Storm Siren (Storm Siren #1)
by Mary Weber
Publisher: Thomas Nelson / HarperCollins
“I raise my chin as the buyers stare. Yes. Look. You don’t want me. Because, eventually, accidentally, I will destroy you.”
In a world at war, a slave girl’s lethal curse could become one kingdom’s weapon of salvation. If the curse—and the girl—can be controlled.
As a slave in the war-weary kingdom of Faelen, seventeen-year-old Nym isn’t merely devoid of rights, her Elemental kind are only born male and always killed at birth — meaning, she shouldn’t even exist.
Standing on the auction block beneath smoke-drenched mountains, Nym faces her fifteenth sell. But when her hood is removed and her storm-summoning killing curse revealed, Nym is snatched up by a court advisor and given a choice: be trained as the weapon Faelen needs to win the war, or be killed.
Choosing the former, Nym is unleashed into a world of politics, bizarre parties, and rumors of an evil more sinister than she’s being prepared to fight . . . not to mention the handsome trainer whose dark secrets lie behind a mysterious ability to calm every lightning strike she summons.
But what if she doesn’t want to be the weapon they’ve all been waiting for?
Set in a beautifully eclectic world of suspicion, super abilities, and monsters, Storm Siren is a story of power. And whoever controls that power will win.
I feel like I've been waiting forever to get to read this book. I signed on to do the review tour months ago and this book has been sitting there, staring at me for SO long. It took great restraint to leave it alone until now. Isn't the cover amazing? I love it. It is perfect for this story.
I seriously don't know where to start with this book. There is so much to say but I have to be so careful as not to give anything away. That is going to be hard.
The words in this book had such beautiful moments -flowing, full of imagery and emotion. Worlds were created for me with those words. I loved it.
This book literally sucked me in from the very first page and did not let up at all. I felt like I was on one continuous roller coaster ride- start to finish. And it was a fast roller coaster. This book was always on the move. There was nothing stagnant or lulling. I started this book in the morning and finished it at night. There was no way I was putting that book down for long. Honestly, I couldn't read a book like this every day not just because nothing would get done, but it was emotionally exhausting! I loved every minute of it. Ha. (I just read back through this paragraph and it sounds like I'm a crazy person but I'm leaving it just the way it is because I feel kind of crazy right now)
I loved Nym. Yeah, she's a tough girl but mostly that toughness protects her beaten down spirit. Nym has been through so, so much. My heart ached for her. As a reader, I am always looking for characters who are challenged and grow in some way. I want to see enlightenment and empowerment through that growth. I got that one hundred percent with this book.
Yeah, this book was good. Great even. BUT. Anyone who has read this book will know exactly what I'm ranting about and those of you who haven't yet read this book (I say "yet" because you really ought to pick this book up) will just have to wonder at my adamant and heartfelt ranting vagueness.
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WHAT!?! That is the ending? That is what you just gave to me? The faithful, invested reader. I am NOT happy with that ending. The last few chapters- WHAT? You cannot do that. But, wait. Yes you can because you just did it. I thought the first two heart wrenching things were bad and I was ready to rant about that but then you went and ruined everything with that LAST LINE? WHAT?! I don't even know what to do with this right now. Yeah, I'm annoyed. I feel like everything was just ripped away from me. EVERYTHING. All I can say is that there better be a book two, and it better come out soon. That was just mean.
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Don't let the rant scare you. If a book can evoke feelings like that, there must be something good about it. It would be worse if I closed the book and didn't care much about not getting the ending I wanted. SIGH.
This was so well done. If you love fast paced paranormal fantasy type books with magic and danger, you are going to LOVE this book. I'm now handing this book off to my daughter. I can't wait to see how she reacts to this book. I know she is going to love it.
Content: No swearing (there are some words in place of swearing that mean nothing to me in my world but were obviously swear words to them) and no sexual situations. There is quite a bit of violence.
Officially though: Mary Weber is a ridiculously uncoordinated girl plotting to take over make-believe worlds through books, handstands, and imaginary throwing knives. In her spare time, she feeds unicorns, sings 80’s hairband songs to her three muggle children, and ogles her husband who looks strikingly like Wolverine. They live in California, which is perfect for stalking L.A. bands, Joss Whedon, and the ocean. She likes orange trees, tattoos, and ALL the music. ;0)
BOOK 1 in my YA fantasy STORM SIREN trilogy releases Aug 2014 from Thomas Nelson, HarperCollins. Eep!
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