Another amazing tale by Elise Kova 👏 

Based very loosely on Orpheus and Eurydice and the Little Mermaid, the story begins with Victoria making a deal with a siren Duke, Ilryth, to escape her very unfortunate circumstances. Any more explanation would be somewhat spoilery, but it is an epic story of love, redemption, and life after trauma. 

I cannot stress enough Kova’s mastery of, well, story telling. No stone is unturned in Victoria’s journey to learn how to be loved. Her backstory, and subsequent ptsd, is handled well. Every feeling is explored fully, but in such a way that it wasn’t repetitive or boring. The love story was perfect. Kova’s writing is beautiful, but this story had me kicking my feet, sweating with concern, and literally crying. Not to mention the world building is always great- I love how she handled all the aspects of being a siren (mermaid). 

This has turned out to be one of my favorite in the interconnected standalones. The story was really complex and the characters were wonderful. I’ll stop gushing now 😭

I listened to the audiobook with a full cast- all of the actors were great. I like how they handled the singing without actually having much song.