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Saturday, 11 June 2011

Siren by Tricia Rayburn

This is the first "mermaid" book that I have ever read, Tricia Rayburn captivates the audience with studding imagery and taken a myth and giving it a twist that'll engage younger audiences and bring the story up to a modern tale. 

Vanessa Sands holidays to Winter Harbor with her sister and parents and everything seems normal until her sister Justine is found dead washed up on the beach and her boyfriend Caleb goes missing. Vanessa goes back to Winter harbor to find Caleb and find out what exactly what happened to her sister, which seemed strangely linked other boys being found exactly how her sister was. As the story unfolds a romantic subplot keeps the reader engaged with a charming young man, brother to Caleb.

As I said, this was my first mermaid book and I wasn't sure if i would like this or not, but the sirens were cool and sexy and ironically believable, even if they are demonic fish people in the myth. I love the grief that Vanessa feels after her sisters death and how she feels haunted that the death may be her fault. 

I love sisters in novels, this one feels very real and that they have a good relationship, even though you only see them together for a few

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