Synopsis
A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine
2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack—but her sister is missing. As Lucy waits for her return, she starts to unearth strange rumours about Jess’s town—tales of numerous missing men, spread over decades. A baby abandoned in a sea-swept cave. Whispers of women’s voices on the waves. All the while, her dreams start to feel closer than ever.
1800: Mary and Eliza are torn from their loving home in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship heading for Australia. As the boat takes them farther and farther away from all they know, they begin to notice unexplainable changes in their bodies.
A breathtaking tale of female resilience, The Sirens is an extraordinary novel that captures the sheer power of sisterhood and the indefinable magic of the sea.
Review
I’ve been dreading writing this review for weeks, not because I disliked the book but because I just wasn’t sure what to say. This was my second Emilia Hart book and it did not disappoint. The same historical, somewhat fantastical, but oh so personal feel that I got from Weyward was done just as well in this one. I love having multiple POVs and timelines and seeing how they bleed into each other. While this story did feel like it took a little bit longer to find itself, it still was worth the build-up and I enjoyed seeing how all the details started coming together. Some of the reveals really got me too!
The narrator was a really good fit as well so I’m glad I chose to do the audiobook again. Hart has really endeared herself to me with Weyward and The Sirens, and I can’t wait to see what comes next. I’ll jump right on whatever it is!
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