I'd wanted to read this for a while - mermaids and the Trojan war. Yes, please! It was interesting that this provided the Siren's POV, who were not monsters looking to drive men to their deaths, but looking for love in order to obtain immortality.

Sirena is one of these sirens, and she cannot stand the death that her sisters voices cause. She escapes to a deserted island and witnesses Philoctetes being abandoned by his ship after contracting a fatal snake bite.

I liked this story. It was a harder version of The Little Mermaid, where the two lovers are still in two different worlds and have to return to those worlds. This book did not necessarily have a happy ending but it had a true ending. ( )

This was a cute romance, I enjoyed the simplicity of the island and the involvement in Greek mythology. ( )

Beautiful story, written in a rather captivating way. ( )

A young adult interlude - Sirena is a mermaid of Greek myth. Through her story runs some of the stories of the Gods and the Trojan War. Simplistic but sweet. (April 09, 2005) ( )

I remember reading this book when I was in middle school and absolutely falling in love with it. I think I finished it in a single sitting and then immediately started to read it again. I just re-read this book, again in a single sitting, and it's just as magical as I remember. It's not the best written book I've ever read, but there's something that's just magical about the story and the way it's written. ( )