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The Siren

by Kiera Cass (Goodreads Author)

4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 · rating details · 924 ratings · 154 reviews

"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 yo...more

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Published July 1st 2009 by iUniverse.com

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Nov 07, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Reviewed by Samantha Clanton, aka Harlequin Twilight for TeensReadToo.com

After reading this story, it is taking everything in me to not totally gush; it is that good. THE SIREN is the story of Kahlen, mostly, along with her sisters and the Ocean. A siren is a singer, a singer of the Ocean. In order to maintain herself, the Ocean must feed; sirens help her to do that.

Kahlen and her "sisters," Marilyn and Aisling, begin the story and you find out quite a lot of how sirens and their lives work. The...more Reviewed by Samantha Clanton, aka Harlequin Twilight for TeensReadToo.com

After reading this story, it is taking everything in me to not totally gush; it is that good. THE SIREN is the story of Kahlen, mostly, along with her sisters and the Ocean. A siren is a singer, a singer of the Ocean. In order to maintain herself, the Ocean must feed; sirens help her to do that.

Kahlen and her "sisters," Marilyn and Aisling, begin the story and you find out quite a lot of how sirens and their lives work. They are beautiful, they can live around regular humans, they can live semi-normal lives, but there's a catch - they cannot age, which means staying in one place for more than a few years isn't possible, and they cannot, under any circumstances, speak, laugh, scream, or make a sound outside of a sigh or breath around a human person.

There can be no more than four sirens at a time, and not everyone will choose to live the lives that these girls have agreed to. Their sentence is 100 years, after which the Ocean will return them and they will become normal again, and begin aging from whatever age they are frozen into (almost sounds like a dream come true at times). With only their "sisters" for company, it can become lonely, and for Kahlen that causes daydreams. That is, until one day while sitting on the beach she meets a man. He is beautiful, sad, lonely, in pain, and yet there is something about him that Kahlen can't let go.

The Ocean warns Kahlen that no matter what happens, those must stay daydreams and she cannot chance their secret by letting her fantasies run away with her. Kahlen decides she wants to make a difference and takes up sign language, which transforms into spending a few years at schools for the deaf teaching children, and later teenagers, that being deaf isn't always a bad thing.

Kahlen gets new "sisters," Miaka and Elizabeth, who help transform her into something better than she ever imagined she could be. Miaka is creative and she is also Kahlen's first "little sister," while Elizabeth is wild and crazy, and brings out the fun and slightly mischievous side of Kahlen. Aside from Aisling being withdrawn and bitter (think Mr. Scrooge), you don't know much about her for the most part, but she is a very important piece of Kahlen's puzzle.

Once this human, Akinli, enters Kahlen's world, nothing else seems to mean as much. Not even the secret that she is bound to keep, and with less than 20 years left on her sentence, will it all be destroyed because of this? Now Kahlen has found the one thing she has always wanted. Is the life she could have worth destroying the life she does have? Or can she have both?

More than anything, this is a story of love and hope. Whether that love be between sisters, family, lovers, strangers, or even love for yourself; it covers all the bases. Once I started, it was hard to stop, and I really didn't want this story to end. There were numerous parts where I actually found myself tearing up, and that never happens! Some of these situations made me want to become a siren, and then there would be a moment that broke my heart.

Kiera Cass may be a first-time author, but I pray this is not her only book. This is truly a beautiful story all the way through. I love the imagery; it is phenomenal and almost makes you feel like you're really there (and let me tell you, there were many times in the Ocean descriptions where the song Dark Blue by Jack's Mannequin got stuck in my head. Thanks Kiera!).

It's been a long time since I have seen a first-time author whose writing style is as beautiful as this, and she definitely has not only the talent to be a wonderful writer, but also the imagination to successfully tell a story that is not only entertaining, but also touching.

If there was one book that I would recommend this year so far, it would be THE SIREN. Just make sure you have time on your hands, because once you start you won't be able to stop until the very end. Even then, I flipped back and forth over the final pages, hoping that there would be more magically appear before my eyes. After all, this is a fantasy! (less)

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Jan 15, 2012 Michelle Flores rated it 5 of 5 stars

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The Siren is an exquisite and beautiful story. If I could describe the novel with only one word it will be: perfection. The main character Kahlen is a lovely girl that you as a reader can’t help but love her. Learning her story, how she became a siren and the consequences to be this magnificent creature are amazing and a little bit sad. Kahlen got a second chance after “dying” in 1921 but her second chance came with a price: giving up on everything she desires and lo...more The Original Review - Here!

