The Siren (10k Book 2)

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Louis during the Zombie Apocalypse. I go through one or two books a day so when I tell you this gentleman is one of my new favorite authors that means something. I love the different slant on the zombie concept and he managed to make the teenage characters interesting to a woman who has children a decade older than them. Excellent crossover writing ability as many of the young people in my neighborhood suggested his books to me. As the widow of a sniper and the mother of three veterans I was especially pleased with the way he handled the military and LEO involvement.

So many authors make the mistake of making their personalities either flat and cartoonlike or so incredibly flawed they are more likely to belong in a mental ward than in public service. Not here, realistic people with believable reactions. I suspect even our resident bad guy is just caught in the flow of events and doing his best to do what he thinks he has to do.

One of the most original takes on the zombie apocalypse I have read yet. I love zombie fiction, but I get tired of the Army Ranger prepped scenario or the drunken young adults caught up in surviving at all costs. I am tired of the assumption that everyone would descend into murdering, raping monsters within a short amount of time. I am also tired of gratuitous gore that lends nothing to the storyline. Since the Sirens is a breath of fresh air. The writing is good, the characters are developed and the pacing is good.

Best of all, this book could be read by zombie-loving youngsters. I am a fan, and I am looking forward to book 2. I loved this story!

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There are so many questions that re unanswered in the book. First of, why ocean eats humans? The ocean was pretty weird in the book, but Hers was the character with the most potential. Why does sirens have to stay years? They can stay less and ocean can create more sirens. Kahlen was an okay character. There was nothing wow about her but she wasn't bad either.

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Akinli was cute and sweet and I admired his ambition to keep a conversation with Kahlen even tho she can't speak. They were really really cute but they spend less then 24 hours together and they're soulmates!? Overall it was an okay read and if you're looking for something to read to kill time, you can pick this up. The book is less about the romance, where the main love interest is kep [4.

The book is less about the romance, where the main love interest is kept on the periphery for most of the book, and more about the relationship girl has with her sisters, mother ocean, and most importantly her heart. I can see how most readers misled by the romance-heavy nature of her previous series might have gotten bored with the plot as it drifted further and further from the love story.

As someone who is kind of sick of seeing the same recycled romance in YA, The Siren screamed to me something profoundly different and I enjoyed the shit out of it. I think this is one I might actually want to reread. Certainly it deserves a spot in my collection coveted and limited space at the moment. Via The Obsessive Bookseller at www. Kiera Cass has that style to write books which are kind of cute and really easy to get into them but at some points everything turns out so predictive and nothing surprised me and specially in this book.

In The Selection books I kind of read all of them really fast and I enjoyed them a lot, but The Siren I had to force myself a little bit to keep reading it and the plot was kind of cheesy. If there's something that I really liked was the relationship between the sisters but I Kiera Cass has that style to write books which are kind of cute and really easy to get into them but at some points everything turns out so predictive and nothing surprised me and specially in this book. I enjoyed it mostly because it has the same style as The Selection and it makes you want to read more but the insta love and all the idea of sirens and everything going on there So I apologize for the slight stream of consciousness style review.

They baked a cake together and of course she loves him forever and ever and can't live without him. Also, Akinli's creepy candle wax burn was so ridiculously creepy. Seriously, GTFO of this book. It felt more like 1. It felt more like a generic high school romance than a supernatural love story.

No plot happened except Kahlen's instalove with Akinli. Then, suddenly a crisis was crammed into the remaining 40 pages.

Would have actually been better as a novella, not enough substance for the full pages it is. Of course, MC falls into a depression a-la-Bella Swan for years when she can't be near him because it's just too much to be separated from her one true love that she's known for just a few hours. And then there's the personified Ocean who switches between talking to them like the sirens are employees and then talks to them like they're BFFs. It was pretty weird at times. While reading, this was hovering between 2 and 2. Where was the world building? Yes, it was based in the contemporary world, but there were still elements that the reader was supposed to accept because Cass didn't bother to explain it at all.

How did the sirens originate? How did they come to be? It felt like the author didn't want to look up mythology and said, "They just do, kay? This could have been a fantastic 'girl power' story with the sirens as the focus and the dynamics of their friendship and the tragic job they must perform. The shipwreck scenes included were so brief, but they could have been so powerful. Instead, we got a creepy romance at the forefront with two dimensional supporting sirens in the background. Padma's story could have been SO good.

