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Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

21 reviews

eevacasey's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Sexual violence, Excrement, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Vomit

lisa_m's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

I have read Daughter of the Pirate King quite a while ago but I think I remembered everything important. The things I struggled with the most are the names because there are just so many different characters which all have unusual names and some of them are really unimportant.

I kind of like that Tricia Levenseller is not scared of killing of characters but it just isn't that impactful if you don't have much sympathy for the characters.
Even the main characters are not that 3 dimensional and I didn't feel for them much. I did like their characteristics and the dynamic between the characters (I'm always a big fan of strong female friendship and female leaders). Still I felt like reading a story about these characters which I enjoyed but I didn't feel their pain at a betrayal at all. I just felt very distant.

The part I liked was that it kind of felt like a female Odyssee. The dynamic on the ship was really fun to read about as were the challenges they had to overcome.

The main character was really oblivious sometimes and some of the relationships felt forced and strange to me.

All in all I know that there are people who will probably love this book immensely but it just wasn't it for me.

! Also I was sick while reading this book so that might have impacted reading experience.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Ableism, Cannibalism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Medical content

mblanke's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Cannibalism, and Torture

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Sexism and Sexual content

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was a fun read. I definitely loved the setting and the characters. I especially loved that we got to meet more of the crew, and I absolutely loved Roslyn. However, I did rate it lower than the first book because I felt that it mostly ignored the possible romances, which I was quite excited to read about. I would be elated if we got some short stories to get insight on what happens after this book. I have to say though, I really appreciated how this book explored Alosa’s relationship with her mother. I definitely let out some audible gasps with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy, Gore, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

tiffsbookjourney's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Well, it kept me engaged. It left my jaw dropped on several occasions. And didn't have any cliché tropes, well maybe one...I'd call this one a win! This finish to the story was such a nice wrap up, the amount of action that occurred even within the journey were just so well written, I applaud Tricia for being able to create such a fun sea adventure filled story!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, and Gun violence

jja_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was very fun and more entertaining than the first book I think. Good conclusion although I think it would have benefitted from an epilogue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Torture, Sexism, Misogyny, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Rape

maaikereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexism

shirlene65's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexism

noorakorkka's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

Picked this up right after i finished the first one of the series. Did not let me down. I was so sad when it ended. Just overall an AMAZING fast paced never got boring type of book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexism, and Sexual content

nicole_m's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved the first book and I love this one even more. The cliff hangers at the end of the chapters are great and make you not want to put the book down. <Spoiler> Since Alosa finds out her fathers secret she goes against him and compared to finding the map in the first book she actually goes to the Isla de Canta and she’s met with so many challenges and adventures

. Overall, great book and I hope you give the series a try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Medical content, Misogyny, Outing, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, and Toxic relationship

If the content warnings above trigger you I don’t recommend. If not I recommend it and hope you enjoy!