A review by candidcopywriter
A Little Mermaid by Aya Ling

4.0

It was a nice, whimsical twist on The Little Mermaid, and I quite liked it. The human prince already knows Clio is a mermaid, which is a welcome change from all other Little Mermaid stories. It's sweet, funny, a bit romantic but also a bit rushed. There's very little talk of the change in Clio's feelings towards Lukas, and not much substance in Lukas himself. However, I found the book light-hearted and interesting, which made me keep reading it till the end.

But I'm a bit disappointed in this book, to be honest. After all, the books in this series are supposed to be about the siblings, aren't they? Not about anyone and everyone affected by Mortimer's bumbling ways. Martin, sadly, was relegated to "random secondary character" in the book. It would have been much more satisfying if either Clio had fallen for Martin instead, or if they had ended up bonding and becoming great friends, at least. Or maybe Martin could have been instrumental in bringing Lukas and Clio together, or in foiling the villain's plans.

We don't really learn anything about Martin in the book, or in any other book for that matter, and that disappointed me, especially since I got pretty attached to that entire family because of the first 4 books.

All in all, nice story but little connect to the series. It could have been better.