The 'crisis' included just felt so out of place, so disjointed and random, that it actually took away from whatever story there actually was. The only positive I have is that this is a standalone and this story won't be dragged on any longer. The cover is also really pretty so two positives! Thankfully, I checked it out of my library. The Siren empieza con un barco naufragando. Le habla a pesar de que ella no puede responder y la mira como nunca antes nadie la ha mirado.

Ahora, con respecto a Kahlen Pero si hay algo que Kiera Cass hizo bien en The Siren fue hacernos sufrir. Por supuesto que esta mujer no nos va a regalar una historia de amor sin grandes fuerzas de la naturaleza, destinos escritos e inseguridades que intenten separar a Kahlen y Akinli. I'd waited an eternity for this. I'd have waited all over again if I had to. I was meant to be kissed by this boy, designed to be held by him. All the careful postures I held melted away, and I pulled him closer. The name Kiera Cass is synonymous with young adult, instant love, cliche storylines and of course ballgowns.

Her Selection series covers are absolutely stunning and considering the predicament her protagonist America finds herself in, are well suited to the storyline and a great representation. Her novels are perfect for early teen readers who love a fairytale romance. The Siren on the other hand managed to weave underwater ballgowns into the storyline and although I enjoyed it Release the gowns. The Siren on the other hand managed to weave underwater ballgowns into the storyline and although I enjoyed it sporadically despite my rating, it really wasn't for me.

The storyline follows our protagonist Kahlen, pronounced Kaylynn according to Kiera Cass' Tumblr page. Kahlen was once a wealthy society girl, traveling the open seas with her parents when tragedy strikes. While those around her have perished, Kahlen is offered a lifeline. To join the sisterhood of singing Sirens or join her parents on the ocean floor. She wants to live and tentatively accepts the deal. Fast forward eighty years and Kahlen is now a Siren, immortal and only twenty years from completing her role until another takes her place.

Along with her sisters in Elizabeth, Miaka and the soon to be departed Aisling, Kahlen serves the Ocean in an emotional contract which sees her sing to to feed her thirst for human life. The Ocean is portrayed as an energy who owns the life of each Siren until her time of servitude is over. She's possessive and continues to brainwash her possessions that they are her property. Although ruling with with a firm and controlling hand, She is passive aggressive and uses the motion of Her waves to caress her Sirens to soothe them in their time of need.

The Ocean has now become a third party in the strangest love triangle I've come across. Akinli is a quiet and intelligent college student, meeting Kahlen in the student library in which he works. Apart from a name that sounds more like a cocktail, he's actually the only likable character The Siren has to offer.

Like her sisters, Kahlen is mute. She communicates using sign language for the fear of her musical voice luring others to their death. Of course Akinli finds this endearing and cake baking ensues. Alas, their relationship can never be and Kahlen leaves behind a heartbroken Akinli to devote herself to the Ocean once more.

Absence really does make the heart grow fonder and it isn't long until Kahlen wants to return, confiding in her sisters about the absence of love of her life that is slowly destroying her spirit. If she returns to Miami, the Ocean will surely destroy the sea fairing Akinli as punishment, ensuring She has Kahlen's devotion. That's quite the dilemma Kahlen. What did surprise me is that The Siren isn't a new release, but a polished version of an earlier release. It had potential, but I feel the finer details of the storyline is what let The Siren down. The mythology behind the Sirens felt flimsy.

Mythical beings that were said to have lured men to their deaths, their willpower stripped away and leaving girls who lacked both personality and distinguishing traits. The romance soon became the focal point of the storyline and rather than world building or introducing much needed mythology while the young loves were separated, what I found was little more than teen angst and pining away for a boy she has only just met. But the lack of world building, little to no character development felt as though it could have been mistaken for satire. For all it's faults and there were many many faults, I still couldn't put it down.

Why didn't you live up to all your potential? I have such mixed emotions about The Siren. I wanted to love this such much. I saw the beautiful hardcover book in the store and read the summary and I was instantly sold.

It's my first book from Kiera Cass, so I won't be drawing any comparisons between this and The Selection series. This is also my first book about sirens and it just fell really flat most of the time. Let me start on a positive note about what I did like. I actually loved the relationship between the sirens. It felt genuine and I loved the loyalty and friendship they had together. They completely had each other's backs, even if it might cost them something in return. I would like to see more books that highlighted this. I also found the relationship between Kahleen and The Ocean quite interesting.

