Book Response #4: Siren's Storm

           
          This book, Siren's Storm, is not at all what I thought it would be. Honestly I judged this book by its cover; it looked eerie and intriguing, so I picked it up.  The book has 14 chapters, I am on chapter 6 and for the life of me cannot get into the story.

           So far all that has really happened hasn't been too exciting, in fact barely anything has happened at all. The main character is Will and he is what is considered a local at the beach he lives on. His friend Gretchen comes to visit each summer and became very close with his family. The only things that have really been talked about are the fact that Will's brother, Tim, died last year in a boat accident and his body was never recovered. It's almost the anniversary of Tim's death and Will is starting to act strange. He almost hits a girl with his truck, then later sees her walk straight into the ocean and never come back up. Will cant get the girl out of his head. 

        The description of the girl is very chilling and gives you an eerie feeling about her from the beginning. The author, Papademetriou does a really good job describing the girl, "Green cat eyes, long black hair, her skin was pale and smooth like the inside of a shell... her figure had long, delicate limbs that moved almost like a spider." The way the author compares her skin to the inside of the shell we unique in my mind. The picture above is what I imagined her green cat eyes would look like. Will thinks he had only imagined the strange girl, but he sees her again at a local diner, so he know's she is real.
           As you might be able to tell not much is going on, it is a very slow moving book and hard to follow. The author bounces between characters and feelings often and it can be hard to determine who is speaking at certain times. I plan to try and keep reading this book, I really hope that it starts to get interesting sometime soon. I don't like to only ready a few chapters, but this might be one of those books that I just won't be able to finish.