I am a huge fan of Kat Kinney and her fantasy series. I’ve read them all, and I always pre-order the next book so I don’t miss out on a new release. “The Siren’s Cursed Kiss”, the third book in the Everwood Falls series, wasn’t an exception. I pre-ordered it months ago and was eagerly looking forward to reading Sage and Gideon’s story.
Everwood Falls is a town up in the mountains somewhere in Colorado. It is quaint and pretty, with picturesque hiking trails and all seasonal festivities celebrated in style. It has a place where the best pizza is served and a café with the most delicious coffee, as well as a paradise for every pet owner with the store’s shelves packed with everything one’s fluffy – or scaly – treasure might need. Everwood Falls has everything to satisfy a human soul. Only… most of its inhabitants aren’t strictly human. And those who are, possess powers beyond ordinary people’s abilities.
The little town is a place where the highest magic authority sends those magic users who’d present a threat if they remained living in the Mundane world. For some, Everwood Falls is a prison. While for others, it is a sanctuary and a home.
Sage is a green witch. Trees and plants are her best friends and also allies and protectors. Don’t try to hurt her if a pumpkin is nearby. You’ll end up face down in the mud.
Sage hasn’t settled down in Everwood Falls of her free will. Her magic manifested rather late in life when everyone had already written her off as one of the untouched. And when it did, it was a disaster. Sage couldn’t control her powers, thus was sent away without the right to visit her family even for Christmas. As if it wasn’t enough to be separated from her loved ones and without a chance to explore the world outside Everwood Falls, a man Sage fell in love with left her, breaking her heart.
And yet, Sage isn’t unhappy. She has made good friends in Everwood Falls, and her garden keeps her busy. She decided to close her heart and never let a man hurt her ever again.
Gideon is a merman. Although he is free to leave Everwood Falls, which being far from the ocean doesn’t seem to be a perfect fit for him, the ties connecting him to the quirky town have grown too strong. Moreover, the complications that had forced him to leave his home and family on the coast ceased to be the main reason why he wants to stay. And although Sage had announced at once that they can only be friends, it is enough for Gideon to not even contemplate leaving.
Just when Sage and Gideon begin settling into a friendly routine, with cosy dinners at Sage’s cottage and watching Netflix together, sinister things begin to happen. Everwood Falls isn’t a place that can stay quiet and trouble-free for long. Too many supernaturals per square meter guarantee that someone regularly stirs its peace.
People from both Sage’s and Gideon’s pasts show up in Everwood Falls and complicate the life of the whole town. As the title of the book implies, sirens are involved. And I must say, despite a layer of refinement modern times have forced upon these sea creatures, they still are as vicious as we remember them from Greek myths.
Sage and Gideon get pulled into the whirlwind of solving the mysteries. Think murder, a sudden storm threatening to tear the local pet shop to pieces and the appearance of an oversized kraken in a local lake. Under such circumstances, will their love blossom or fade without having been given a chance?
As always, after finishing yet another book by this author, I pre-ordered the next book in the series. I’m looking forward to reading Norah’s story. The Underworld she is from seems to be a bone-chilling place I wouldn’t want to visit in real life, but reading about it must be an exciting adventure.
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