The idea that The Ocean loved these girls but that she was like an overbearing and controlling mother was very interesting and at times I felt a lot for Her. I also liked that it didn't fully focus on romance, there is romance in it but the love interest isn't even in the book that much. I was fine with that because the romance aspect was fairly forgettable. So, where did this book not work for me? Well, the insta-love part was a little over-board for me pun intended. I get that Kahleen might grow attached fairly fast since her world has been really isolated but I didn't really buy that Akinli would fall as fast.

He was a fairly bland love interest, I would have liked some more developing between the characters. I also found the book repeated itself a lot and that can drive me mad. It's like it is reminding of big time and time again. After a couple reminders, I think we have it. I also understand why so many reviewers said this book is slow, it just is. I wasn't particularly bored but I certainly wouldn't have minded if it picked up its pace somewhere in the book, it didn't. If it had been anymore than pages then I think I would have had even more issues with this one.

The length was good for the fact it stayed pretty slow. I think the story had some interesting ideas and I would've liked to have seen it go much darker but that is just me. It's actually a fairy creepy premise. In the end I gave this two stars because it's not something I'm going to remember. It wasn't awful but it wasn't that enjoyable for me either. I don't think I would've got this one in hardcover if I had known a little more about it, although the hardcover is quite beautiful.

I can't really recommend this one but if you like Cass's other work than it might be worth it for you to check out. You probably won't remember it in a year but it's an ok way to kill a couple hours. This book was nothing like The Selection series and I really enjoyed that. I really enjoyed how modern this book was because stories like this that I read are usually set in the past or in a different universe that I could never picture on Earth.

It was an easy read and just a cute romance. This was the definitely the kind of book I needed. It wasn't super complex like some books I've read that make your brain hurt but included some things that were very captivating and enjoyable to read. I real This book was nothing like The Selection series and I really enjoyed that. I really liked the romance between Kahlen and Akinli. Maybe I'm biased but I really enjoy anything Kiera writes.

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Sep 06, Erica rated it it was amazing. Wow, Kiera Cass has such talent. She is definately an author to watch! The Siren covers decades all in pages, and you never once find yourself bored, only overcome with a need to know what happens next. You grow with the characters and experience their life. The Siren had me crying at numerous points and I'm by no means a big crier in books. It wasn't just sad parts that had me crying either, I was tearing up over some of the happiest parts of the book.

I made a series border about 'Seasons of Siren'~ : gwent

Parts of The Siren were so heartbreaking, but there were so many parts that were full of joy, happiness, and life. Every time I found myself putting it down, I was plotting how to find time to read more. The first half was more about the life of a Siren, and what Kahlen and the others go through, but the second half sends you plunging head first into the perfect romance Kahlen finds with Aklini. Aklini is about the sweetest guy ever! You fall for him the moment he walks onto the page. The characters Cass creates are just phenomonal.

Even the minor characters that play a smaller part are so filled with life. Even the Ocean herself is a character; she speaks, breathes, and causes everything to happen. This sets The Siren apart from other books dealing with the same subject, and enhances it. Kahlen was such a strong character, and that was one of my favorite things about her. Strong female characters make everything better. Cass's writing was such a joy to read.

It was beautiful and was filled with hope, joy, and heartbreaking moments. The story she writes was so unique, and she simply draws you in.

The Siren is a story to take you on a journey and stay in your heart. The Siren is a book for anyone who loves a story to get lost in. I cannot wait to see more works by Kiera Cass. The thoughts and ideas are my own based on the book's content. It was refreshing, it was exciting, it was everything I hoped for in a book. Though I loved it, it was flawed for mass production.

Kahlen is a Siren, bound to serve the Ocean by luring humans to watery graves with her voice, which is deadly to any human who hears it. Akinli is human—a kind, handsome boy who's everything Kahlen ever dreamed of. Falling in love puts them both in danger Will she risk everything to follow her heart? Prepare to be swept off your feet by The Crown —the eagerly awaited, wonderfully romantic fifth and final book in the Selection series.

But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you…and now Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more difficult—and more important—than she ever expected. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn doesn't expect her Selection to be anything like her parents' fairy-tale love story The Selection changed America Singer's life in ways she never could have imagined. Now she's made her choice Find out who America will choose in The One , the enchanting, beautifully romantic third book in the Selection series!

Thirty-five girls came to the palace to compete in the Selection.

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