#i enjoyed book 1 but wasn't obsessed w it for whatever reason. also my memory of it is pretty hazy

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2023 reads

The Siren The Song and the Spy

sequel to The Mermaid The Witch and The Sea following many new & background characters

allies from across the seas are coming together to fight against the empire once and for all

two siblings from a community who’ve held back colonisation until now, and the rich girl who washes up on their shore after a shipwreck, a pirate spy in the capital, and various others

and the Sea and her daughters, the mermaids, and creatures who want to fight back

#The Siren The Song and the Spy #the mermaid the witch and the sea #maggie tokuda-hall #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #i enjoyed this a lot!! more than book 1 tbh #i enjoyed book 1 but wasn't obsessed w it for whatever reason. also my memory of it is pretty hazy #but ahh!!! good characters #TWO aroace MCs :) #aroace books #florian & evelyn only have a couple short chapters between them; so maybe not great for fans of them #(but also honestly i'd prefer that to like. they're mcs but bad things happen to them) #it maybe… simplifies revolution and overturning the empire a bit? #but I guess most of the characters are just joining right when it’s about to pop off. #and also it does have the fairytale vibes that makes that work (I saw a review that said ‘deau ex oceania’ haha)