What happened after the happily ever after?You all know the story of your favorite fairytale, but did you ever wonder what happened after the fairytale ending? Well we know. Not all afters end up happily, sometimes the real adventure starts much later…Living in a kingdom surrounded by ocean and filled with waterways, I’m supposed to love the sea creatures Atlantice is famous for. What the … Atlantice is famous for. What the people don’t know is that I’m a proud member of the Anti Mermaid League. My mission in life is to rid the kingdom’s waters of the Merfolk that inhabit them. Or at least it was until I met one of them…
My name’s Princess Blaise of Atlantice, daughter of the Little Mermaid, and here is my story..
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Blaise has been led to believe merfolk are dangerous to humans, and that they are to be hated. They are beneath humans, far beneath. A lower life form. But when a very attractive merman shows up she has a hard time holding on to that hatred. He is confident, jovial, and caring. So different than what she had thought! Could what she has believed all of her life be wrong?
In the beginning of the story Blaise wasn’t a nice person (don’t worry, she says so herself), and I mean especially when a certain fact comes to light, but she learns and knows she has to work hard to try and correct her mistakes.
A wonderful tail eh tale!
I listen to this book on Audible books, narrator does a nice job. This story just goes to show that if you believe in redric that there is Not actually documented proof you will make a fool out of yourself. The main character is a princess that does just that believing that the book she quotes is true without fact. This leads to quite a few problems when she has a change of heart.
A different spin on the Little Mermaid. In this story, there is a Princess and the mermaid is a dashing young man, a merman.
The princess does not like mermaids and neither does her people. There is a group of Mermaid haters. But the princess stumbles upon a merman and a secret that just might lead her to a change of heart.
This is part of a bigger series, Kingdom of Fairytales, and I wish I had discovered it sooner. The release a book every Wednesday about different fairytales that all sort of tie into each other. I definitely need to go back and start from the beginning.
The story is cute, I do wish the other parts of it were in audio because the narrator was really good for the part and I enjoyed listening to her.
I received the audiobook for free from StoryOrigin in exchange for an honest review.
Princess Blaise is the Little Mermaid’s daughter. She is raised on land and is in an anti-merfolk group learning their doctrine believing that Merfolk are evil and they do bad deeds to humans. This story really makes you want to dislike her and I did. Through this story she is saved by a merman and he tells her that all her beliefs about merfolk are wrong. Through the rest of the story you learn more about Blaze and her mother. The ending left me wanting to know where the story goes from here. I was given a free copy of this audiobook at my request and this is my honest review.
Title: Queen of the Mermaids
Author: J.A. Armitage and Audrey Rich
Narrator: Valerie Rose Lohman
Genre: YA, Fairytaie Retellins
Standalone: Nope
Part of a Series: Book 1 Kingdom of Fairytales: Little Mermaid
POV: Princess Blaise
Steam Level: None
2.5/5
I have to admit that I HATED the main character. I almost DNF’d this book but instead I just sped it up to get through it faster. At it’s core, Queen of Mermaids is a redemption story but I found Princess Blaise to be pretty deplorable. She’s rude, selfish, and racist, even in her rare moments of “oh maybe I should be nicer” she’s not. The authors spent too much time showing her need for redemption and not enough time redeeming her. I definitely will not be continuing with this series.
I received this audiobook for free from StoryOrigin. This is my honest and voluntary review.
retelling or better yet continuation, this story mainly concentrates on Blaise ( daughter of the Little Mermaid). A good start to this story looking forward to reading more.
a short and sweet romance read/listen. a twist on the little mermaid that leaves on a cliffhanger. daughter of little mermaid dosen’t know her parents story and grows up believing mer people are the cause of all problems, until the reality of that lie becomes glaringly obvious. can she convince her bff of the truth in time to save herself and her family?!?
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
*this review is based on the audio version of this read
My review is based on the quality of writing and the narration. I didn’t finish the book because it reminded me why I stopped reading Young Adult. Blaze, the main character is so full of prejudice and hate and nothing is going to change her mind. An hour into the story and I still didn’t know why she believed everything she’d ever heard from the AML-anti mermaid league. When she meets a merman, that she’s attracted to no less, she desperately clings to her hatred of his people. When her mother turns into a mermaid in front of her she’s so betrayed and angry she storms away. It was just too much for me.
However, the writing itself is clean and well-written. The story just wasn’t for me at this time and my current emotional state.
The narrator does a lovely job. She’s easy to listen to and is totally believable as a teen girl.
All in all, I give this story a 3.5 and the narrator a 4.
1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure
I admit I was disappointed in the ending, jump off a cliff much? But I enjoyed the story it is a different take on the old fairy tale. The narrator did an okay job, did not put much excitement in her voice where it would have been appreciated. How can someone hate merpeople? They always help those in trouble on the ocean. I am hoping all the stories tie in together at some point, just to give a good ending since all the primary characters seem to be in some kind of trouble related to their individual story. Looking forward to the next one to see what happens.
I received a copy of this audiobook for free from StoryOrigin for an honest review.
Queen of Mermaids: A Little Mermaid Retelling is an original story that is an interesting twist on The Little Mermaid. My only issue is how unlikable the main character is. I would love to see where the story goes from here.
A chance to grow up
Princess Blaise beliefs about merpeople have been influenced by the Anti-Mermaid League and, as you may suspect, are all about hating them and trying to banish and even kill them … As Blaise is unaware of her mother, Queen Antonella, true nature, her life is suddenly turned upside down when she meets a gorgeous merman who makes her heart beats as crazy, then she discoveres her own mother is a mermaid and then her “best friend” and lider or the AML is figthing against her family, wanting her father, King Ermias, to abdicated the throne … Soon enough, she discoveres all AML says are lies and all the mistakes she has made following its ways, so she has to do something to help her parents and to do what is right for the merpeople, but what?, what she can do??? … Can’t wait to read the next book in this series
J.A. Armitage is back with a new Kingdom of Fairytales series story arc, this time teamed up with Audrey Rich. I love the concept of the overarching series: what happens after the “happily ever after” moment in our favorite fairytales. The first story arc (separately reviewed) was about the Sleeping Beauty ever after and it was wonderfully superb. Now, in Queen of Mermaids: A Little Mermaid retelling (Kingdom of Fairytales, Little Mermaid Book 1) we take on Hans Christian Andersen classic story. It’s a twisted world here, with Princess Blaise of Atlantice (daughter of the Little Mermaid) starting off a member of the Anti Mermaid League aimed at eliminating menfolk. A merman she names Fish might have something to say about that, as might a little something she finds out about herself at the tale’s end (that’s all I’m going to say on that as I refuse it spoil things). A great start that’s extremely well written, I’m look forward to the future installments and highly recommend this one.
Azia isn’t the only descendant suddenly dealing with the return of a curse! Blaise is about to have her world turned upside down!
There is a lot of story packed into this book, and things move quickly. I get the impression the authors have ambitious plans for the next installments and with the way this one ends (a big reveal, not a cliff hanger!) I can’t wait to see what comes next.
This is a fast paced read broken into chapters that can easily be enjoyed on your lunch break. It starts the second quartet of books in the Kingdom of Fairytales. New characters in a neighboring kingdom, but there are a few things (and physical characteristics) that seem really familiar.
Queen of Mermaids is book five of Kingdom of fairytales series and book one in Little Mermaid retelling.
I really loved being introduced to those new characters and really loved Princess Blaise. Didn’t want this book to end and can’t wait to read Heiress of Sea.
I have received an arc of this book by J. A. Armitage.