Both Gemma and Harper reflect on how hot boys are several times throughout the story.
She invites Gemma to join them for sex, but Gemma refuses, grossed out. Penn uses her Siren abilities to control a young man named Sawyer, whom she appears to be sleeping with. Gemma spends time kissing a couple of boys. Readers interested in mermaid stories might like Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly or Of Poseidon by Anna Banks.Įxtreme profanity and some crude language used infrequently throughout the story. Not enough really happened to make it feel like its own novel. It seems to fall into the pit that second books often do, where the story winds up feeling like a filler needed to set up for the big finale. I think I liked the first book better than this second one.
I just didn’t find it all that believable that they’d refer to their parents as “Brian” and “Nathalie” in the narrative. The situation with the girls’ parents definitely added to the story and explained some of the girls’ important thoughts and motivations. All characters are referred to by their first names, which seemed strange especially for Harper and Gemma’s parents. There were some odd decisions with regard to point-of-view. Sometimes passive writing left me disconnected from the story. Harper’s interactions with the other characters may have been my favorite parts, especially her friendship with her coworker Marcy, whose dry monotone made her offbeat ideas pretty funny at times. After reading the first book in the series, I wanted to find out what happened to Gemma, a star swimmer-turned-siren and her organized, overprotective sister Harper. Mermaid stories aren’t hard to find, but this is the first series about sirens I’d ever read. The plan: rescue her from the Sirens and find a way to break the Siren curse so Gemma can be free. Harper, Alex and Daniel close in on Gemma’s whereabouts.
Thea has the potential to be an ally, but she won’t easily give up any secrets about Sirens or her own tragic past. She tries to enjoy the sea and get to know her fellow Sirens better. At first she’s determined to be miserable, but when that backfires she decides to make the best of it. She promises not to run away in a bargain to protect her family and Alex, her boyfriend. Hidden away in a white beach house, Gemma tries to understand her new Siren needs and abilities. Even if it means spending time with Daniel, whose tanned muscles and bright smile are sure to distract her. She’ll rescue Gemma no matter what it takes. Martin’s Griffin Amazon | Barnes & Noble | GoodreadsĪfter Gemma disappeared with Penn and the other Sirens, her sister Harper won’t rest until she tracks them down.
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