Aedan, the king, is desperate to get back to his kingdom to save his people and be with his dying father and learn the fate of his sister, Callese. The first romance involves an ancient Scottish king, who is kidnapped and left for dead near Kell, only to be rescued and saved by the Siren’s descendant, Ione. Fighting that fate will result in the death of them both. Essentially, there’s a curse-the siren will fall in love with a fated mate, but they’ll be kind of sealed both together and on the island. The book consists of three sections and three main romances, but is tied together with the initial romance between Kell and his siren love. The siren’s job is to sing drowning sailors to a peaceful death when ships come too close to the island and crash. Tiny little content warning, this book has a fair amount of light dubious consent if that kind of thing bothers you.īasically, there’s this island called Kell and no ships can go there because it’s where the siren is. This threw me way, way back to the early days of my romance binges, when the only acceptable kind of romance was a THICK book with a nice tartan plaid and a heavy amount of angst. Overall: It was a tad slow for me in the beginning but then I got really into it and ended up loving it.

Plot: This is a romance that spans centuries and revolves around the sirens of the Island of Kell. Heat Factor: It’s pretty fraught and steamyĬharacter Chemistry: There are four pairs in this generational story, and all of them have this desperate, meant-to-be energy

The Last Mermaid by Shana Abe