The Siren

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Philippe de Thaun (1841). Wright, Thomas (ed.). The Bestiary of Philipee de Thaun. London: Historical Society of Science. p.98. {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help), fol. 59r, Cotton MS Nero A V digitized @ British Library. For as light and bubbly as that cover is, this is a bit of a dark story. It's Hollywood, baby. The life of the stars and lights and flashes from cameras. A gaggle of people are off to a tropical island to film a new hit. Siren's Lament", a story based around one writer's perception of sirens. Though most lore in the story does not match up with lore we associate with the wide onlook of sirens, it does contain useful information. The Lion's den was one of my favorite reads last year. After my ARC request was declined everywhere I directly reached out to the publisher to beg (yes, at that point it was straight begging) for an early copy, so I was ecstatic when they sent me one (thank you, Tiffany from marketing 😄). I came into it with some trepidation cause it wouldn't be the first time I loved a debut novel but didn't like the second one, but fear not, The Siren is even better than its predecessor. And the bar was pretty high!

Chunko-Dominguez, Betsy (2017). English Gothic Misericord Carvings: History from the Bottom Up. BRILL. pp.82–84. ISBN 9789004341203. The siren was illustrated as a woman-fish (mermaid) in the Bern Physiologus dated to the mid 9th century, even though this contradicted the accompanying text which described it as avian. [24] An English-made Latin bestiary dated 1220–1250 also depicted a group of sirens as mermaids with fishtails swimming in the sea, even though the text stated they resembled winged fowl ( volatilis habet figuram) down to their feet. [78] [e] Apollodorus, Epitome 7.18; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface, 125& 141; Tzetzes, Chiliades, 1.14, line 339 & 348

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Still, Kahlen and Akinli were just so, so cute. I couldn’t help rooting for them to be together (which is the point of a romance, but it doesn’t always work for me). They had chemistry, and they understood each other perfectly. It was so much fun to read. I could tell in his face that I could burn the house down, and he’d just get out marshmallows and thank me for the lovely flame. I’m not sure I could make a mistake big enough for him not to forgive.” After I read Katherine St. John’s debut novel The Lion’s Den, which came out last year, I knew she was an author to watch. Her second novel, The Siren, is about the movie-making business, something St. John, who has worked as an actress, screenwriter, director, and producer, knows a lot about. And as with her first novel, her latest is a thriller about people behaving very badly. Oh what fun.

a b "Workshop Bestiary MS M.81, fols. 16v–17r". Morgan Library and Museum. 27 February 2018 . Retrieved 2022-09-09. How would that prove that it’s actually poison if it doesn’t affect her? Oh my god, these villains are so bad. Cole Power, (think Tom Cruise maybe?) a Hollywood staple for the last several decades, is making a movie on a secluded tropical island with his ex wife Stella. I wasn’t quite there for the romance, which is a bit unfortunate since this is a romance book. Fight me, but insta-love is just so useless and annoying. This is a great summer read! The multiple POVs, alternating timelines, and slow-build storyline kept me engaged throughout. It's my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it 🌴.

The romance was terrible. I did not understand Hayes' attraction at all. I can cope with insta-love, usually it even works quite well as it'll speed up the narrative and keep the story engaging. However there was actually zero reason for him to be remotely interested in her. Fine, we'll ignore the insta-love. Then why does he continue to fall harder for her throughout the book, he doesn't know anything about her and she isn't kind to him at all. But alright, we'll accept her dark and mysterious intrigue is enough. She killed his best friend and lied to his face about it, that should've been an instant end to any attraction and Gabi Burton clearly realises it because she tries to explain why he still loves her, but it falls flat as it makes no sense whatsoever. Iconography [ edit ] Classical iconography [ edit ] Moaning siren statuette from Myrina, first century BC From the first chapter, I was immediately captivated by our main character, Saoirse. She has such a strong voice throughout this book and I'm so happy we get her the way we do. She was nothing short of extraordinary. She is a classic antihero, morally grey character (like actually morally grey) and she has no shortage of flaws, but I loved her SO much. She reminds me of so many fantasy heroines but also feels uniquely separate from them as well. She’s a murderous assassin with a penchant for lying and scheming, but she is MY GIRL. Not Halle’s Ariel is training to be a guard for the kingdom because top guards make bank and she needs major schmoney to afford her foster sister’s private school. It’s so expensive that she needs a side hustle. She’s an assassin. Somehow a super secret resistance organization decided it was a good idea to hire a literal child to be an assassin. But like oh my god, why wouldn’t they hire her? She’s secretly a siren. That means that men take one look at her face, and instantly want to rape her. That’s how beauty works. But don’t worry, if she sings to them, she can mind control them. But oh no Cleo, if she touches water, the water can mind control her and force her to kill men. Kind of. Not really. But it’s a great excuse to be “morally gray” and have literally no qualms or guilt about killing random people. Ever since I was little, I have fallen in love with the ideas of mermaids (or sirens, as some have called them). They are beautiful and mythical and quite honestly the root of my obsession of fantasy novels and movies. Anyone who knows me knows that, even though I am a poor swinner, I can't get enough of the siren folklore.

