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Saturday, January 17, 2009

The Red Siren by M.L. Tyndall (Book Review)


Title: The Red Siren (Charles Towne Belles/Book 1)
Author: M.L. Tyndall
Genre: Christian fiction/Romance
Available: January 2009
First sentence: This was Dajon Waite's last chance.


I thought twice about giving you more than the first sentence - but I want you to read the book! So now you are thinking... last chance for what? Love? Life? the Lottery? (ok.. so that last one is a little corny.. I was going for some alliteration.. )


The Red Siren is the name of a pirate ship, and also the lady pirate that commands her. She has a dual identity as the daughter, Faith (1 of 4) of an Admiral by day - and the captain of the Red Siren whenever there is a ship to plunder.


After her father married off her older sister Charity to a vile man, and Faith's mother died, Faith vowed to protect her 2 remaining sisters Hope and Grace from the same fate. She feels that she needs to acquire enough wealth, so that they will not need to rely on men to take care of them. So Faith becomes a pirate.


One of her first conquests is a ship captained by Dajon Waite. Not only does she take all of his goods, but his ship as well. This changes the course of Dajon's life and puts them back on a collision course 5 years into the future.


Can Faith save herself and her 2 sisters from Charity's fate? When Dajon reenters her life, as a captain in the British Royal Navy, will he be forced to arrest her for being a pirate? Or can the God-fearing Dajon Waite help the faithless Faith Westcott rediscover the God she thought had abandoned her?


I really liked the way the author named the daughter's Charity, Faith, Grace and Hope. We don't learn a lot about Charity in this book - just that she has been married to someone the other sisters do not like (for good reason.. ). Faith is the main character in The Red Siren, and is the one that has lost her faith. Grace is full of God's grace and does much to help the less fortunate. Hope is the youngest, and though she has been through some terrible travesties, she still has hope that there is love for her - either the love she is yearning for from her father, or from Lord Falkland.


I enjoyed reading The Red Siren - it grabbed me quick, kept up the pace throughout the book and wrapped the main story up nicely, but also left a hanger for the second book - The Blue Enchantress coming in the fall of 2009! For a peek at the cover of the Blue Enchantress - visit the author's blog here.


Come back on Monday, Jan 19 for the First Wild Card Tour!

5 comments:

Teddy Rose said...

Kristi, I added the link to the ARC Challenge post. Thanks!

The Bookworm said...

this sounds like a fun book, great review.
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

Anonymous said...

I have a question about your header. When you finish a new cross stitch (Is that the correct term?), do you change your header?

Becca said...

Great review! I do not normally read Christian fiction anymore (the ones I kept reading were entirely too cheesy for me) but this one sounds like it could be different.

By the way, you are the first review for the Colorful challenge. I am going to put it up on the challenge post as soon as I check out your "Black" review. :D

Robin M said...

Great review. I just added the book to my wish list. Thanks.

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