The Sirens

A Novel

De: Emilia Hart

Narrado por: Barrie Kreinik

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A spellbinding novel about sisters separated by centuries, but bound together by the sea, from the author of the runaway New York Times bestseller Weyward.

“Narrator Barrie Kreinik offers a first-rate performance, embodying the characters with distinctive voices and delivering Hart’s prose with graceful lyricism.”—Library Journal (starred review)

"The Sirens teems with family secrets, eerie dreams, and deep transformation. A compelling tale of sisterhood, sacrifice, and the sea, this is a beautiful follow-up to Hart's sensational debut, Weyward. The Sirens will sweep you away."—Sarah Penner, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary

2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack—but Jess is nowhere to be found.

As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess’s strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women’s voices on the waves. Desperate for answers, Lucy finds and begins to read her sister’s adolescent diary.

1999: Jess is a lonely sixteen-year-old in a rural town in the middle of the continent. Diagnosed with a rare allergy to water, she has always felt different, until her young, charming art teacher takes an interest in her drawings, seeing a power and maturity in them—and in her—that no one else has.

1800: Twin sisters Mary and Eliza have been torn from their loving father in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship bound for Australia. For their entire lives, they’ve feared the ocean, as their mother tragically drowned when they were just girls. Yet as the boat bears them further and further from all they know, they begin to notice changes in their bodies that they can’t explain, and they feel the sea beginning to call to them…

A breathtaking tale of female resilience and the bonds of sisterhood across time and space, The Sirens captures the power of dreams, and the mystery and magic of the sea.

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2025 Emilia Hart (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"The Sirens entices us with the combination of mesmerising beauty mixed with mortal danger. Hart skillfully entwines mystical aspects into what could be construed as part-fairytale, but its multiple timeframes and historical settings are firmly grounded."—Historical Novel Society

"Hart’s second novel (after Weyward) weaves a lyrical story, intricately blending family dynamics with the magic of folklore. For fans of family relationship stories with elements of magical realism, such as the novels of Sarah Addison Allen."—Library Journal

"Full of allure and brimming with undercurrents of buried secrets... The Sirens is beautifully written and utterly compelling."—Evie Woods, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop

Captivating take on mermaid mythology

Very well-written and engaging. Presents the complexity of good and evil, right and wrong through a compelling story and a creative take on mermaid mythology. The narrator was great. Highly recommend!

Awkward Conclusion

The story held my interest and I liked the way the author goes back in history and then to present day throughout the story. The writing is elegant and beautiful and I admired that. I liked how the truth slowly unfolds until near the end you pretty much have an idea of what’s happened. This revelation is a bit strange but I was willing to go along. I was let down, however, when at the end it feels like the reveal is summarized quickly just to get it over. It was like “so this is what’s going on, what went on in the past and The End” . It was kind of abrupt. Other than the very end, though, I was engaged and interested.

Beautiful writing!

I loved the narration. Not a single complaint! Very well done. I will automatically buy anything from this author and narrator.

Magical historical well told tale!

I loved this book. The story, the performances. I loved Weyward too and just as in that book the themes of female empowerment through intuition and magic are woven into this book. And I appreciated rhetorical the historical context as well. I love how Emilia weaves the stories of multiple characters together across time and space. Highly recommend as well as Weyward. I look forward to the next book Hart writes!

Development of story lines.

Characters as they were developed and the manner in which they shifted back and forth.

Thoroughly enjoyed the audiobook!

As a huge fan of Wayward, I eagerly anticipated The Sirens’ release, and it definitely did not disappoint. By the end, I listened to it every spare moment because I was curious about what would happen next. Emilia Hart has an ability to make you become part of the story whether you’ll read or listen to the audiobook. I highly recommend it!

Captivating Characters!

Love love love this story! Much like Weyward the characters are captivating the story is well researched and the female perspectives are so well captured.

Great narrator!

It’s a good story that was beautifully written and the reader adds to the story!

Just too boring

Well the overall premise is interesting but switching back-and-forth between the time periods got confusing. the back-and-forth regarding the women feeling their skin change and trying to figure out what happened to her sister, just dragged on and was so boring I couldn’t finish this book!

Wow on the plot!

There’s nothing to dislike. Amazing book. The intertwining on the storylines and the plot twist. There was never a dual moment in the book.