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Review: The Siren’s Kiss by Leslie Vedder

The cover for The Siren’s Kiss is everything I want and more. I adored The Siren’s Kiss for the Pirates of the Caribbean and Little Mermaid vibes. We love a siren and I loved this! Keep reading this book review of The Siren’s Kiss for my full thoughts.

Summary

Three years ago, Dead Shot Rayleigh laid hands on the legendary ruby the Siren’s Kiss andsuffered the wrath of the sea god, Red-Handed Roger.

Now bound as captain of his cursed ship, The Revenant, eighteen-year-old Rayleigh hatches a plan to win her freedom. Everyone knows that Red-Handed Roger’s heart was stolen by the Sea Witch. If she can get it back, she can barter her release.

But Rayleigh isn’t the only one with a score to settle. Fiery mermaid Maren lost her brother to the Sea Witch, and she’s come to the surface to get him back and save the last remaining mermaids at all costs.

When Maren runs afoul of the infuriating cursed pirate Rayleigh, sparks fly, and all her plans go up in flames. Now the only chance they have is each other.

Swashbuckling, sea monsters, pirate kings, siren songs, and stolen hearts!

Red-Handed Roger and the Sea Witch were once friends, before they both fell for the same mermaid and almost destroyed the world. Will Rayleigh and Maren’s love set things right, or just finish what the old gods started?​​​

Some hearts are meant to be stolen…

Review

(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)

I am obsessed with everything mermaid and sirens so I had to read The Siren’s Kiss. I don’t make the rules, it’s simply a fact. And The Siren’s Kiss was such a fun fast paced adventure story about love and revenge. About the price of revenge, the cost our ambition, and loss. The Siren’s Kiss is this blend of Pirates of the Caribbean rival pirate Kings and betrayals meets the Little Mermaid. If you ever wanted to read a story where there are pirate curses and sea witches, The Siren’s Kiss is for you! At its heart is a story about love and loss. About what we would or wouldn’t do to get back the ones we love. 

We can be so single minded about bringing back the ones we love. With magic, there’s no limits. But what would happen if we lose our lives along the way, if we lose who we are. In The Siren’s Kiss, we witness all the things the sea can rip away from us. The secrets and ghosts it holds in its depths. The Siren’s Kiss explores what happens when we lose our voice, our power, and the ways love can make us strong. It’s tempting to keep running from our pain, our loss, the truths we don’t want to see. But The Siren’s Kiss shows us that nothing good comes from running and even on the open sea, our past comes for us.

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