Cursed

By: S. J. Harper

Narrated by: Johanna Parker

Meet FBI Agents Emma Monroe and Zack Armstrong. She's cursed. He's damned. Together, they make one hell of a team. Emma Monroe is a Siren, cursed by the gods and bound to earth to atone for an ancient failure. She’s had many names and many lives, but only one mission: redemption. Now that she works missing persons cases for the FBI, it could be just a rescue away. Unless her new partner leads her astray.

Special Agent Zack Armstrong just transferred into the San Diego Field Office. He’s a werewolf, doing his best to beat back the demons from his dark and dangerous past. As a former Black Ops sniper, he’s taken enough lives. Now he’s doing penance by saving them. Emma and Zack’s very first case draws them deep into the realm of the paranormal, and forces them to use their own supernatural abilities. But that leaves each of them vulnerable, and there are lines partners should not cross. As secrets are revealed and more women go missing, one thing becomes clear: as they race to save the victims, Emma and Zack risk losing themselves.

©2013 Jeanne Stein and Samantha Sommersby (P)2013 Audible Inc.

I was hoping for a happy ending

I throughly enjoyed Cursed was hoping for a different ending But that's life yup yup

Siren & the Shifter: Great Team

I loved the narrator as Sookie Stackhouse and it took me a couple of chapters to forget Sookie, but once it got going, I really enjoyed her as Emma & Zack.

FBI agents Emma Monroe and Zack Armstrong are investigating a series of missing persons. The only connection seems to be the missing persons are closet vampires (the public is unaware of vampires).
Emma is a Siren and Zack is werewolf. So they have to rely on the supernatural nature to solve this crime but it is definitely a complicated case. Then throw in the fact that you have a sexy seductress with a carnal shape-shifter and sparks are flying everywhere.

I found the writing to be smooth and the story very interesting. It wasn't heavy on romance at all, but focused on the solving the crime. Emma was a likable heroine who did her best to act like a human and respect the human way of life. Zach was also likable as he tried to find his place in both the human and shifter worlds. I like how the author didn't make Book 1 overly complicated and heavy with world building. Some authors use book 1 as an information dump and it makes the book boring. I think after introducing us to characters, the authors can then use book 2 to give us more background and delve more into their past. I will definitely be continuing this series.

Fizzels towards the end

This starts off strong. The characters are enjoyable. Then midway the plot seems to fragment and pull apart. The supporting characters lightly mentioned suddenly have large parts that seem to be put into the story as fillers. Then they are given small parts with statements or actions to drop them out of site again. With this the story becomes utterly predictable with sex added to help fill up space. The utter predictability detracted from the overall story appeal. It has me hesitant about purchasing future books in this series. I did enjoy Johanna Parker narration of this book. She does an excellent job. Her reading kept the book enjoyable.

Wrong author!

I got this book thinking it was a Helen Harper book. Boy was I wrong. This author needs to work on her craft. Needs better character development and the whole fit of the story was off. Thousand year old siren does not act like a thousand year old siren, but more like a 20 something girl. Narrator gives the whole thing a breathy, dumb girl vibe. Won’t be getting next book in series.

good story line, character development

This part of the siren's tale had a good story line. The character development slowed down in a few places, seemed somewhat repetitious. i felt like there was enough going on that other characters were left flat. enjoyed the story, but hope for more action and development of secondary character, including the hero sidekick.