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Reckoning
Fallen Siren #2
S.J. Harper

ROC
October 7, 2014 / ISBN 0425263304
Genre Fantasy

Reviewed by Jan Fields

 

Special Agent Emma Monroe is a siren looking for redemption. If she saves enough people, she hopes to lift the curse that makes loving anyone a deadly risk. The fact that she's in love with her werewolf partner Zack doesn't help - luckily and magically he doesn't remember their past affair. Then as if her lovelife isn't complicated enough, Zack and Emma are on a kidnapping case with otherworldly ties as well. Emma's curse limits how much she can pull on her siren powers to solve crimes as there's always a price, but it means Emma comes across sometimes as a fairly ineffective agent. The romantic elements are full of heat and conflict, though I'm slightly jaded on the whole supernatural love triangle thing - especially when one of the guys is a vampire and both of the guys are a bit of a jerk. Still, I like seeing a bit of Greek mythology woven into a tale, and Demeter is wonderfully evil. I found the book engaging and interesting, well worth a read even if not my new favorite series.

Reviewer Janis Fields is the editor of Kid Magazine Writers emagazine and has written dozens of stories and articles for the children's magazine market.
Reviewed 2014
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