The Siren is an exquisite and beautiful story. If I could describe the novel with only one word it will be: perfection. The main character Kahlen is a lovely girl that you as a reader can’t help but love her. Learning her story, how she became a siren and the consequences to be this magnificent creature are amazing and a little bit sad. Kahlen got a second chance after “dying” in 1921 but her second chance came with a price: giving up on everything she desires and loves. The deal is a century of servitude to the Ocean and helps “her” to lure unsuspecting victims to their watery deaths with her voice and exceptional beauty. With the story beginning with Kahlan as a siren the reader already will know her story little by little like completing a puzzle. You get to know how she becomes a siren, how she feels towards her decision years later and how she feels in a word that is not her place anymore. The second part of the book is the romance between Kahlen and Akinli. What a love story! I must say this: Cass knows how to write a beautiful love story. Akinly, the love interest is a perfect gentleman and Kahlen lost half. How they figure out each other is lovely, sweet, tender and everything you dream in a love story. One of the aspects that I liked most about the story is the character developing; even the second characters are very good developed and through Kahlen eyes you get to know them and feel the same complexity of emotions Kahlen has toward them. The second characters play important roles in the story until the very end. Even though this book is about a siren and a fantasy story, which makes it outstanding and brilliant for the singularity of human emotions that portrait; love, lost, depression, happiness, sorrow, The Siren is about life itself. I could say I lived the whole story as I read it and made me feel all emotions that it unleashed. The Siren is a book that will stay in your heart and you will never forget about, it’s exceptionally well written and beautiful.

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Nov 16, 2012 Thea Liwanag rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I love it! I absolutely love it!

I know I whined about how there's been too much narration but I see the point of the whole thing now. I can totally relate to the hundred or so people who've read and rated this generously.

The story is just so full of life(literally). It's filled with hope, happiness, sorrow, anger and a close tie to family. All in all it is filled with so much love.

I don't think I could even begin to explain how wonderful the story was. I was deeply moved by the Ocean and Kahle...more

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Mar 19, 2013 Laurie Talbot rated it 5 of 5 stars

The first book I read by Kiera Cass was The Selection. I really enjoyed that book and am waiting for the sequel. While I was waiting I looked up her other books and found this one. When I saw that it was her first book, was initially self-published, was only $3.99 and was about a Siren, I wasn't terribly interested. But then, I really enjoyed The Selection...and it was only $3.99...so I thought, "Why not?" I am so glad I did, I really enjoyed it! It is unique! And while being a Siren is essentia...more

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Nov 29, 2012 Lina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Wow Just Wow.
The Author managed to combine 80 years of story into one book. And not leave me feeling like i missed something or didnt understand something. And its not an overly long book! That into itself was awesome.
This story is really about love. All sorts of love. Sisterly love, motherly love, self love and at the end romantic love. It was beautiful.
I love a story in which i cry. Im not a super emotional person, years of living with men have beat the emotion out of me haha ( currently up to...more

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Aug 06, 2012 Suunman rated it 4 of 5 stars

I can't say I've ever read a Paranormal/Supernatural Romance before, but as a self confessed hopeless romantic (don't worry I'm in a 12 step program for it...HRA) I thought the idea of a Siren as a character was an interesting one...

Normally I read books which have a full of Urban Fantasy storyline and a touch of romance and so The Siren was a really interesting break from a story driven story into a character driven story and the main character was very hard not to fall a little in love with i...more

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Jul 28, 2012 Samantha Cutler rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Any one that wants a book that will keep them on the edge of their chair

Recommended to Samantha by: Other works page from The Selection

I loved this story and am sad that it is over. I have found this new author to be incredibly good and one that I will have to watch eagerly. Both of her books are from genres were you can expect a good story that is typically fun and entertaining, normally chicklit type stuff. However, this author is extremely imaginative because she takes her book beyond her genre. She does not change the genre it is still as on would expect, but different at the same time. The book does not do anything wildly...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Deb rated it 2 of 5 stars

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It is a story of sirens and their role within the world. I found the idea that Cass put forth for a siren's purpose interesting and that sirens aren't evil creatures. I like the idea that sirens aren't creatures whose sole purpose is to drown people for their own personal gain/pleasure. It is something done for the greater good of the world and mankind. I think for the most part creatures that are largely unknown (whether mythical or real) tend to be written off for what they are perceived to ha...more

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Mar 03, 2010 Kaitlyn rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Feb 17, 2010 Laura rated it 2 of 5 stars