Sing me to Sleep is a strong and compelling novel that starts off strong and addictive and maintains your interest throughout!

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Akinli was another character I really enjoyed reading, he was just too sweet, caring and funny. I just wish we had more of him in the book. Also! I liked that I thought I knew how his story would end and NOPE! Kiera really surprised me this time :P. I'm not saying I loved the way it ended, but it took me by surprise! Definitely not the cliché I was expecting. I really liked Her sometimes, but there were other times that She just confused me. I mean, I liked the idea, I think that She was the strongest character of the book, and it's the first time I read something like it. Her relationship with the girls was one of my favorite aspects of the story, it was very motherly. La primera novela que leo de Kiera Cass fuera del mundo de La Selección (de hecho, es la única que tiene), y es también la primera novela que ella escribió. Pese a haber sido revisada y editada, creo que se nota la mejora que ha tenido en el resto de sus trabajos. Vamos, que sí, se nota que le faltaba poner un poco en orden las ideas y dotarlas de detalles. Rotroff, Susan I. (1982). Hellenistic Painted Potter: Athenian and Imported Moldmade Bowls, The Athenian Agora 22. American School of Classical Studies at Athens. p.67, #190; Plates 35, 80. ISBN 978-0876612224. Three very different women arrive on set, each with her own motive. Stella, an infamously unstable actress, is struggling to reclaim the career she lost in the wake of multiple, very public breakdowns. Taylor, a fledgling producer, is anxious to work on a film she hopes will turn her career around after her last job ended in scandal. And Felicity, Stella's mysterious new assistant, harbors designs of her own that threaten to upend everyone's plans.

Initially, it's easy to tie a few of these people together and see how this is going to play out. It's dark, but it's pretty straightforward. It's the details you don't know. Because there are a lot more people in the plot and a lot more going on than these 3 perspectives know. And what they don't know just might get one of them killed. Some surviving Classical period examples had already depicted the siren as mermaid-like. [7] The sirens are depicted as mermaids or "tritonesses" in examples dating to the 3rd century BC, including an earthenware bowl found in Athens [19] [21] and a terracotta oil lamp possibly from the Roman period. [7]

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The tenth-century Byzantine dictionary Suda stated that sirens ( Greek: Σειρῆνας) [c] had the form of sparrows from their chests up, and below they were women or, alternatively, that they were little birds with women's faces. [15] You know, I love good melodrama, and boy, The Siren had it by the boatload. It was full of secrets and lies and scandals and romance galore, with lots of possible scenarios as people’s schemes and lies and treachery start to see the light of day. In Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ( c. 1136), Brutus of Troy encounters sirens at the Pillars of Hercules on his way to Britain to fulfil a prophecy that he will establish an empire there. The sirens surround and nearly overturn his ships, until Brutus escapes to the Tyrrhenian Sea. [107] Renaissance [ edit ] The big pull for me about this book was the morally grey heroine. I feel like we don't see many morally grey females as we do other genders in fantasy, so this was a bit of a rush. Saoirse was conflicted in so many ways about who she was, inside and outside. Her rise to rookie guard to the Prince was both hard fought and a reluctant post. It was so interesting to see the dynamic between Saoirse and Hayes. The first-century Roman historian Pliny the Elder discounted sirens as a pure fable, "although Dinon, the father of Clearchus, a celebrated writer, asserts that they exist in India, and that they charm men by their song, and, having first lulled them to sleep, tear them to pieces." [52] Sirens and death [ edit ] Odysseus and the Sirens, Roman mosaic, second century AD ( Bardo National Museum)