A review by emlickliter
A Little Mermaid by Aya Ling

4.0

Mortimer somehow managed to straighten out a mess instead of merely making it worse in this one! Practice granting boons seems to be improving his odds of success. This story follow's the Woodcutter's only son, Martin, to his new job as a bodyguard for a prince. Prince Lukas, total flirt training to be king, is suffering from a would be assassin and a need for a wife while his regent uncle is prepping him to ascend the throne. Clio, a mermaid princess, seems to have a knack for saving the prince from near death experiences. Mortimer grants her the traditional little mermaid boon (legs in exchange for her voice) against her will. Clio demands Mortimer help her fix the mess he made, and between them they manage to help heal the very tense relationship between the mer-people and their land-dwelling neighbors. For those of us who poke at the holes in fairy tales, this one patches up the voicelessness problem with literacy! Yeah for a princess who can still communicate!!