Despite the story s weaknesses, Cass seeds it with enough intrigue to keep readers curious about how this hopeless love affair will play out. how do these girls have endless amounts of money to use in the human world? However, the sisterly bond between the sirens is touching, and Kahlen is sweet, if docile. The siren world is fascinating if somewhat underdeveloped e.g. America is willing to suffer through poverty worse than her current state in order to be with Aspen. They meet in secret at night and plan a future together: America wants to marry Aspen and have several children. Kahlen and Akinli are playfully cute, but the chemistry is missing, and readers may question why Kahlen risks so much for a guy she barely knows. America is a romantic who risks the strict Illéan law by sneaking out to meet her boyfriend, Aspen. Since sirens can t age, speak, or marry, their romance seems doomed. Kahlen detests her macabre work but finds some contentment with her siren sisters, until she unexpectedly falls in love with a guileless human, Akinli. After a shipwreck kills Kahlen s parents, she is rescued from drowning by the sentient Ocean herself, but must serve for 100 years as a siren, using her beauty and otherworldly voice to lure humans to horrible deaths at sea. If she could make a crown out of anything, it would be the unending tears of her readers. She is a wife and mom and too many other things to list. Faithful fans of the Selection series can dive into this Little Mermaid esque story, originally self-published in 2009, but revised for its rerelease. Kiera Cass is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series and The Siren.
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