Princess Lira is a Siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in the her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a cruel twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one things that they loathe the most - a human. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian's heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever.
The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even through he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby and he calls it his calling and something he was born to do in live. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she is more than what she appears to be at first. She promises him that she will be able to find a key to destroy all of sirenkind for goods - however can he really trust her? Just how many deals will the prince have to barter to be able to eliminate mankind's greatest enemy?
I have found that this was a very Dark fantasy for the young adult genre and it has the way to tell its compelling and vicious story without using the standard troupes linked to the genre. We find that the leading characters are the most unlikely companions who are linked with a hatred of the Sea Queen. However by the end of the story their stories as entwined in each other however as you can guess there is always going to be a twist when fate comes between them. This is the romance story that i love which is very slow burning and I love the way that this builds to the point that Lira is willing to give up everything that she believes in to be wut the man that she loves. I also love that this is a very imaginable retelling f the Little Mermaid and lets us see the reason the Sea Queen became as twisted as she has done. I would recommend this to any reader who loves a retelling of the classic Disney tales.
