{"id":23595,"date":"2024-05-25T17:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T21:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23595"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:59:41","slug":"why-mermaids-sing-audio-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23595","title":{"rendered":"Why Mermaids Sing, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Mermaids Sing<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2007\/2015) C.S. Harris<\/a> narrated by Davina Porter (Sebastian St. Cyr)<\/p>\n

\"Why<\/a>Set in England in 1811.<\/p>\n

Several young men have been found dead, their bodies mutilated. As several are from prominent families who refuse to speak to the police, Sir Henry Lovejoy begs Sebastian for help.<\/p>\n

If I’m lucky, I’ll be able to start reading the new (to me) books in the fall. <\/p>\n

I will admit, I had forgotten how disturbing some elements of these stories are. But it’s not in your face scarry horror, just the horror of things humans can do to each other when blinded by hate.<\/p>\n

Go and catch a falling star
\nby John Donne
\nGo and catch a falling star,
\n Get with child a mandrake root,
\nTell me where all past years are,
\n Or who cleft the devil’s foot,
\nTeach me to hear mermaids singing,
\nOr to keep off envy’s stinging,
\n And find
\n What wind
\nServes to advance an honest mind.<\/p>\n

If thou be’st born to strange sights,
\n Things invisible to see,
\nRide ten thousand days and nights,
\n Till age snow white hairs on thee,
\nThou, when thou return’st, wilt tell me,
\nAll strange wonders that befell thee,
\n And swear,
\n No where
\nLives a woman true, and fair.<\/p>\n

If thou find’st one, let me know,
\n Such a pilgrimage were sweet;
\nYet do not, I would not go,
\n Though at next door we might meet;
\nThough she were true, when you met her,
\nAnd last, till you write your letter,
\n Yet she
\n Will be
\nFalse, ere I come, to two, or three.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Sebastian St. Cyr (Devlin), Sir Henry Lovejoy, Kat Boleyn, Tom, Alistair St. Cyr (Hendon), Paul Gibson, Charles Lord Jarvis, Amanda Wilcox, Hero Jarvis, Henrietta Dowager Duchess of Claiborne, Lord Stanton, Sir Humphrey Carmichael, Captain Peter Quail, Reverend William Thornton, Dr. Aaron Newman, Captain Edward Bellamy, Felix Atkinson, Brandon Forbes, Matt Parker, Russell Yates<\/p>\n

Publisher: Recorded Books<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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