A review by northernbookfox
Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller

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

2.75

This did exactly what it needed to for me: it was entertaining and fun to read. However, I felt no sense of tension. 
The characters said exactly what they meant and wanted and felt, except Alosa. Levels of clear communication and self-awareness that would be commendable in real people but all the conflict that is supposed to come from those missed connections just evaporated with little to replace it.
Riden
did all his emotional work off-page. Characters just disappeared -
Draxton and Theris/Vandorn
: who knows what happened to them! For characters that were such threats in the previous book, they were dealt with so easily that it felt rushed. Was it? Was there supposed to be a missing book in the middle where they hunted down
Theris
? Who knows, but it's not here now.
Again, entertaining, kept me engaged enough to read it in a day, but when the only moment I felt tense was when
a child got shot in the head
- in a pirate book! I'm not impressed.
It's a shame because I did enjoy all the individual tropes, this should have been an easy win. Just goes to show, tension serves a purpose.
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