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book was a struggle to get through. I liked the set up and the world. I liked the old, universal idea that sacrifice is needed for life to flourish, in this case the ocean had to devour humans in order to sustain life. Thus sirens were needed to cause sailing accidents with their singing. These sirens are not winged creatures or mermaids, but young ladies who the ocean spared from drowning and gave immortal bodies for 100 years. Once their 100 years was over, they'd lose their memory of bei...more This book was a struggle to get through. I liked the set up and the world. I liked the old, universal idea that sacrifice is needed for life to flourish, in this case the ocean had to devour humans in order to sustain life. Thus sirens were needed to cause sailing accidents with their singing. These sirens are not winged creatures or mermaids, but young ladies who the ocean spared from drowning and gave immortal bodies for 100 years. Once their 100 years was over, they'd lose their memory of being a siren and be released to have a second chance as a mortal.

The ocean is in fact the thing that kept me reading. I'll probably not be able to get myself to read the last 20 pages because the ocean won't be in it and I know everything will end happily ever after.

This is a YA romance, which means it's not my cup of tea to begin with. The main character is a beautiful Mary Sue who everyone loves and she gets threatened with rape so her true love can save her. Pretty standard fare there. She, of course, falls in love with a mortal while she's a siren, which is strictly FORBIDDEN. The reason is that if any mortal hears her voice, they will suddenly want to drown themselves. She can't talk, laugh, cry, yelp in surprise, or vocalize anything while around humans. That makes for some interesting obstacles on the way to true love, but they're overcome rather easily.

The Mary Sue main character isn't the worst of the book. She's actually not the worst Canon Sue I've read and can be proactive and take initiative. But like most Mary Sues, this thing is written in the first person, which detracts greatly from the book. It's not written as a memoir, Mary Sue has nothing worth saying and no interesting outlook on anything. We're treated to pages and pages of her internal workings and nothing interesting comes from it because she's just not interesting.

When something is written in first person, you're reading it because the character at some point sat down and wrote it out for you to read. That's why first person books are best written as memoirs like 'Odd Thomas' by Dean Koontz, chronicles of exploits like the Jeeves and Wooster stories by PG Wodehouse or Monk series of books by Lee Golberg, or as a series of letters or journals like 'Dracula' by Stoker or 'The Gurnsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' by Shaffer and Barrows.

So since the character is writing the book, they can't talk about anything they don't know, didn't care enough about to notice, or FORGOT. This book did a pretty good job with those rules until the end, when Mary Sue forgot the whole damn book. Then the first person POV changed to her true love for the last 20 pages, which is distracting, poorly executed, and the reader misses out on the only time it might be interesting to be in the Mary Sue's head.

I really hate and am disturbed by how much I see YA romances talking of suicide. I haven't read many, but are they all like that? I know the suicidal Twilight book was Smeyer paying homage to the great romance 'Romeo and Juliet,' which isn't a romance at all. It's warning that young people shouldn't go around thinking they're in love because they're too stupid and inexperienced to know what love is and will do some damn fool thing like off themselves (or more realistically, get knocked up, drop out of school, and spend the rest of their lives in poverty). I hope the talk of suicide in this book is the result of some temporary depression or something. I still find it disturbing.

There is one fantasy romance in a YA series that I like. It's Lena and Patton in the Fablehaven series. They're not the focus of the series but a side plot for the first couple of books. Patton convinced Lena to give up her immortality to marry him, but she ended up aging much more slowly than him so only a little bit of her long life was spent with him. She traveled after he died and experienced things and lived. Her best years were spent with her husband, but she still found things to live for. She hated aging and feeling her body die around her, but she didn't regret her sacrifice in order to have been married to the man she loved. That's what love is. You sacrifice for your lover, but they aren't the whole of your existence.

A good thing about The Siren is the obligatory bitch who hates the Mary Sue ends up being an important and somewhat rounded character. I liked her.

And I didn't use any names in this write up because I don't know where the book is and the names are too unusual to remember/spell. Another Mary Sue symptom.(less)

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Dec 08, 2012 Georgina Martin (Bookz and Bitz) rated it 2 of 5 stars

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I was expecting a great deal from The Siren. I'd underestimated The Selection, expected to hate it and got drawn in, so The Siren was going to be great, it just had to be.

Except it isn't. Its not terrible but its not far off. Cass' writing is the only thing that saves the story, and gets it two stars, her descriptive style really draws the world around you. But lets face it, this is essentially the little mermaid. Disney did it better.

