The Siren

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The story is told from three female perspectives. One is the one helping produce it - Taylor. She's a no non-sense girl that has gotten recently wrapped up in some Hollywood drama and she's hoping to get a bit of good press along with making a good movie. I wasn’t quite there for the romance, which is a bit unfortunate since this is a romance book. Fight me, but insta-love is just so useless and annoying. The early Christian euhemerist interpretation of mythologized human beings received a long-lasting boost from the Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville (c. 560–636):

I don’t care about this book. If it’s a series, you just know it’s gonna end like lol your brother isn’t dead. He’s ruling or a prisoner in the siren kingdom that isn’t destroyed. (I grossly overestimated how much plot this book would get to.) Many thanks to Grand Central Publishing for the opportunity to read The Siren in advance of its May 4, 2021 publication. a b "Workshop Bestiary MS M.81, fols. 16v–17r". Morgan Library and Museum. 27 February 2018 . Retrieved 2022-09-09. I think my favorite part was the one day that Kahlen and Akinli had together. It was magical, and reading it reminded me of how I felt in seventh grade. There was a boy, and he liked me, and we were pretty good friends (if anyone actually wants to know, we weren’t a thing). And our moments together felt kind of the way I did when reading that day in Port Clyde – like someone actually knew me and cared. The Lion's den was one of my favorite reads last year. After my ARC request was declined everywhere I directly reached out to the publisher to beg (yes, at that point it was straight begging) for an early copy, so I was ecstatic when they sent me one (thank you, Tiffany from marketing 😄). I came into it with some trepidation cause it wouldn't be the first time I loved a debut novel but didn't like the second one, but fear not, The Siren is even better than its predecessor. And the bar was pretty high!The French impressionist composer, Claude Debussy, composed the orchestral work Nocturnes in which the third movement, "Sirènes", depicts sirens. According to Debussy, "'Sirènes' depicts the sea and its countless rhythms and presently, amongst the waves silvered by the moonlight, is heard the mysterious song of the Sirens as they laugh and pass on". [114]

Knight, Virginia (1995). The Renewal of Epic: Responses to Homer in the Argonautica of Apollonius. E. J. Brill. p.201. ISBN 9789004329775. How can I describe this book? It was like reading a soap opera. Tons of action, tons of drama, villains, This is a great summer read! The multiple POVs, alternating timelines, and slow-build storyline kept me engaged throughout. It's my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it 🌴. There are some disturbing aspects to the story but somehow it doesn't take on an extremely dark tone. The plot of this book is similar to a typical movie or tv show. What I'm trying to say is it has a vacation type read feel even with the subject matter.Clark, Willene B. (2006). A Medieval Book of Beasts: The Second-family Bestiary: Commentary, Art, Text and Translation. Boydell Press. ISBN 9780851156828. Three very different women arrive on set, each with her own motive. Stella, an infamously unstable actress, is struggling to reclaim the career she lost in the wake of multiple, very public breakdowns. Taylor, a fledgling producer, is anxious to work on a film she hopes will turn her career around after her last job ended in scandal. And Felicity, Stella's mysterious new assistant, harbors designs of her own that threaten to upend everyone's plans. It’s juicy, highly addictive escapism that also touches on some very darks subjects (TW: Rape, substance abuse). I loved author Katherine St. John’s debut, The Lion’s Den, and couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one. It did not disappoint. Highly recommended by moi.

According to Ovid (43 BC–17 AD), the sirens were the companions of young Persephone. [46] Demeter gave them wings to search for Persephone when she was abducted by Hades. However, the Fabulae of Hyginus (64 BC–17 AD) has Demeter cursing the sirens for failing to intervene in the abduction of Persephone. According to Hyginus, sirens were fated to live only until the mortals who heard their songs were able to pass by them. [47] The Muses [ edit ] The siren was illustrated as a woman-fish (mermaid) in the Bern Physiologus dated to the mid 9th century, even though this contradicted the accompanying text which described it as avian. [24] An English-made Latin bestiary dated 1220–1250 also depicted a group of sirens as mermaids with fishtails swimming in the sea, even though the text stated they resembled winged fowl ( volatilis habet figuram) down to their feet. [78] [e] You know, I love good melodrama, and boy, The Siren had it by the boatload. It was full of secrets and lies and scandals and romance galore, with lots of possible scenarios as people’s schemes and lies and treachery start to see the light of day. Do not avoid this book simply because mushy romances aren't your thing. Yes, there is a romance, and that's very much a big part of the story but there is also SO MUCH MORE. And it's actually more of a tragic tale that I expected. This is a story about many types of love. Sisterly love. Friendship. Parental love. Learning to love yourself. (Love for cake.) And yes, romantic love too. This is one of the best romances I've read in a long time, which is ironic because the love interest appears in less than a quarter of the book total, but what I really took away from this book was all the other kinds of love. Especially the parental love. The parent in this book is the Ocean. She is very much a character in this story and the way in which she loves her Siren daughters is so reminiscent of a mother trying to hold on to her growing children.

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Because St. John’s scandalous novel of movie mayhem has everything you could want in a beach read – a Caribbean locale, celebrity drama, murder, romance, girl power, a hurricane. My answer: Saoirse’s siren powers are so immense it makes her character almost untouchable and unrelatable. Besides, as thrilling as it would be to have her power over men, I would hate having to fight murderous inner urges. I also have zero confidence in my ability to get away with serial murder, even with this immense power. There was lots of building chemistry in this read but minimal action. I see and hope for more connection ahead. I enjoyed seeing chinks of who Saoirse could be if she let someone in. I cannot wait for more. My sincerest appreciation to Katherine St. John and Grand Central Publishing for the physical Advance Review Copy. All opinions included herein are my own. Holford-Strevens, Leofranc (2006), "1. Sirens in Antiquity and the Middle Ages", in Austern, Linda Phyllis; Naroditskaya, Inna (eds.), Music of the Siren, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp.16–50, ISBN 9780253112071

a b "Ms. 100 (2007.16), fol. 14. Sirens. about 1250–1260". Getty Museum . Retrieved 2022-09-10. . "serene" fol. 20v The storyline is juicy and very readable, but I didn't think it was particularly clever or original. It is a perfect beach read. Bartholomew Anglicus, De proprietatibus rerum XCVII, c.1240, "And Physiologus saith it is a beast of the sea, wonderly shapen as a maid from the navel upward and a fish from the navel downward"; quoted in translation by Mustard (1908), p.22 Dami Olukoya does a brilliant job of creating a natural, authentic voice that conveys the content and emotions within this story. Besides this, the different character voices made the listening experience even more engaging and entertaining. Detailed record for Royal 2 B VII (Queen Mary Psalter)". British Library . Retrieved 2022-09-06. , fol. 96vApollodorus, Epitome 7.18; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface, 125& 141; Tzetzes, Chiliades, 1.14, line 339 & 348 Tsiafakis, Despoina (2003). "Pelora: Fabulous Creatures and/or Demons of Death?". The Centaur's Smile: The Human Animal in Early Greek Art: 73–104. i received a digital review copy from the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review. this did not affect my rating.