I was interested in this book because I am a big fan of mythology, and I was curious to see how she would use the sirens from the Odyssey in a modern way. The beginning of the story was captivating, and I could hardly put it down. I loved how Portia was introduced and her background story. It was one of the more original characters I've read in a long while.

More towards the halfway mark of the story, the story started to lose the appeal it had towards the beginning. I was still enjoying it, but there was just some things that seemed a little too off - even for something dealing with mythological creatures in a modern age. I feel it focused too much on detail, like labels of types of clothing that most of the target audience of a young adult fantasy wouldn't known about. It pulled me away from the story a few times.

All and all, I would recommend this to fans of mythology. It was a fun read with modernized greek mythology. I give it 3/5 platypires.

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