![]() Sirens’ voices are considered threats to be suppressed and controlled, especially since sirens are now exclusively Black women in a world that already demonizes them in multiple ways. Tavia is a siren, with a voice that can command and compel listeners with her siren calls. ![]() The girls are sisters in all but blood their mutual love and individual journeys of identity are the twin poles around which the action revolves. The story unfolds through alternating first-person narration by Tavia and Effie, who live in a Portland, Oregon much like ours-but in a world where sprites wreak mischief, elokos charm all and sundry, and gargoyles come and go as they please. Morrow’s YA debut deftly twines myth and folklore with realism, creating a compelling narrative in which the fantastical elements, drawn from a range of folkloric and mythological traditions, amplify contemporary issues of gender, race, and power that Black women and girls face in their everyday lives. ![]() In folklore and fiction, monsters represent very real human anxieties and fears, and the supernatural is often a way of talking about painful subjects. ![]()
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