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The Sirens of Oak Creek will stick with you

Revisado: 05-25-22

Epic in scale, The Sirens of Oak Creek takes the reader on an adventure spanning over 1200 years. Told through the eyes of women of different cultures through the ages and set in the Verde Valley of Arizona, the story effortlessly keeps your imagination peaked and wanting more. The West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon becomes a magical place, a place where you yourself might want to go in search of the mythical cave that is the epicenter of this tale. Parts of the book invoked memories of watching Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom as a child, while others made me want to learn more about the myths and legends of the Native American tribes that called the Verde Valley home a thousand years ago. As any good book does, it makes you want to learn more about the subject, and the myths and legends of this book are based on the actual myths and legends of the cultures involved. Historical characters of the area make an appearance as well.

I should say that I live in the Verde Valley, so that makes the book even more special as I am familiar with the places that DeMayo so aptly describes. If you don’t live here, reading the book will make you want to visit. The sinkhole described in the beginning is now Montezuma’s Well, which is right down the road from where I live in Rimrock, which also gets a mention later in the book. DeMayo’s descriptions of the West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon, which happens to be where I got married to my wife and also one of my favorite places on earth, are spot on and do justice to the beauty of this place. I had no idea about the legends connected to this place and again I want to learn more after reading. I particularly liked the last section of the book that is set in 1987 and perfectly and even comically sums up how the town of Sedona has become, and is still becoming, a place that has sold out to the spiritual crystal hawkers and psychic readers who will give you a photograph of your aura for $50.

I listened to the audiobook version, but I plan on buying the actual books as gifts for my wife and mother. Do yourself a favor and check out some of DeMayo’s other books, I would suggest starting with Pledge to the Wind: the Legend of Everett Ruess.

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