{"id":3336,"date":"2013-11-24T23:48:53","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T04:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/?p=3336"},"modified":"2013-11-24T23:50:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T04:50:17","slug":"on-sirens-call-by-leah-cutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/?p=3336","title":{"rendered":"On SIREN&#8217;S CALL, by Leah Cutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A well-crafted urban fantasy is like a gorgeous souffle of magic and romance and mystery and suspense. All the elements have to be mixed with a deft hand, or the concoction collapses into a sticky, indigestible puddle. Leah Cutter&#8217;s <em>Siren&#8217;s Call<\/em> is a complete delight from star to finish, and her evocation of the fierce love and pride New Orleanians have for their city is a welcome added touch.<\/p>\n<p>Kai DuPrie is always on the threshold of two worlds. Half African American, half Chinese, she&#8217;s also half human and half magic. And like all the best insider\/outsider characters, she&#8217;s become a private detective, using her special gifts to solve problems and find lost things.<\/p>\n<p>And lost people. Or beings. Kai&#8217;s search begins when a Siren in human form comes seeking help to find her missing sister. This clever twist on a noir trope blossoms into a taut, complex plot that reveals a hidden world of magic below the surface of New Orleans. Cutter masterfully weaves her creations into the city&#8217;s legends and mystique. It&#8217;s an elegantly wrought book as well as a great page turner, and I&#8217;m hoping for more Kai DuPrie adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A well-crafted urban fantasy is like a gorgeous souffle of magic and romance and mystery and suspense. All the elements have to be mixed with a deft hand, or the concoction collapses into a sticky, indigestible puddle. Leah Cutter&#8217;s Siren&#8217;s Call is a complete delight from star to finish, and her evocation of the fierce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[79,4,13,286,42],"class_list":["post-3336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fantasy","tag-mystery","tag-novels","tag-small-press-sundays","tag-suspense"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3339,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3336\/revisions\/3339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booktweeting.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}