The world-building is original and fantastic. I would recommend The Siren to any fantasy or romance lovers. I do understand why Cass must make their romance fast-paced in order for the story to fit in one novel. Though I am a hopeless romantic, it’s hard for me to believe love like Kahlen and Akinli could come by as easily in real life. Their mutual attachment seems too good to be true. Akinli’s faithfulness and love seem to blossom out of nowhere. My only qualm about The Siren was how unrealistic their romance came to be. While we are not bound by servitude to the Ocean, there are many strings, or maybe ropes, that ground us from indulging in our passions. While we all have duties and responsibilities we would shrink in favor of our passions, the reality is we must find a balance between what we want to do and what we must do. The conflict Kahlen experiences between love and duty is interwoven throughout the novel. She dreams of love and of experiencing the world, not just observing on the sidelines. Cass explores the problems with immortality when Kahlen describes her sorrow for having life pass by her but not being able to live in that life. The Ocean felt grief, sorrow, and love for her daughters. I love how she describes the Ocean to have human feelings too. The fantastical world Cass built was astonishing. This book was so captivating that I finished it in one sitting. She struggles with every sinking, trying to find a balance in her new life as a bringer of death, never letting herself be overcome with grief. She isn’t alone in her duties, as her Siren sisters are there to share the burden they all have to bear. Kahlen accepts her service and becomes an obedient and dutiful daughter to the Ocean. There will be no memory of her life as a Siren when she returns. 100 years as a Siren, and then she will get a chance to resume the life she lost at peace. Her voice becomes a deadly weapon used to lure stray ships to their deaths at sea to feed the Ocean. To her surprise, the Ocean answers.įrom that moment, Kahlen’s life is not her own. In her last moments, she cries out in desperation to be saved from her fate. Kahlen’s world is turned upside down in an instant.
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