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Book Summary
Nym and Draewulf prepare to face off in a battle destined to destroy more lives than it saves.

With the loss of Tulla still fresh in mind, Rasha’s fate unknown, and Lord Myles taken over by the dark ability, Nym and the few Bron soldiers rush to warn Cashlin’s queen. Only to discover it may already be too late for the monarch and her eerie kingdom. As the Luminescents are sifting through Nym’s past memories and the queen is reading into her future, Nym is given a choice of how to defeat Draewulf, but the cost may be more than she can bear. And even then there are no guarantees.

With that reality burrowing into her bones—along with the guilt of the lives she will sacrifice—Nym returns to her homeland of Faelen to raise an army of peasants through promises of freedom. But when the few friends she has left, along with the world and citizens she loves, are staring down the face of a monster and his undead army, will Nym summon every element her blood is capable of controlling . . . or surrender to a different strength—one of sacrifice?

Because in the end, death may be more merciful for them all.

Flo's Review
It seems like only a few months ago when I walked by and picked up an ARC of Storm Siren on a whim while at a conference because I loved the cover. But, alas, it was about 2 years ago, and now we are at the end of the trilogy. Bravo! to this series!! Mary Weber took me on a legitimate roller coaster of emotions throughout. I was happy, then terrified, then sad, then hopeful, then despairing, then happy, and repeat. And everything else in between! At the end of each of these three books, I was left with a big book hangover and strong emotions.

But mostly at the end of Siren's Song and this trilogy, I am satisfied. Like the end of a thrill ride at a theme park, I am slightly breathless and have a smile on my face. If you are looking for a well thought-out, action-packed fantasy, then you should consider picking these books up. Not to mention the hotness -- er, I mean the romance. Eogan. *fans self* But there wasn't just romantic love -- there was friendship, there was love of country, and there was sacrificial love. Siren's Song reminded me of other books I enjoyed, and not in a bad way. It also definitely had strong unique characteristics. There were some beautifully written passages at the end of this one. (I kinda want to share them, but better not, in case they even slightly spoil anything.) 

My only minor complaint is that I felt that Nym spent about 40% of the book looking for Eogan. Seriously, it felt like every three paragraphs or so she was looking around whatever setting they were in, trying to find him.  If you played a drinking game and every time she was looking Eogan you took a drink, then you'd be continually happy while reading this book. Lol. I guess it's understandable, though.

I have to also comment about Mary Weber herself -- I took to lashing out my feels on her as I read the trilogy, and she is the absolute sweetest in responding! I love it when authors take time to really converse with their readers. *warm fuzzies*

Also, I posted a picture on our Instagram, but these books are just SO PRETTY! Like I said before, it was the cover of Storm Siren that made me pick it up, and the other two covers are equally beautiful:


Storm Siren review: http://www.booknerdsacrossamerica.com/2014/08/storm-siren-by-mary-weber.html
Siren's Fury review: http://www.booknerdsacrossamerica.com/2015/03/sirens-fury-by-mary-weber.html

Book Summary
"I thrust my hand toward the sky as my voice begs the Elemental inside me to waken and rise. But it's no use. The curse I've spent my entire life abhorring—the thing I trained so hard to control—no longer exists."
Nym has saved Faelen only to discover that Draewulf stole everything she valued. Now he’s destroyed her Elemental storm-summoning ability as well.
When Nym sneaks off with a host of delegates to Bron, Lord Myles offers her the chance for a new kind of power and the whispered hope that it may do more than simply defeat the monster she loathes. But the secrets the Bron people have kept concealed, along with the horrors Draewulf has developed, may require more than simply harnessing a darker ability.
They may require who she is.
Set against the stark metallic backdrop of the Bron kingdom, Nym is faced with the chance to change the future.
Or was that Draewulf’s plan for her all along?

Flo's Review
I'm pretty sure Mary Weber just likes to toy with my emotions. I always come out of her books with the all these FEELS. And also, she is the sweetest person on Twitter ever because she's very nice to me as I flail in my feels to a million tweets directed at her as soon as I put down the book.

Siren's Fury picks up right where Storm Siren left off -- so you're immediately wrapped back up into the emotion you felt at the end of the last book. From there it hits the ground running, because Nym has a BIG problem that she is trying to fix so of course she is going to go barreling into trying to fix it. The book is aptly titled, as a lot of what Nym feels in this part of the story is fury, anger, rage. The whole idea of not letting your emotions control you is taken to a whole different level when you have supernatural powers. There were times when she was so blinded by it that I was screaming at the book, "Nym!! NO!!" But then I always got to cheer when she came back to herself.

Nym has changed from the first book because now she has not just had owners and masters; she has had friends and she still does. This changes her motivations for action in a good way. There seemed to maybe be a few too many moments of, "He got away again?!?!" to the point where it was a little frustrating. Myles is a perfect shady character because I just feel creepy and slimy every time I read about it. And I really liked Rasha's unfailing support of Nym.

While not as much of a cliffhanger as the ending of Storm Siren, Mary did still leave us with some quite intense loose ends. However, while at the end of the first book it was like, "Everything hurts and how is she going to make this good again???" I left this book more optimistically -- I believe she can make it good again and I'm looking forward to seeing how she is going to do it.

Siren's Fury comes out in June 2015 and I encourage you to pick it up immediately if you've read Storm Siren. And if you haven't read Storm Siren yet, you've got some time to do so :)