Reviewing: The Siren

The Siren

By: Kiera Cass

What It's About!

"You must never do anything that might expose our secret. This means that, in general, you cannot form close bonds with humans. You can speak to us, and you can always commune with the Ocean, but you are deadly to humans. You are, essentially, a weapon. A very beautiful weapon. I won't lie to you, it can be a lonely existence, but once you are done, you get to live. All you have to give, for now, is obedience and time..." 

The same speech has been given hundreds of times to hundreds of beautiful girls who enter the sisterhood of sirens. Kahlen has lived by these rules for years now, patiently waiting for the life she can call her own. But when Akinli, a human, enters her world, she can't bring herself to live by the rules anymore. Suddenly the life she's been waiting for doesn't seem nearly as important as the one she's living now.

My Thoughts!

I usually get caught up with reading and reviewing...not so much selecting a book through my own choosing. Any who! I really enjoyed Kiera Cass's previous book series. (The Selection) So when I saw that she wrote a book about Sirens I got all giggly.My daughter Loralei's name description means siren. I love mermaids. Sirens. All that stuff. A little too much compared to others. Okay, I'd trade these legs for a fin in a heart beat...I won't lie. So aside from my weird fascination with the creatures this book was a great read. I'd pay for it again. I'd read it again. I'd suggest it to others. It does have a different feel to it compared to the Selection series. It's more serious. A bit more dark. If a reader knows what a siren is, it shouldn't come surprising that it would be dark. This isn't a little mermaid book where the heroine is combing her hair with a fork daydreaming. She has a second chance at life, because of the ocean. She has a debt of years of service to pay and the sisterly bonds of the siren sisterhood is the only relationship allowed. This book was so much deeper and bigger than what I imagined. Just when you think you have it figured out another story unfolds. Put it on your To-read list. Read it before the summer is over. You won't regret it!