Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not? Despite my very small dissatisfactions, I recommend this book for a good, fantasy-type novel with a bit of romance. Also, some of the male voices came across as if she were reading the three bears and trying to do Papa Bear's gruff tone. A very small irritation, the narrator, though expressive, had weird, gasping little breaths that sometimes took away from my enjoyment of her narration.

That does not take away from my recommendation for listening to the book. Though I don't want to reveal too much, let's just say that I am a sucker for a nice wrapped-up package, and unless the author has a killer sequel that somehow miraculously extends out the resolution in a satisfactory manner, I did not like the very, very end. My caveat, and the reason I only gave this 4 stars, is twofold: 1. Although I had guessed some of the ending before I read it, the relationships and action kept me engaged until the end. I found the romance compelling - thank God the author forewent descriptive, gratuitous sex, though there is one episode that isn't described. Vanessa Sands is a very likable heroine, and her struggles and concerns wrapped me up quite successfully. Good listen with a little bit of disappointment.Īfter having just listened to a real stinker of a book, this book, Siren, was a great relief in its compelling and emotional suspense. in which all the victims are found grinning from ear to ear.Īs Vanessa and Simon probe further into the connections between Justine's death and the sudden rash of creepy drownings, Vanessa uncovers a secret that threatens her new romance - and that will change her life forever. All of Winter Harbor is abuzz with anxiety when another body washes ashore, and panic sets in when the small town becomes home to a string of fatal, water-related accidents. Soon it's not just Vanessa who is afraid. After discovering that Justine never applied to colleges, and that she was secretly in a relationship with longtime family friend Caleb Carmichael, Vanessa returns to Winter Harbor to seek some answers.īut when Vanessa learns that Caleb has been missing since Justine's death, she and Caleb's older brother, Simon, join forces to try to find him, and in the process, their childhood friendship blossoms into something more. Vanessa's parents want to work through the tragedy by returning to their everyday lives back in Boston, but Vanessa can't help feeling that her sister's death was more than an accident. That is, until Justine goes cliff diving one night near the family's vacation house in Winter Harbor, Maine, and her lifeless body washes up on shore the next day. Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Sands is afraid of everything - the dark, heights, the ocean - but her fearless older sister, Justine, has always been there to coach her through every challenge.

Siren by Tricia Rayburn