Aretha, a "failed" siren, is incapable of charming humans; instead, her voice snaps those under a spell back to reality. After leaving her nameless island home, she endures the debilitating effects of prolonged separation from the sea and falls in love with Murdoch, the heir to a renowned family of monster hunters—only to be manipulated into revealing her homeland's location. Amidst a falling-out with a close friend, a web of deception regarding her identity