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Lure (2000)

by Stephanie Jenkins(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 4

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English

genre

Romance

series

Siren's Call

review 1: The story started out a bit slow but quickly picked up pace around page 30 or so. I ended up finishing Lure fairly quickly, however I was left with a lot of mixed emotions that were weighed down by the negative.When it comes to supernatural YA books it feels like the characters interchange between Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies, or Witches, therefore I found it very refreshing to read about Sirens. I found that Lure did a pretty good job of taking well-known Greek Mythological stories and creatures and giving them its own twist, but I don’t think the story lines were fully fleshed out. I was confused quite a bit due to gaps in the plot and it was hard at times to connect different threads in order to get the story to make sense. On the other hand, even though the story li... morene began to annoy me, there was enough allure to keep me interested in reaching the end. When it comes down to it though, I don’t think I’d eagerly recommend this book to a friend. Although Charlotte’s story is original and refreshing the other elements such as a strong characters, were missing.A big aspect of what I consider a “good” book is deep and well-developed characters, unfortunately I felt like Lure lacked this completely. The main character, Charlotte, to be honest, annoyed me. In the beginning she was this angry girl who had shields up around everyone, including her supposed best friends, Andy and Sophie. By the end of the book she was exactly the same except she was a siren. Basically there was no character development whatsoever. To be a siren meant you were soul-less, having lost the ability to feel true emotions. However, Charlotte already had trouble feeling emotions when she was human. Throughout the book she kept having these epiphanies where she wondered and reveled in the fact that her friends actually “cared” about her especially whenever she’d have an accident (which happened quite a lot) or disappeared into her rooms for days. Also, for a girl who had trouble feeling emotions, she was awfully moody which I feel would invalidate her Siren-esque aspects… Very confusing.The supporting characters were pretty lifeless, especially Andy and Sophie. The two would pretty much disappear (figuratively speaking) for days and when they showed up all we’d really get is more references to Andy’s afro-hairstyle and the big drug/pill-popping addiction Sophie couldn’t kick. I wish they had been fleshed out some more because it seemed like they had a lot of potential; they were pretty much useless.Overall I’d rate this book 2.5 stars. I’m curious to see how the story continues (book 2 has already been released) especially since my only real, favorite character, Matt seems to play a bigger role. Out of all the characters he seems to have the biggest potential. However It’ll most likely be a while before I grab the second book.
review 2: What a great introduction to this author! This was a quick and interesting read. Charlotte (Char) becomes a siren when she almost drowns, and her life inexplicably changes. She no longer has to eat but constantly craves salt water. She tries to live a normal life while strange things start occurring (like her sudden desire to sing and swim in the middle of the night), but her home life is a mess. Both her brother and father are still reeling from the recent loss of her mother, and the family is emotionally distant from each other in their grief.When she meets the siren who changed her, she also finds her purpose - guiding souls to the afterlife. But there's a catch - she no longer has a soul herself. Some other interesting things happen, but you will have to read this book to find out!Charlotte has a great support system in two very close friends who put up with her strangeness. She also suddenly has not one, but two, hotties in her life.The pacing of this story was excellent. While Charlotte was not immediately likable, she most definitely grew on me. I think her cynicism was a way of shielding herself from her mother's loss. Definitely recommended!$.99 on Kindle less

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