This is the best possible book for an introduction to one of the best series ever written. It is funny, exciting and original, and the only other story where the author has been able to organise fantasy so well is the Harry Potter series. I definitely think that this is the best idea Julia Golding has ever come up with; whenever I re-read this book (which I do a lot), I always feel excited when I finish it, knowing there is more to come.

When Connie Lionheart moves in to live with her eccentric aunt, she only expects the usual: being made fun of because of her name, her ability to make everyone dislike the new girl, and most of all, her uncanny way with animals. But she soon finds out she is not the only animal-loving oddball. People all around her, including her classmate Col and even her aunt, seem to be in a secret society shrouded in mystery. Failing her assessment to join it, she no longer cares until she meets the Sirens. The Sirens, who are luring men to their deaths, reveal more about her than anybody bargained for ... Connie has one chance to live up to her name when the society's enemy comes for her - it is now or never for the Universal.

This is unlike any other series because it has got all the ingredients to make the
perfect story. Annoyingly, not a lot of people seem to have read them and I don't know why. Do read them! Unlike most fantasy stories, it makes you wonder if it could actually be true, you just don't know about it... I'll leave that thought with you...

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