The seventh in the retold fairytales series, The Ever After Mysteries, Silencing the Siren by Denise L Barela takes place in 1920s New York City and Coney Island. Andrew Grayson is a sheltered, young, rich man who lives in a Central Park mansion, but falls in love with Anabelle, a circus performer on Coney Island.
This is an imaginative retelling of the Little Mermaid. I loved seeing the closeness of the circus performers, who though mostly unrelated, form their own tight family. “This family was put together purely by the love and friendship they had for each other. The love they had ran far deeper than the blood Andrew shared with his parents.” I loved the way they care for and protect each other. Acceptance and love are freely given within the circus confines, things that are sadly lacking from the more affluent and “righteous” community without.
I found Andrew to be extremely naive for his age and couldn’t believe he still was at an age where he could be disciplined by his parents the way he was. However, this thought is coming from someone who is living one hundred years later. So, maybe relationships in upper-class families really were like that?
Annabel is very young in many ways, yet also mature beyond her years. The strength of character she exhibits every day to make a good life for herself amazed me.
I love to zero in on secondary characters that I would enjoy meeting, often because of the way they treat others. William and Amalia are those people in this tale. Discerning, caring, quick to forgive and to aid others, they almost need their own story!
Great twists to complete this fairytale! Don’t miss your chance to find out whether the Siren is silenced for good!!
Notable Quotables:
“Anger clashed and rolled with the grief inside him. A war of fire and ice with no clear winner.”
“This city cared about no one but themselves. They had no compassion, no love, and no heart. Why couldn’t these people just open their eyes to the struggles of their fellow men? Why couldn’t they see that while they obsessed over societal expectations and positions, others had to exploit their differences just to survive?”
I received a copy of the book from Celebrate Lit. I also bought my own copy. No positive review was required, and all opinions are my own.
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