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Midnight Pearls: A Retelling of "The Little Mermaid" (Once Upon a Time)
by Debbie Viguié

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  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21638481?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>I am a big fan of the retold fairy tale, so I was happy to find this series of familiar tales and fables rewritten for teens. I just finished this one yesterday, and I enjoyed it. Finneas is out fishing one night when a terrible storm blows up. Just when he is ready to give up and surrender to the sea, he spots a child floating in the ocean. He rescues the girl and together with his wife, they raise the girl as their own. They name her Pearl. It's a promising beginning, and I did enjoy the book. It's not really anything unique, pretty much a classic tale. All the regulars from the original story are there - the handsome prince, the Sea Witch - but there are a few twists. I read it in a day, a quick fun story.
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<br/>If you like this genre, I can recommend some titles from the 'Once Upon a Time' series. Overall, the writing is uneven. Some of the stories are really well done. My favorites are The Storyteller's Daughter (1001 Nights), Sunshine and Shadow (The Magic Flute), and Golden (Rapunzel). Before Midnight, based on Cinderella, is my very favorite. But there are a few I just couldn't read, one based on Little Red Riding Hood that has her falling in love with the wolf, and some one I can't remember set in France during World War I. I got this one at the library.
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Cindy's review
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bookshelves: teen
recommended for: teens, lovers of fairy tales

I am a big fan of the retold fairy tale, so I was happy to find this series of familiar tales and fables rewritten for teens. I just finished this one yesterday, and I enjoyed it. Finneas is out fishing one night when a terrible storm blows up. Just when he is ready to give up and surrender to the sea, he spots a child floating in the ocean. He rescues the girl and together with his wife, they raise the girl as their own. They name her Pearl. It's a promising beginning, and I did enjoy the book. It's not really anything unique, pretty much a classic tale. All the regulars from the original story are there - the handsome prince, the Sea Witch - but there are a few twists. I read it in a day, a quick fun story.

If you like this genre, I can recommend some titles from the 'Once Upon a Time' series. Overall, the writing is uneven. Some of the stories are really well done. My favorites are The Storyteller's Daughter (1001 Nights), Sunshine and Shadow (The Magic Flute), and Golden (Rapunz...more

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