The Siren

By: Tiffany Reisz

Narrated by: Aeron James

Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Notorious Nora Sutherlin is famous for her delicious works of erotica, each one more popular with readers than the last. But her latest manuscript is different - more serious, more personal - and she's sure it'll be her breakout book…if it ever sees the light of day.

Zachary Easton holds Nora's fate in his well-manicured hands. The demanding British editor agrees to handle the book on one condition: He wants complete control. Nora must rewrite the entire novel to his exacting standards - in six weeks - or it's no deal.

Nora's grueling writing sessions with Zach are draining…and shockingly arousing. And a dangerous former lover has her wondering which is more torturous - staying away from him…or returning to his bed?

Nora thought she knew everything about being pushed to your limits. But in a world where passion is pain, nothing is ever that simple.

©2012 Tiffany Reisz (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Shocking

Shocking to me, I really didn't think I would like this, but I was totally wrong I loved the story. It has everything you would want drama drama drama, but a perfect ending!!!

Very intense and controversial....but a fab listen

This book had spiked my curiosity through Goodreads, so I decided to listen. I personally enjoy this listen; HOWEVER, this book is NOT a gushy romance story nor does it have your typical happy ending. It's content will be very controversial to many.

The book is powerfully written and explained the BDSM lifestyle very well. It does pull in a large Catholic religious twist in which many will take offense. Being Catholic myself and brought up in Catholic school, this twist was moot to me.

The narrator was powerful and brought this powerful story to life. However, I am now on the second book and they did not use the same narrator. I am so disappointed for this choice by the writer for the book is talking on a complete different life and NOT a good one.

dark, intense

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book for readers who enjoy good writing, character development, and plot twists. It's not, however, for everyone. It definitely has darker elements, and there are some themes that some readers will probably find disturbing. Just something to be aware of going in

What did you like best about this story?

I liked that this was a unique story that was well-written and intelligently told. The characters were flawed, but memorable.

What does Aeron James bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The voice that he chose for each character seemed to bring out their personalities. Hearing the story always adds to the experience.

Love this Book

Wow, I'm about half way through this book. I can balerly put it down. But I have to get some sleep.

I read this book based on this review by Mandi. I was very intrigued and decided that I had to read it. I am extremely glad I did. This is a phenomenal story. I love the characters, they are extremely deep. I worry about all the characters. It seems that there will not be a happy ending, but I cannot imagine the story ending any other way.

I will say that I am terrified of Soren. But I'm also very curious about him. I hope we get to learn more about him in The Angel.

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I love this book. I'm now listening to audiobook. I'm a little over an hour in. I love Nora.

Just finished the audiobook. I should've waited until closer to when The Angel comes out. Now I have to wait impatiently. Love this book.

This is not your garden variety erotica!

It is a story about love, friendship, faith and about discovering your deepest desires and how to deal with them.

GREAT Listen! Finally a romance/erotica book with

I don’t remember which category romance or erotica this book was classified in, however, you get both and much more with this book. I listen to a lot in the combined category and most of the time it’s full of sex scenes, not well written and typically been there read that! This book is truly refreshing and unique since it has a plot, great writing, romance, passion, hot/erotic scenes with “cliff hanging” anticipations. If that is not enough, the author combines many “non vanilla”, taboo and scenarios that are typically seen as “socially deviant” demonstrating a unique and creative mind that breaks the mold for this category of book. After all how many more stories can we tolerate of a “kinky” billionaire that finds the unexpected ordinary woman outside his wealth and kink experience that is going to turn her to his world and ends up falling in love with her… Boring, please stop writing those. I find it interesting that the author describes the editing process of the book Norah is writing in great depth and how the editor is ripping it apart to make it a better book, It seems they put the same effort into providing us with a great book/listen.

Starting book 2 tomorrow.

Fantastic

Great story, great reader!! Love this series and characters. Highly recommend this series for fun summer read.

An unexpected tale

This book is much better than I thought it would be. It has an interesting and engaging story set in the world of BDSM, without itself being porn. It is about how literary books get written and published, as well as its BDSM themes. I liked it a lot.

Flawed, but compelling

I'm not madly in love with this series, but apparently liked the first volume enough to purchase the audiobook even after finishing the text version. It's not a particulary nice story, or a realistic one, but the characters are messed up in just the way that makes them somehow humanly compelling all the same - and, compared to what else is currently being published under the erotic romance and erotica labels, it's not a badly written story.

Mr. James's narration may help it, though. His main failure is with some of the accents (and he really needs to brush up his Danish), but he still manages to bring the characters' personalities to life quite beautifully. There's also a nice rhythm to his narration that, I think, overall got the mood of the scenes well and was easy to fall into. And for those discouraged by the mentions of annoying or weird female voices: well, I think the female characters themselves tend toward the weird and/or annoying, so it's really surprisingly fitting and, for the most part, not that bad after you get used to it.

Go give it a shake! Just please don't go around pronouncing Søren's name like it's done here. ;-)

Strong material

This was a very real book. I mean I can't say for sure these things actually happen but the writing transports you to a world where you BELIEVE they could be.