The Sirens: The Instant Sunday Times bestseller

After loving Weyward last year, I was really excited about Emilia Hart's next book, and even though it was a very different experience, I wasn't disappointed. Some parallels to Weyward are there - several timelines telling the storys of women that are connected to each other. Women experiencing violence at the hands of men and finding their own ways to rebell against this. Questions of morale and character and the nature of female rage. The setting however is very different - Australia and its role as a prisoners' colony, an abandoned house on a cliff, the below deck of a ship on its way to Australia, a small coastal town ridden by men disappearing. And sirens of course. We follow four women on their journeys towards acceptance and self-preservation, towards freedom and justice. There are secrets to be uncovered, families to be reunited and new homes to be found. It's a gripping story, again told by Emilia Hart's wonderful prose, though it's a bit less adorned, more down to facts in this book, which suits the protagonists. The only thing that was unnecessary in my opinion was the epilogue. I think it spelled out the obvious, kind of, which wasn't needed and left the book on another note than the last chapter proper, in my opinion. Everyone who loved Weyward, or likes stories about female rage in general, should also read The Siren, you probably won't be disappointed! Thanks to Harper Collins and Netgalley for the E-Arc! Even though the PDF-Format sucked 😅