Daughter of the Siren Queen

“I braved the ocean for you. Will you brave the land for your queen?” 

- Alosa

(Warning: This post may contain spoilers and it is an HONEST review so please, if you are in the middle of the book or if you are a fan and love everything about this book and will get offended please don't read.)

Hi friends and readers! I just finished Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller. It was gifted to me by my best friend and fellow book reader @bumble_bee_reads. We did a book exchange for Christmas and I really wanted to the read the sequel of Daughter of the Pirate King. I was ready for swashbuckling adventures, Alosa and Riden's ruthless banter and of course hoping to meet the Siren Queen. Instead of all those things it wasn't much of an adventure, sexual banter and meeting the Siren Queen but boy was it not what I had pictured at all.

What's It About: In Daughter of the Siren Queen we revisit Alosa and her crew aboard the Ava-lee where they have discovered all three pieces of the map which will lead them to buried treasure but what Alosa thinks will be smooth sailing it seems to go totally opposite. The pirates whom were originally trying to take her captive are now prisoners on her own ship and when one of them spills a secret Alosa finds herself in an on ocean battle with her father, The Pirate King. They have to race to find the buried treasure first before her father does and along the way she may just meet her mother whom is the Siren Queen.

I was so excited to sit down and read this but I was sorely disappointed. This book was honestly so downhill from the last one. I try to give all books chances, and I did but I never got really into this book except for the last three chapters. 

 As a writer myself I really take my time with my books and I really want to put the best possible book out there for my readers but honestly I think Ms. Tricia Levenseller (in all due respect) got ahead of herself. I felt like she was revisiting Alosa, Riden and the crew again too for the first time since book one. I felt like she wasn't spending any time with at all since the break between the first book being let out and writing the second one. 

There was no character growth or development. I thought Alosa would have changed just a tad but nope she was the same. In my first review I applauded Ms. Levenseller for creating a strong female character but this wasn't the case in this book. Alosa was so caught up in Riden that she really didn't have a personality without him. It really was poor and distasteful how much sexual tension was in this book. 

Alosa and Riden were stuck in their same old feelings for each other. It was like watching a T.V. Show where they drag out the love triangle until the last episode only for you to be sorely disappointed with no closure. Literally the end of this book after Alosa and Riden literally begging for each other's love was them wanting to make out....or you know. 

There is really nothing more to say except this wasn't one of my favorites. Daughter of the Pirate King was great! I thoroughly enjoyed reading that but this one, it was just plain hard to get through. 

With bad comes good though and I will say meeting Alosa's mom was definitely a great thing that happened in the book! I loved the way Alosa finally met her, it was a plot twist for sure and I did think it really creative for Levenseller to write it the way she did. I also just adored the ending how Alosa, though adored her mom she knew it was best to stay above the ocean. Sort of reminded me of The Little Mermaid and she's my favorite Princess so double points! Also the action was impeccable and little Roslyn has easily become a favorite character for me.

I wish this book hadn't seemed so rush, I wonder if the author was rushed and if she was, if she would rewrite and change a few things. Unfortunately this wasn't a favorite and most definitely not a re-read.

I'm just grateful that I have two books down for the month of January and for those being two books of my TBR list for 2019! What kind of books are on your TBR list and how are you doing with your goal for this year? Let me know in the comments below!!