The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren by Wendy Toliver

The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren

Wendy Toliver

Overview

Band geek Roxy has always been a plain-jane. With no outstanding features, thick glasses, and red frizzy hair, she’s come to a realization, there’s no way the cute guys are ever going to pay attention to her. Of course, that doesn’t keep her from dreaming about them. What Roxy doesn’t realize though is all that is about to change. On her sixteenth birthday, the genes she received from her grandma finally kick in, transforming her into a gorgeous, flawless, siren. Is there any more a girl could wish for? With the new found beauty, and mystical gift, Roxy no longer has any problems with the cute guys, but is getting the guy of your dreams really worth losing your best friend?

Review

Wendy Toliver did such a great job with this one that it had me wishing I was a siren. As fictional as it is, the entire story felt pretty much real. When Roxy is given her powers, at first, she’s skeptical, which is normal. I mean how else can you react when you’ve just been transformed into a “mythical” creature? I’m surprised she didn’t faint. Then when Roxy gets the gist of it all, accepts it and everything, of course, like any person would do, she totally abuses her powers. She uses them to get what she wants when she wants. She even used them on her dad and little brother, which was kinda creepy, but I guess a girl’s got to do what a girl’s got to do.

The friendships in this book were also interesting and totally relatable. Roxy and Zach were so wrong for each other, if only she’s known from the beginning. She and Alex were really cute together. And the fact that they both cared for each other made them a much better couple than her and Zach. Natalie was a good friend, and also as stubborn as Roxy. And Roxy her self really grew a lot from the begging to the end of the book. She can definitely be the spokes person for the looks can be deceiving phrase. Although she looks superficial on the outside, on the inside, she’s become much deeper than that.

I really enjoyed this book. It was definitely a page turner. I am a sucker for RoComs!