I was hesitant about this final volume of the Austen Fairy Tales by Kendra E. Ardnek.
Persuasion is my favorite Jane Austen novel, but this book is blending it with "The Little Mermaid," and that is not a fairy tale I tend to love, at least not most retellings of it. In fact, I actively dislike the Disney version.
Happily, Ardnek made the two stories and sets of characters work together really nicely. Enna, her Anne Elliot/Little Mermaid character, was as retiring, thoughtful, and wise as Anne...
Published on December 10, 2023 18:13