SIRENS

As the title of my book says, my book contains sirens and I feel I need to explain what my version of a siren is.

From what I have researched, there are two types of mythical sirens; the ‘evil’ mermaid type and the half-bird, half-woman type, I took inspiration from the latter. In my book’s universe, sirens are exclusively female (though my main character, Stefan, is an exception to that rule) and they are, for the most part, immortal.

The general consensus is that sirens are attractive to humans and use their voices to lure humans to their deaths. I stick to those two points (though I do something different in regards to the death thing but I’ll get back to that).

Of course, I put my own spin on the sirens, for example:

• They look mostly human but instead of having different coloured eyes, they all have golden/yellow eyes and they mostly have long, thick blonde hair.
• They have long tendrils growing out from behind their ears. Siren’s typically hide them amongst their hair.
• They have very pale skin (flawless of course) and only one thing can penetrate it, but that would be classed as a spoiler for my book so I’ll leave it at that.

The tendrils that I briefly mentioned are a core part of what makes them different and not just visually. Because of their long hair, with practice, their tendrils have the abilty to control the hair and use them as wings to fly. There are other uses as well but the tendrils primary function is feeding on souls, this is where my version of ‘killing’ humans comes in.

After a siren…umm…seduces their chosen human, the siren uses their tendrils to suck out their victim’s soul from behind the neck at the base of the skull. This does not kill the human, at least not directly. Depending on the human, they deal with their lack of soul differently, go insane, do nothing (not even eat or sleep) or (the most common) commit suicide.

Yeah, they’re pretty dangerous when they need to feed.

There a lot more to them then just soul sucking machines, like why are they mostly female? Why is Stefan an exemption? Why do they feed on souls? Where did they come from in the first place?

All those answers are in the book as you will get to know plenty of sirens, not just Stefan. I hope you all get to love (and in some cases, love to hate) them just as much as I do.

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