The Siren of Loreley Rock by Christie Selph
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A short blurb gives us a glimpse of the story: Lorelei is eight years old when her father disappears suddenly, and it haunts her every day. Living under her mother’s cruel taunts and words, Lorelei strives towards her dreams of becoming a journalist. When she meets her father again, after eight years apart, her first conversation with him gives her not as many answers as she would have liked. While, she does find out why her father abruptly disappeared, she is left with questions about her mothers’ motivations for her actions and behavior over the years. We follow Lorelei over the years as she hunts down leads and stories and does finally become a Journalist as she dreamed of.
Based on a German poem “Die Lorelei”, about a mermaid that lures sailors to their death, this is a nicely written work of fiction. I think that the editing needed a bit of work, mainly for spacing, some spelling and layout issues. The overall story was interesting, and the characters were fleshed out well.

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