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From the publisher:
2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack—but her sister is missing.
As Lucy waits for her return, she starts to unearth strange rumors about Jess’s town—tales of numerous missing men, spread over decades. A baby abandoned in a sea-swept cave. Whispers of women’s voices on the waves. All the while, her dreams start to feel closer than ever.
1800: Mary and Eliza are torn from their loving home in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship heading for Australia. As the boat takes them farther and farther away from all they know, they begin to notice unexplainable changes in their bodies.
A tale of female resilience, The Sirens is an extraordinary novel that captures the sheer power of sisterhood and the indefinable magic of the sea.
My note: I was excited to read this book, as I figured it was right up my alley, but I just didn’t want to start, after I did my search and found this amount of strong profanity. I enjoyed Hart’s Weyward and it was only rated moderate, so I was disappointed this had a higher level of content.
Rapid Rating: High.
Profanity includes 26 uses of strong language, a few instances of moderate profanity, 4 uses of mild language, about 25 instances of the name of Deity in vain, and 5 uses of British profanity. Sexual content includes some very brief scenes with a bit of detail (past kissing), references to at least one nonconsensual encounter, a partially nude photo being shared on social media. Violence includes a series of mysterious deaths at sea.
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