longer, sir) but overall, I enjoyed it!

TW for gaslighting, homophobia-related storylines, and a shitty character named Mike. Honestly, fuck that guy.