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The Siren
Fantasy
The Siren
327 pages · First published 2009
Kahlen owes the Ocean a century of service after being rescued from the shipwreck that killed her family. As a Siren, she remains young and beautiful but must use a voice deadly to humans to lure victims into the sea, making ordinary friendship and love impossible. Meeting kind, human Akinli gives Kahlen a glimpse of the life she has spent decades watching from a distance and makes obedience to the Ocean increasingly painful. This stand-alone YA fantasy romance turns siren mythology into a story about guilt, longing, sacrifice, and the dangerous desire to reclaim a human future.
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Death and violence · Mild frightening/intense material
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