"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.Siren by Tricia Rayburn (review copy) - Something deadly waits beneath the waves off Winter Harvour, and this summer, no one's safe. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Also, the science behind the climactic scene makes absolutely no sense and isn't plausible.-Necia Blundy, Marlborough Public Library, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Far too much of the book is spent with Vanessa chasing after her sister's boyfriend for answers. While the premise of sirens in modern-day North America is fascinating, the idea is not fully explored. Rayburn's writing has an almost cinematic quality, but that causes problems when things aren't explained clearly and readers are left to infer too much in the action. This novel starts out well, but quickly drags. As she searches for clues, Vanessa begins to suspect that there might be a connection between the many deaths. Dead men are washing ashore all along the coast, and the weather is going crazy. It turns out that Justine's death isn't the only one that summer. Vanessa doesn't believe that her sister killed herself so she starts digging for answers. But this year, after a terrible fight with their parents about her future plans, Justine jumps off a cliff to her death. Gr 8 Up-Vanessa and Justine Sands have spent their summers in Maine hanging out with the neighboring Carmichael brothers for almost as long as they can remember. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
This is an utterly gripping paranormal romance for Twilight fans sick of copy-cat vampire novels but in love with paranormal romance. And as the death toll mounts, Vanessa realises that to save Caleb and solve the mystery of her sister's death, she has to confront a secret she's kept for years - one that could end her summer romance with Simon and even life as she knows it. Panic sweeps through Winter Harbour as more bodies wash ashore, all male, each victim found grinning from ear to ear. Soon, it's not just Vanessa who is afraid. But when Vanessa learns that Caleb has been missing since Justine's death, she joins forces with Caleb's older brother, Simon, to try to find him. Vanessa returns to Winter Harbour alone, looking for answers from Caleb Carmichael, Justine's summer love who was with her when she jumped. Everyone assumes that the tragedy is an accidental result of Justine's adventurous ways.
That is until Justine jumps off a cliff near their family's holiday home in Winter Harbour, her lifeless body washing ashore the next day. Fortunately, Vanessa's fearless older sister, Justine, has always been there to comfort her. Seventeen-year-old Vanessa Sands is afraid of the dark. Something deadly waits beneath the waves off Winter Harbour, and this summer, no one's safe.
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