Description
Words sting. Songs kill.
The Cruel Prince meets To Kill a Kingdom in this seductive YA fantasy debut, in which a siren must choose between protecting her family and following her heart in a prejudiced kingdom where her existence is illegal.
Saoirse Sorkova survives on secrets. As the last siren in her kingdom, she can sing any man to an early grave - but her very existence is illegal, and if her true identity were ever discovered, it would be her life on the line.
By day, Saoirse disguises herself as a fae, pretending to be the perfect soldier-in-training. By night, she satisfies her darker urges working as an assassin for dangerous mercenaries. And all the while, she keeps the biggest secret of all: that she is not always in control of her Siren powers, or her desire to kill.
Then a blackmailer threatens her sister, and Saoirse's investigation takes her to the royal palace, and her most dangerous job yet: personal bodyguard to the Crown Prince.
Saoirse expects to despise Prince Hayes. But he is kind, thoughtful, and charming, and she finds herself increasingly drawn to him . . . until he tasks her with investigating a killer plaguing the kingdom. The problem: the killer is Saoirse.
Trapped by her deadly double life, Saoirse can't leave the palace until she saves her sister . . . but who will save her from herself?
Review
This is a dark and enthralling book, full of magic, deceit and secrets.
Saoirse lives in a world where deceit and power are all around. In the Kingdom of Keirdre, fae are the most powerful of all. It is a prejudiced kingdom where being anything other than that can get you killed.
But Saoirse and her family are living with secrets. Saoirse is the last siren in the kingdom - sirens are known for their beauty and hypnotic ways that lead men to their death. If she is caught, her life will be over. But it is not her life she worries about—it is that of her younger sister Rain, who is hiding a secret ofher own.
Saoirse has been training by day at the prestigious soldiers barracks, but working as a dangerous assassin by night. After graduating from the barracks, Saoirse is chosen to work as a guard to Prince Hayes at the royal palace. This is a dangerous place for her to be, and she initially refuses. But somebody knows her secrets, and the threats and blackmail start. To threaten her is one thing, but to threaten Rain is another! Taking the job at the Royal Palace might be her only way to find out who is trying to destroy them...
Prince Hayes is intrigued by Saoirse and her forthright attitude. He trusts her, but little does he know the truth about her and what she has done and is capable of! And when he puts her in charge of finding out the identity of the kingdom's mysterious killer, Saoirse finds herself with an even bigger problem—how do you investigate yourself? And how is she going to deal with the growing chemistry between them?
This is an epic YA fantasy novel that will have you intrigued right until the very end. It is graphic at times,so will best suit those that 14 and older.
Reviewed by Sam
