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Plot Summary of The Song of the Siren
"When the lovely and willful Carlotta, on her way to the home of her suiter Benjie Stevens, is abducted by the dashing Jacobite leader Lord Hennenfield, she doesn't dream that the shameful encounter will spiral into a mutual passion. But Hessenfield must flee to France, and Carlotta finds herself pregnant with his child. Desperate to save face and future, she marries Benjie and resolves to live happily ever after, until she returns home to find her half-sister, Damaris, in love with Matt Pilkington, son of the neighboring estate owner.

Never one to deny her desires, Carlotta plunges into a torrid affair with Matt, a betrayal that sends the trusting Demaris into a nearly fatal illness, which only Carlotta's child, the enchanting Clarissa, can save her. With Demaris restored to health and a quiet if empty life, and Carlotta reunited in France with her true love, Hessenfield, it seems that each sister has realized her destiny, until a desperate letter from Paris reveals the terrible price Carlotta has paid for her happiness and begs Demaris to save the child Clarissa from a similar fate."

Amy Beth, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Song of the Siren
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Plot
Time/era of story - 17th century
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one man--two sisters
Captor, in love with Yes
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Children/Pregnancy Yes
Children/Pregnancy: - Get accidently pregnant

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - spy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuous
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - confident - obedient - a better lover
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France
City? Yes
City: - London
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 1st
What % of story is romance related? - 60%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - Her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
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