Siren Queen

Nghi Vo

May 2022 · Macmillan Audio · Narrated by Natalie Naudus

About this audiobook

FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR NGHI VO COMES A DAZZLING NEW NOVEL WHERE IMMORTALITY IS JUST A CASTING CALL AWAY

"Natalie Naudus's skilled narration adds to the luminous and otherworldly qualities of Vo's historical fantasy." -AudioFile on Siren Queen

It was magic. In every world, it was a kind of magic.

"No maids, no funny talking, no fainting flowers." Luli Wei is beautiful, talented, and desperate to be a star. Coming of age in pre-Code Hollywood, she knows how dangerous the movie business is and how limited the roles are for a Chinese American girl from Hungarian Hill—but she doesn't care. She’d rather play a monster than a maid.

But in Luli's world, the worst monsters in Hollywood are not the ones on screen. The studios want to own everything from her face to her name to the women she loves, and they run on a system of bargains made in blood and ancient magic, powered by the endless sacrifice of unlucky starlets like her. For those who do survive to earn their fame, success comes with a steep price. Luli is willing to do whatever it takes—even if that means becoming the monster herself.

Siren Queen offers up an enthralling exploration of an outsider achieving stardom on her own terms, in a fantastical Hollywood where the monsters are real and the magic of the silver screen illuminates every page.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com Books.

Ratings and reviews

My new favorite author! Amazing, beautiful prose and fantastic plot as well as character development. I love the way the story investigates intersectionality, the beauty and pain of different experiences of "otherness". I hope there are more books written and published soon!

Mysterious and Gripping, I could not put it down. Along Luli's journey we meet unforgettable, loving, cruel and monstrous characters who hook us to keep reading until the last sentence on the very last page. Luli's charcter shows strength, wits, and intellect. Luli's strength came to her when she was her most feminine self, she held power that way. She was smart and seductive. Two qualities that can make any creature with two eyes go feral.The cover is gorgeous and mysterious and goes well.

I loved this!

About the author

Nghi Vo is the author of the novels Siren Queen and The Chosen and the Beautiful, as well as the acclaimed novellas When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain and The Empress of Salt and Fortune, a Locus and Ignyte Award finalist and the winner of the Crawford Award and the Hugo Award. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right to change your mind.