I liked the idea of the system that the Sirens served, with the Ocean. It was really easy to understand, but it was a real central force in the book. I think I’d love to be a siren for the experience it gets. But the way it was painted in the plot was just unflattering, mostly because it goes against everything the main character truly wanted.

Romance fans will enjoy this light fantasy from Kiera Cass, a veteran of the genre. It’s an imaginative, insider’s look at a siren’s life. Tweens and teens will enjoy rooting for Kahlen to find a way to be with her beloved Akinli, and they'll easily relate to her as she rebels against the Ocean's strict demands. En fin, que si sigo escribiendo seguro se me sale algún spoiler, pero el punto es que The Siren, a pesar de no ser -ni de lejos- el mejor libro de Kiera Cass, tiene una historia que se disfruta muchísimo, mitología que te sorprende, personajes que te enamoran y sentimientos que se quedan contigo hasta mucho después de haber leído la última página.

The Selection changed America Singer's life in ways she never could have imagined. Since she entered the competition to become the next princess of Illéa, America has struggled with her feelings for her first love, Aspen—and her growing attraction to Prince Maxon. Now she's made her choice...and she's prepared to fight for the future she wants. Illustrating the siren as a pure mermaid became commonplace in the "second family" bestiaries, and she was shown holding a musical instrument in the classical tradition, but also sometimes holding apparently an eel-fish. [80] An example of the siren-mermaid holding such a fish is found in one of the earlier codices in this group, dated the late 12th century. [f] [69] (As bird-like) The siren is allegorically described as a beautiful courtesan or prostitute, who sings pleasant melody to men, and is symbolic vice of Pleasure in the preaching of Clement of Alexandria (2nd century). [59] Later writers such as Ambrose (4th century) reiterated the notion that the siren stood as symbol or allegory for worldly temptations. [60] and not an endorsement of the Greek myth. Clark, Willene B. (2006). A Medieval Book of Beasts: The Second-family Bestiary: Commentary, Art, Text and Translation. Boydell Press. ISBN 9780851156828.

Their individual names are variously rendered in the later sources as Thelxiepeia/Thelxiope/Thelxinoe, Molpe, Himerope, Aglaophonos/Aglaope/Aglaopheme, Pisinoe/Peisinoë/ Peisithoe, Parthenope, Ligeia, Leucosia, Raidne, and Teles. [42] [43] [44] [45] Hugh of St. Victor (d.1240), De bestiis et aliis rebus XCVII, quoted in Latin by Mustard (1908), p.23, and in translation by Holford-Strevens (2006), p.32: "sirens.., as the Physiologus describes them have a woman's form above down to the navel, but their lower part down to the feet has the shape of a fish". The work continues "excerpts from Servius and Isidore" to say: "three Sirens, part maids, part fish, of whom one sang,..etc.". But despite attribution to Hugh, this work had so heavily interpolated that it has been actually a 16th century compilation, and dubbed a "problematic" bestiary. Cf. Clark (2006), pp.10–11: Chapter 1: The Problematic De bestiis et aliis rebus. Linda Phyllis Austern, Inna Naroditskaya, Music of the Sirens, Indiana University Press, 2006, p.18 This is a story about many types of love. Sisterly love. Friendship. Parental love. Learning to love yourself. (Love for cake.) And yes, romantic love too. This is one of the best romances I've read in a long time, which is ironic because the love interest appears in less than a quarter of the book total, but what I really took away from this book was all the other kinds of love. Especially the parental love. The parent in this book is the Ocean. She is very much a character in this story and the way in which she loves her Siren daughters is so reminiscent of a mother trying to hold on to her growing children. La novela es en sí entretenida: las situaciones que se dan son conflictos medios, es decir, nada épico ni que vaya a cambiar el mundo, pero se dan de manera totalmente justificada y fluyen dentro de la historia. Los personajes juegan un punto bastante importante en la novela, sobre todo el grupo de amigas de la protagonista, y creo que le aportan a la novela el toque justo de humor que necesita.Once this human, Akinli, enters Kahlen's world, nothing else seems to mean as much. Not even the secret that she is bound to keep, and with less than 20 years left on her sentence, will it all be destroyed because of this? Now Kahlen has found the one thing she has always wanted. Is the life she could have worth destroying the life she does have? Or can she have both? American Sign Language sign for "no" described. A few brief facts about oceanography and geography. Kahlen gets new "sisters," Miaka and Elizabeth, who help transform her into something better than she ever imagined she could be. Miaka is creative and she is also Kahlen's first "little sister," while Elizabeth is wild and crazy, and brings out the fun and slightly mischievous side of Kahlen. Aside from Aisling being withdrawn and bitter (think Mr. Scrooge), you don't know much about her for the most part, but she is a very important piece of Kahlen's puzzle. One kiss, not described. Past mention of a teen who got pregnant and was abandoned by the father. Occasional mention that one of the sirens has had many lovers. Siren's Lament", a story based around one writer's perception of sirens. Though most lore in the story does not match up with lore we associate with the wide onlook of sirens, it does contain useful information.