Review: The Echoes that Follow
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2013
The secret of writing, well there are a lot of secrets, but foremost among them is pace. If you are describing a view from the deck of a fishing boat, how many lines do you take: two, four, twelve? Twenty? There is no answer to this question. The good writer knows when it's time to move from description and get on with the story. That's pace and that's what gives Sonya Dodd's writing its compulsion.This is the second book I have read by this author and in this sequel to Siren Call - astutely titled Echo of a Siren, we find ourselves in the cruel sea after a storm with Greg saved from drowning by Rachel a Siren. Her role is to lure ships to their doom, but here, in a role-reversal, she is beset by an unexpected human emotion - love. She is a woman with all that implies and Greg is a handsome man that compels her to take on the Siren Council in a quest to change her fate. While Rachel struggles with her inner demons, Greg must face the very human trauma of having lost many of his friends in the storm and finding his only solace is with the enigmatic Rachel, whom he believes he can love, although strange, often fatal things happen around her.Although Echo of a Siren has echoes of the supernatural, the book is deeply rooted in the human condition, our dreams and doubts, our yearnings and desires, the need we all have to love and be loved. 5 stars all the way.