Kahlen is a siren (so not exactly a mermaid) who sold her sou...more

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May 04, 2013 Marie Gonzalez rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I don't even know how to rate this...I absolutely despised the first half of the book, honestly. Really didn't like it. It was kind of slow and I definitely could have skipped some of it. There was such an interesting concept though, about the ocean using these girls for one hundred years before releasing them. So I kept reading.
Kathleen was a really intriguing character. She was very real to me, and I understood her actions completely. I really connected with her.
The middle really began to draw...more

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Jul 19, 2009 Cinnamon rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Imagine a world where you're granted a second chance at life, but forced to give up everything you love? That is the story of Kahlen, our beautiful heroine in the new book, THE SIREN by Kiera Cass. When approached to read this one, I was admittedly a little nervous because I hadn't heard anything about the book; nothing good, nor bad. I agreed to take the book on and as some other books I have had the fortune of being presented with, am quite glad that I did. THE SIREN was refreshing, haunting a...more Imagine a world where you're granted a second chance at life, but forced to give up everything you love? That is the story of Kahlen, our beautiful heroine in the new book, THE SIREN by Kiera Cass. When approached to read this one, I was admittedly a little nervous because I hadn't heard anything about the book; nothing good, nor bad. I agreed to take the book on and as some other books I have had the fortune of being presented with, am quite glad that I did. THE SIREN was refreshing, haunting and beautiful all wrapped up into one beautiful little package.

Kahlen is a loving, dark haired beauty. When life takes a disastrous turn and she's faced with the decision of death versus a century of servitude, she chooses the option that will allow her to continue living. Years later she'll question that decision, wondering if her "life" now is worth the nightmares that she must face. Kahlen is a siren. Along with her sisters, she answers to the Ocean and helps to lure unsuspecting victims to their watery deaths with her voice of liquid gold and looks to match. Being kind and good natured at heart, Kahlen has a difficult time with the actions that she must perform in order to gain a second chance at life. Her journey, from the very beginning, makes for quite the fascinating read and, at least to me, makes THE SIREN wonderful and unique.

THE SIREN is actually a Young Adult novel although many of the characters in the book are above the Young Adult age. Cass does an amazing job of filling the story with just the right amount of details to satisfy any young adult reader while actually making for a great book for many adults as well. I personally find great enjoyment out of both Young Adult and Adult books, but I found that THE SIREN really seemed to satisfy both categories of books.

Part of THE SIREN follows Kahlen as she unravels the mysteries surrounding her new life and her feelings about it. Can she accept what she has become? Will she always harbor hate for the Ocean for what She has done to Kahlen or will she come to accept and give thanks for the gift she has been given? Cass creates an epic story here as we follow Kahlen through her ups and downs. By the end of the book, I feel that we the reader get to know the Ocean practically as well as Kahlen does. Her feelings, both positive and negative, pop off the page and swirl around, pulling us closer into the story.

While THE SIREN is great for anyone looking for a great drama or adventure read, it also satisfied those of us that like a touch of romance in our stories. Now, the romance doesn't really hit the surface until about halfway through the book, but when it does, oh boy hold on. Cass can write romance like nobody's business! She creates the perfect hero to go along with our lovely heroine. Akinli, a hard working fisherman by day and knight in shining armor by night, is a puzzle piece match to Kahlen. Cass's writing is such that, without being blatantly obvious about it, we can tell that Kahlen and Akinli are practically soul mates. While the first half of the book details Kahlen's life and struggle to understand herself, the romance between Kahlen and Akinli dominate the second half. It is this romance that really makes THE SIREN shine.

As I mentioned above, one of the best ways for me to describe THE SIREN is to say that it is haunting. I don't mean that there are literal ghosts floating around, rather there are ghosts of emotions still flitting about my head. THE SIREN is not always a happy book. There are times when it can be sad, frightening, and downright depressing. As Cass mentions in the story, it is the dark that makes the light shine even brighter. Without the sad parts, without the parts that leave you on the edge of your seat on the verge of tears, the love and hope in the story wouldn't flow through quite as nicely.

After pondering the review for a bit, I had to come back here and mention one final thing. I've mentioned that THE SIREN became one of those books that has stuck with me, constantly replaying through my head even though I finished the story. I think that a large reason for this is the amount of realism that Cass imbues the story with. The Ocean is a living, breathing entity. She speaks, she has feelings, she uses her great waves to cause things to happen. The Ocean is as much a character as Akinli, Kahlen or any of Kahlen's siren sisters. I hadn't realized this until after looking at some of the photos of Port Clyde, Maine on Cass's website. I saw a photo of the ocean and my first thought was that She really was alive! That's the strength of Cass's writing, allowing my brain to meander in the realm of the impossibility long after her words have ended.

