Reviews with content warning for Adult/minor relationship - The Siren

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The Siren by Tiffany Reisz

9 reviews

pankadoll's review against another edition

medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It's perfectly paced and very well written. I read it in one sitting and it was one hell of an emotional journey. Believable and engaging, but with a taste of a feverish dream, to be honest. Despite how much Nora preaches safe, sane and consensual, her relationship with her dom are anything but. I'll just choose to see it as a sexual fantasy, but good god, I hope nobody took it as a manual for how sm should look like. The way Nora uses scenes is amazing, the way she is used during scenes made me clutch my pearls, cuz if your sub ends up

in a hospital

you are definitely doing it wrong. And that poor boy who had to deal with it is just a cherry on top.

At the beginning I assumed it will be a moving on story. Nora will fall for her editor, take control she was denied before and will explore a healthier dynamic. What memories are given about her past are pretty creepy, I didn't find them arousing, so I expected her to run from them, not into them. It made sense for Zach to

return to his wife

, it was growth. I can't see it as growth for Nora. Maybe it shouldn't necessarily be that, I don't know. It's interesting the author chose to end it this way. I'm certainly curious about the second book now because I want to understand why she did it.

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annact2204's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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kateryderbooks's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

damn this author can write — but i just cannot rate this any higher bc of the way it glorifies

statutory rape

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stormmorgan's review

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Romanticizing a relationship of an adult man and a minor just because he waited until she was 18?! Disgusting.

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yuna's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I liked parts of this book and had huge issues with others, namely the statutory rape and how it was glorified/justified as saving that kid's life because of his mental health struggles. Also how the main character defended age gap and power dynamic imbalances in relationships if the younger party is 18 because they're legally an adult and thus as fully aware of the ramifications of their actions as someone in their thirties. These are two tropes that I like but omg, you don't know anything when you're 18 you just think you do.

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kloughlin's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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junji_ito_hoe's review

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dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

DNFed. Fuck this shit. The underage boy, the mention of pedophilia, and abusive relationships disturbed me.
0 stars

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maincharactermags's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was both everything and nothing that I expected. I did not expect to have such varying feelings on the main characters, as I read the book it continued to change. I did think it was fun that Nora is a writer of erotica, and how that plays into the overall story. I'm STILL uncertain about what I think about a big twist in the middle of the book though...

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johannahahn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Problematic

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