Daughter of the Siren Queen

This was my most highly anticipated book to read of 2018. I was in love with the first book so much that I actually pre-ordered the sequel. I’m not big with pre-orders because I’m a bargain hunter, and I prefer having the book instantly. But, this book was worth the wait.

The first and second books are connected in terms of Alosa’s journey, but they had a different feel throughout. In this book, Alosa was calmer and collected. She didn’t have a lot to fight for compared to the first novel. She was very much in charge with every situation she encountered, but everyone else around her seemed to fight more than her.

The relationship between her and Riden irritated me throughout the story because she would constantly torture his emotions and at the end of the day, he still had strong feelings for her. Riden was so attached to his brother, yet when it came time to choose between Draxen or Alosa, he chose Alosa. I get that she’s a tough girl with her mind only on her end goal, but this on again off again emotions for Riden got old quick.

There were a lot of characters in this novel. It was expected since majority of the story took place on a pirate ship. However, there were only a handful of characters we got know on a personal level. Pre-spoiler, there were characters that were killed off in the book, but they weren’t as shocking as if Riden was killed off (which never happened). It was just because we didn’t get to know all the characters well enough to truly care for them in the end.

One of my major pet peeves about this book was the relationship between Alosa and the Pirate King, Killigan. In the first novel, she was quite proud to be his daughter and happy to use her nepotism to taunt her enemies. However, in this book, once Killigan’s darkest secret was revealed, Alosa turned her back on him instantly which was honestly hard to believe.

I’m also still confused on how Alosa can swim faster in the water if her legs don’t transform into a tail like a mermaid’s. There is a reason why mermaids have tails under water and grow legs on land. She could at least have her feet turn into fins like Harry Potter’s in The Goblet of Fire. One last question, if there’s no male sirens, how do they reproduce? Especially if the sirens in Alosa’s mother’s charm (a group of sirens) were not fond of Alosa being half siren and half human.

Minus the loopholes and relationship flaws, this book was still fun to read. It visually reminded me of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. There was enough action, mystery, and romance to keep me intrigued throughout.

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