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Showing posts with label Siren. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Siren. Show all posts

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Siren by Tricia Rayburn

From GoodReads: Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Sands is afraid of everything—the dark, heights, the ocean—but her fearless older sister, Justine, has always been there to coach her through every challenge. That is, until Justine goes cliff-diving one night near the family’s vacation house in Maine, and her lifeless body washes up on shore the next day.

Though her parents hope that they’ll be able to find closure back in Boston, Vanessa can’t help feeling that her sister’s death wasn’t an accident. After discovering that Justine was keeping a lot of secrets, Vanessa returns to Winter Harbor, hoping that Justine’s boyfriend might know more. But Caleb has been missing since Justine’s death.
Soon, it’s not just Vanessa who’s afraid. All of Winter Harbor is abuzz with anxiety when another body washes ashore, and panic sets in when the small town becomes host to a string of fatal, water-related accidents in which all the victims are found, horrifically, grinning from ear to ear.
Vanessa turns to Caleb’s brother, Simon, for help, and begins to find herself drawn to him. As the pair try to understand the sudden rash of creepy drownings, Vanessa uncovers a secret that threatens her new romance—and will change her life forever.
A seductive paranormal romance full of unexpected twists, Siren is certain to make a big summer splash.

I was really excited to get this book, it had been high on my TBR list.  However, I was left disappointed.  I thought that it dragged on and left me forcing myself to finish it.  It just seemed that everything was lacking in some way.  Emotional scenes made me feel nothing, action scenes didn't peak my excitement, and the ending didn't surprise me at all.  I wish I had at least one thing that I could say that I really liked about this book, but the only thing that I can honestly say is that I doubt I will read the rest of this series when it comes out.

In My Mailbox

So this week's In My Mailbox is brought to you buy The Fort Dodge Public Library! lol As you know, I am a librarian at two libraries.  Unfortunately, both libraries are small town libraries with EXTREMELY limited budgets. So to "try before I buy" books for these libraries, I go to a nearby bigger city and get new releases from their library.  The Fort Dodge Public Library has been lucky enough to have several foundations that fundraise and purchase books for them, giving them an OVERWHELMING book collection.  This week in particular, I SCORED, getting not one, not two, but ELEVEN newly released books from my TBR list!  By the time I post this weeks WoW on Sunday, some may have already been read and reviewed, but I am going to list them here anyway!


So needless to say, this week will be spent with a book in my hands every spare moment I get!!