Review: Not as much siren as I would have liked, but very well written book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2013
First, I have to say before the review starts that I was given a copy for an honest review of this book.Now, on to the review.I am struggling with this one.  I enjoyed the book.  I truly did.  It took me a little bit to get into it, but once I was in it, I was in it.  I think my problem was that I came into this knowing more history about sirens than your average person would if they didn't have an interest in supernatural beings. I have a fascination with the supernatural and read up on it both in non-fiction and fiction books.That being said, that is my issue, not Anne Carlisle's.  You know how when someone is stuck on your traditional vampire, a new take on vampires might be hard for them.  It's kind of that way for me.  I was expecting more sensuality from the sirens in this book, more siren-ness, less human traits.That being said, Anne does a great job showing the internal struggle that Cassandra has between her Siren part and her human part.  Her siren part is wanting to use her powers on men for her own advantage while her human part wants to have a man love her for her, with no tricks.There's a curse and there's jumping between time periods, multiple generations, it really truly is a good book.  It is very well written. The book goes into a lot of the history between the various lines of the families in the book.  There's a lot of superstition in the old time period, which you would expect in a settlement in Wyoming in Cassandra's time period.I'm curious to read the first one, HOME SCHOOLING: The Fire Night Ball (The Home Schooling Trilogy), the beginning of Marlena's story and the next one that comes after The Siren's Tale because in this third book we have another entity entering the picture (I'm not saying who, no spoilers). It would also concern Marlena and I'm assuming bring back Cassie to look over her family.See, told you it was a good book.  I'm already planning on reading the other ones in the series, (and that is what makes it 4 stars for me, because I want to buy the other 2) it was just that I went into this expecting a lot more siren sensuality in The Siren's Tale and that left me having trouble connecting for a bit with the book. That's all my fault, not the author's.