Siren Queen

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Nghi Vo: Siren Queen (2022, Cengage Gale)

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Published June 25, 2022 by Cengage Gale.

ISBN:
979-8-88578-126-8
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5 stars (2 reviews)

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reviewed Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Siren Queen

5 stars

I suggested this for #SFFBookClub, and so I gave this a reread so I could enjoy it again. I love the way this novel takes Hollywood and its obsession with stars and all of its racism and homophobia, and mixes it with fey magical realism. Overall, it's definitely a book whose strengths are in its setting and its writing, rather than in a tight plot, but I still love the characters.

In particular, probably my favorite part of this book are the constant turns of phrase that bring in fey elements at unexpected times. You're just reading along and then you get hit with a line like "The cameras were better now, I told myself. They had tamed them down, fed them better." Silent movies steal people's voices. Film stars are (ambiguously but also maybe literally) stars in the sky and wield their star power. Names are sacrificed, or …