Noted a few editing errors.
Ianthe is a mermaid from another world living and working as a PI in DC. Her identity is also a secret. She runs into problems with a case she is working on.
This was an interesting short story. It lacked world building d/t it's length. There were some unanswered questions as well (surprise!). I did like Dolly Madison the ghost. She was fun.

@XpressoTours, @AlexHayesAuthor, #NewAdult, #Paranormal, #Romance, #YoungAdult, 4 out of 5 (very good)

From Halloween Bingo 2018:

The Siren by Kieran Cass

In Her Bones by Kate Moretti

Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope #1) by Susan Elia MacNeal

From Halloween Bingo 2017:

Saga Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples

DC Bombshells Volume 1, 2 by Marguerite Bennett et al

Call of Crows series by Shelly Laurenston

From Halloween Bingo 2016:

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor Lavelle

Vision Volume 1 by Tom King et al

"The Thirteenth Guardian" is written really well. It is for the young adult genre but it really seem like it could be for adults as well. I was really captive while reading this book. The story is really good. Yes, it does not go into the characters to much as to detail. That is okay with me given that I am thinking the events that is taking place around the world is what this book is mostly about.

It made it so real. I am not wondering if this could happen to our world in a few months. Are we getting close the the end times as it suggest in the bible. Where their will be a new world to come? The author put you into the story and start to wonder is what going to happen now. It pulls you think about our own history.

The six characters that are to go on a mission have special traits. They all have them which is the shuttering's, blinding headaches and one other thing. We get a history text that might bring the past and present and the future together. The book is worth reading. What a story. I felt like this could be real. I was left with sleepless nights.

Book: The Siren

Author: Kiera Cass

Genre: Fiction/YA/Romance/ Fantasy

Summary: Years ago, Kahlen was rescued from drowning by the Ocean. To repay her debt, she has served as a Siren ever since, using her voice to lure countless strangers to their deaths. Though a single word from Kahlen can kill, she can't resist spending her days on land, watching ordinary people and longing for the day when she will be able to speak and laugh and live freely among them again. Kahlen is resigned to finishing her sentence in solitude. . . until she meets Akinli. Handsome, caring, and kind, Akinli is everything Kahlen ever dreamed of. And though she can't talk to him, they soon forge a connection neither of them can deny. . . and Kahlen doesn't want to. Falling in love with a human breaks all the Ocean's rules, and if the Ocean discovers Kahlen's feelings, she'll be forced to leave Akinli for good. But for the first time in a lifetime of following the rules, Kahlen is determined to follow her heart. -Harper Teen, 2016