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The Lost Siren by Raven Storm

9 reviews

queen_sara's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Smut was two blunt sentences per scene, not compelling at all. And having a bunch of dudes sexually harass FMC isn’t poly wtf 😭 MMC was all brooding without the secretly being a sweetheart part. I can’t believe this is like a 6 part series. Found through authors instagram reels.
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m11cc444's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Silly lil read… not a good book. 2 stars for enjoyment <3
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wondereads13's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

DNF @56%

Interesting idea for a fantasy romance but hated most of the love interests and romantic/spicy scenes were just not good. Constant threat of violence/sexual assault against in the main character totally turned me off. May come back to it someday just to learn more about the world
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doubletherazzle's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

1.25

The book needed another heavy edit. The “character development” was reduced to short internal monologues that essentially amounted to “I’m different now than 15 seconds ago” with no real  support or actual development. I’m all for suspending belief for the sake of fantasy, but
terrified virgin slave to poly warrior queen with no actual training, character development challenges, or genuine physical/emotional growth
was beyond irrational.  Character “development”  was generally awkward and disjointed from the plot, which was also incredibly choppy, and world building was minimal and piece mail. Beyond plot and character issues, there were several incongruities (is he a cousin or a nephew?), grammar issues, the writing was generally mediocre, and the tropes were trope-y in all the wrong ways (I love a good trope, but these were predictable and not fleshed out). For a book advertised as it is, I expected  much more spice than was actually present. 

All that said, I wanted to spend time reading something distracting when I couldn’t focus and didn’t have energy to invest in other things and this was a free bonus download through hoopla on my library card, so it met the criteria for my present situation (hence why I finished it).  Unclear if I’ll seek out sequels. 
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solari's review against another edition

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Inconsistent main character, poor world building, and general romance squicks and abuse 
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lotte5322's review against another edition

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3.0

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sipteareadbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

1.75

A disappointing read, unfortunately. The characters are very flat and the MC is particularly disappointing.
She goes from illiterate, abused domestic slave to confident semi military ruler with seemingly no trouble or self doubt at all.
Honestly, there are far better dark romances out there. I will say, I did appreciate the hint of queer rep but it was very much just a hint. 
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zellapaige's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced

4.0

Good plot, interesting premise, horrendous ending.

Basic points of the premise: is technically post-apocalyptic, the apocalypse was caused by demons and magical beings taking over the world, all humans in existence have been enslaved for generations over 600 years at least.
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