I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone looking for a great Romance, a great Adventure, a great Drama, and/or a great Young Adult read. There were a few times, especially with the second half of the book, where the pace seemed to get a little choked up and quirky, but overall, the story flowed quite nicely. Cass's talent with the written word is obvious as is her wonderful imagination. She has created a story unlike one I have read before, incorporating both the light and the dark.

THE SIREN was a story of life and it was a pleasure to read. I'm looking forward to experiencing more of Kiera Cass's work. My only wish for THE SIREN was that it wouldn't end! (less)

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Jan 26, 2012 Annaliesa rated it 5 of 5 stars

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"How do you thank the Ocean?"

I've had such a hard time trying to put the love I feel for this book into words. So I'll try to keep it short and sweet.
After I finished reading, I felt that The Siren had taken my soul, polished it, and gave it back for me to keep. It's one of those books where you know you've got a good story in your hands and try to savor each word to make it last longer. This book exceeded every expectation of mine. The plot itself was absolutely intriguing; take The Little M...more

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Jul 13, 2010 Pam rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was an absolute delight to read. Something completely different which was welcome.

This was a debut novel by the author, and it was self published. When I first found that out I was shocked because I couldn't imagine that she could not have found someone who wanted to publish this book with her. But I later learned she chose to self publish simply because she was not interested in going through the publishing process. From what I understand, she is currently working on her second book,...more

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Sep 14, 2009 Courtney rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I picked up a copy of this book while I was in Dallas for TwiCon 2009. I fully admit that I first heard of this book through Kiera's (and Liz's) youtube channel, twicurls. Wanting to support one of the sweetest girls I'd ever met in any fandom, I bought it and incidentally forgot about it until just a few weeks ago.

I rated it a 3 out of 5 stars for several reasons. I didn't hate this book, nor did I fall in love with it either. It was an easy read for me and held my attention throughout most of...more

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Aug 06, 2011 Becca Campbell rated it 4 of 5 stars

A great novel by a new author. The struggle of a forbidden love in an impossible situation. Impossible because our heroine, the Siren still has 19 years of service to the Ocean, until which are up, she contains a monumental secret - that of what she is. That secret includes being unable to speak out loud to humans without killing them. It also means until her time is up, she is unable to be killed, hurt, or age in any way. The only problem is that even without the ability of speech, she falls in...more

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Sep 21, 2009 Erica rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow, Kiera Cass has such talent. She is definately an author to watch! The Siren covers decades all in 276 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. Parts of The Siren were so heartbreaki...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Whitney rated it 4 of 5 stars

For the most part, this is a lovely and intriguing novel. I admire the use of mythology and the personification of the ocean. It's also refreshing to have a likeable female heroine whose personality is believable and vulnerable at the same time as it is resilient and adaptable. I am also very glad to read a young male love interest who has depth and trauma but is not brooding, controlling, or emotionally inaccessible. Finally, a good guy finishes first (though it's a traumatic race).

The cons: th...more

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Dec 29, 2010 Ally rated it 5 of 5 stars

I will admit, I was predisposed to love The Siren. I've been a fan of Kiera's videos on Youtube for a while now and I couldn't wait to read the new book she seemed so excited about. However, The Siren went far beyond what I ever expected. I literally could not put it down. I read it in a day and the next day I read it again, just to be sure that I didn't miss anything. Kiera Cass makes falling in love with her characters as effortless as breathing.
The only downfall of The Siren is how quickly i...more

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May 09, 2012 Bethany rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Lovers of mythology and romance. Particularly about Sirens ;)

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For $4, this book was really good. I have always loved the concept of sirens and I thought this story blended myth with reality very seamlessly. I think Kiera Cass is a wonderful story teller and I thought this story was beautiful and romantic. It was fun to go through the years with Kahlen and see the sights with her. I loved the dynamics of the siren sisters and how they were each different and unique. I admit that I felt like I was waiting for the love interest to come for a looong time. But...more

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Jan 08, 2013 Peanut Butter Jelly Time rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Wow! What a beautiful and moving story. I'm a person that doesn't visibly emote a lot when reading--even during the saddest of scenes I never cry, and during the funniest of jokes I never laugh. But with this story, I was astonished to find myself tearing up. The characters, the plot, the writing... everything was just so perfect. So beautiful.

