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The Mermaid

Written by: Christina Henry
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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From the author of Lost Boy comes a beautiful historical fairy tale about a mermaid who leaves the sea, only to become the star attraction of history's greatest showman.

Once there was a mermaid called Amelia who could never be content in the sea, a mermaid who longed to know all the world and all its wonders, and so she came to live on land.

Once there was a man called P. T. Barnum, a man who longed to make his fortune by selling the wondrous and miraculous, and there is nothing more miraculous than a real mermaid.

Amelia agrees to play the mermaid for Barnum and walk among men in their world, believing she can leave anytime she likes. But Barnum has never given up a money-making scheme in his life, and he's determined to hold on to his mermaid. Classics Fantasy Fiction Historical Magic Women's Fiction Merfolk
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Not a whole lot actually happens in the story. There is barely a plot atIall. I normally love this author but this one was not one of her better books.

kinda meh

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for those coming here for the usual dark feel of other books by the author, just be aware this is more about a different kind of darkness. Like in the original fairy tale, the mermaid is naive about the human world, and the story is about her discovering the bitterness of it all. And there's no worse bitterness than that of love, and love that withers.

A little more love-y, a little less dark

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