Alluring Mermaids and Raging Sirens in Lara Ehrlich’s Bind Me Tighter Still - Chicago Review of Books

Alluring Mermaids and Raging Sirens in Lara Ehrlich’s Bind Me Tighter Still - Chicago Review of Books

When my coworker casually mentioned working as a mermaid at a tiki bar out west, I was flabbergasted and mesmerized. So when I heard about Lara Ehrlich’s Bind Me Tighter Still, I had to read it. The story focuses on a young siren named Ceto who decides to see what living like a human is like. She gives up her tail, marries the first man she meets, and has a child, Naia. But it’s clear that this life is not what Ceto had hoped. She runs off with …