The ending seemed a tad bittersweet to me because (view spoiler)...more

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Jul 12, 2012 Magpie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I thought this was going to be a lot lamer than it was and just be a typical paranormal romance, but it was pretty PG rated which was nice for a change. I really enjoyed it! Some of the romantic stuff was a little much, almost bordering on Twilight-esque... but I was able to get over it. I really liked the unique take on sirens and why they do what they do, and the ocean as a living thing that talks to them and stuff. It was an interesting mix of realistic and fantasy. The main character had a l...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Shellie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Awesome!!
What do you do when you are a siren? As in, the gorgeous girl who sings you to your death...as in the Ocean is your master.... You live your life to the fullest, in secret, never talking to humans.
What do you do when you have a chance encounter with a human, and you fall in love with him? You risk everything to be with him, simply to nearly get him killed.

That is the life of Kahlen, and that is not the end of her life either....especially when the Ocean loves Kahlen as much as she lo...more

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Jan 14, 2012 Gwenyth Love marked it as never-in-a-million-years

Bad author behaviour.

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Apr 06, 2012 Amber Neighbors rated it 4 of 5 stars

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"The Siren" is beautifully and mysteriously creative. There is a theme of earthly balance and natural forces alongside a forbidden and fatal love. The authors use of the ocean as a personal force causing a plight and experiencing a plight herself is wonderful. The imagery of the ocean as a type of Mother Nature is so creative and lovely. The beginning of the book was not "gripping ", but around chapter 7 the book begins to come together and keep you burning the midnight oil. Overall, the book is...more

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May 07, 2013 Trixie Aldecoa rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Another favorite book from my favorite author. The Siren reminds me of The Little Mermaid, Khalen reminds me of Ariel,my fave out of all the disney princesses. This is beautifully written, I felt Khalen's longing and her need to be loved, taken care of, how much she longed for someone to hold and kiss her. I was as Happy as blissful as she was when Akinli came into the picture, He was everything she's been longing for. He was right for her. He's everything she's been dreaming about. Their love s...more

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Nov 18, 2012 Maria rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Mar 01, 2012 Leah rated it 5 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars!!

This book is close to a 5 star book for me. It loses half a star for the mere reason that I had a hard time getting into it at first. But man, when I did get into it I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!!! This book was such a beautiful story! Very well written, so descriptive and I could really get into the heads of the characters, and so vivid I almost felt as if I was there. The premise of this book was so different than anything I've ever read before. It was very interesting to think of sirens...more

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Apr 23, 2012 Chrissy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, guilty-pleasures, romance

This was a really sweet story! I was pleasantly surprised by how completely readable and enjoyable Kiera made young adult paranormal romance.... I suppose I shouldn't be too shocked, since she is one of the sweetest and most loveable people I e-know. I'll admit to having been nervous about reading this book because of my admiration of the author: what if I didn't like what she wrote? How would I write a negative review for it, with her my friend on goodreads!? I don't usually enjoy this sort of...more This was a really sweet story! I was pleasantly surprised by how completely readable and enjoyable Kiera made young adult paranormal romance.... I suppose I shouldn't be too shocked, since she is one of the sweetest and most loveable people I e-know. I'll admit to having been nervous about reading this book because of my admiration of the author: what if I didn't like what she wrote? How would I write a negative review for it, with her my friend on goodreads!? I don't usually enjoy this sort of book so there was certainly a risk that I would have to.

Thankfully, she made my fears wholly unnecessary by crafting a truly enjoyable little book. Sure, it's predictable romance with a paranormal twist, but it holds its own. The "rules" of the universe were fascinating, and I almost wish there was more exploration of what it would have meant to exist as a mute, unbreakable, ageless monster throughout the two world wars and across vast stretches of time, as the world changed around you. There was a taste of this exploration toward the end of the story, and I was grateful for it, and only a little bit upset that the romance had to get in the way-- like I said, it was really really sweet. Still, "I love your idea and wish there was more of it to enjoy" is hardly a criticism.

My one true complaint will be the depiction of sex-before-marriage as some regrettable urge that should be resisted, and the resisting of which should be applauded as morally correct. I understand that an author is free (expected?) to inject his or her own moral code into their stories and characters, but I legitimately feel that this particular injection sets an impossible standard for average teens of both genders and then suggests, by proxy, that a failure to meet that standard would be wrong. There's a subtle line there, and while I applaud Cass for walking it with more consideration than many other young adult authors of similar creeds, I almost wish it weren't a line authors felt they needed to touch at all.(less)

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