BOOK TITLE: The
Sirens of Rhine: The Innocent and the Condemned
ISBN: 9781480007833
AUTHOR: Kaylynne
Spauls
GENRE: Fiction/Paranormal
NUMBER OF PAGES: 402
FORMAT: Digital/PDF
SERIES / STANDALONE: The
Sirens of Rhine #1
REVIEW BY: Dhivya
Balaji
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/20539669-dhivya-balaji
HOW I GOT THIS BOOK: The
author requested a review and sent us a copy.
REVIEW:
The Innocent and the Condemned, the
first book of ‘The Sirens of Rhine’ series by Kaylynne Spauls is a paranormal
novel set in modern times. The story follows a first person narrative of three
sirens, supernatural creatures of enormous power, capable of destruction. The
sirens are enslaved, sold for human trafficking, and subjected to torture. The
legend follows that at any given time if one siren exists; two more exist of
the same calibre. The three sirens together have power unrivalled by anything
else… and powers are at work to prevent such a union.
Lily Butler has been living all her
life in the mystical island of Rhine. She has a peaceful life in a bakery and
one day she is attacked by someone who calls her a siren. To Lily, this
explained the feathers that stuck out of her neck and she is brought into harsh
reality. She has to cope with her possessive boyfriend while she is attracted
to the detective inspector Gerald. Her calm and fragile nature is shattered as
she learns that sirens are deadly creatures and shooting a gun is as natural to
her as baking a cinnamon bun.
Kai, keeper of the keys finds herself
enslaved for the umpteenth time in her life. She escapes the clutches just like
always but finds a companion soul, Aria, an air nymph. Together, they escape
the humans involved in slave trade. Kai does not know the feelings of
compassion and softness, she specialises in killing. Snapping the neck of
humans comes easy to this ruthless siren. But her companion is the softest of
creatures who insist that she was born to save the supernatural creatures.
Ashlin Sinclair, daughter of Senator
Robert Sinclair, is brought up by her father to serve her duty as a seductress.
All she knows is to follow orders from her father, and she does it to
perfection. Her father scolds her for even the tiniest bit of compassion but
her grandmother insists that she is not a monster. One last assignment proves
to be one too many for Ashlin as she makes her escape from her influential
father and hides in the island of Rhine.
When all three sirens meet, they are
surprised beyond measure. Because till then, they did not know others like them
existed. Each siren has her own characteristics and each has got a lot to learn
from each other. The trials faced by the three sirens as they journey towards
each other (without intending to) are all based on a common point. This book
has enough twists to keep you engrossed for a continuous reading.
The author does finish this book much
like the end of a serial episode. But cliff-hangers are not suited for books.
Any book, even if it is a part of a series, must have some sort of closure.
Much like a sequel movie the book must create a pleasant anticipation instead
of a frustrating surprise. But then maybe this was her idea of an interesting
end (given, it is that).
WHAT I LIKED: The
narration, handling of characters and the nice crisp story.
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER: The
book is narrated by three women, each as first person. This gets a bit
confusing if you don’t notice the header at the start of each narrative.
VERDICT: Go
for it, if you like a little romance, action, dry humour and incredible women
in your books.
RATING: 4.2/5
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kaylynne lives in Richmond Virginia
with her wonderful husband, and spends time with her family and friends. She
took several years of German in high school and college, and it has attributed
to the inspiration for this book. She first became interested in the river
Rhine while visiting Germany with classmates. That and a love of Greek
Mythology started the foundations for this book.
EDITIONS AVAILABLE: Paperback,
digital, kindle.
PRICE: $20.69
for kindle.
BOOK LINKS:
http://www.amazon.com/Sirens-Rhine-Innocent-Condemned/dp/1480007838/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385130275&sr=1-1&keywords=The+sirens+of+rhine+innocent+and+condemned
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