This books packs A PUNCH. It weaves mythology and fantastical elements with real life, modern day political instances that inform our story and affect the lives of these two Black girls just trying to make it in their small Portland town. In Tavia, we find a girl subdued and repressed, even within the walls of her own home and because of her father's paralyzing fear. In Effie, we find a girl who is searching for who she is and her identity. Together, they are each other's rocks and sounding board. What I loved about this book was also the metaphor of sirens as Black girls and women who are always told they're too much. Sirens represent the Black girls and women who will not shrink themselves or hide who they truly are. Sirens represent the Black girls and women who have voices and are "different" and are thought to be a distraction to a larger, bigger movement. For every Black girl and woman who is not "what a Black girl is supposed to be or act" in the eyes of society and our own communities, we are sirens. I highly recommend this book to EVERYONE.