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A review by mkkusek
The Sea Witch: A Little Mermaid Retelling by Rebecca F. Kenney
5.0
This was an amazing retelling of The Little Mermaid, managing to keep so many elements of the fairy tale, with plenty of nods to the Disney movie, but also changing it enough to be a unique story and fit with the villain-love theme.
Averil was a great heroine in that she was so very, consistently curious and somewhat naive but also able to take charge when it mattered. I'm glad Kenney made it pretty clear from the beginning that Averil was simply infatuated with Prince Kerrin's looks and enthusiasm and that she (like the readers) came to despise him the more we got to know him.
Zoltan was an excellent male lead insofar as he had to balance likeability and typical misunderstood villain tropes with actually being pretty cutthroat and putting himself first. I still can't get over people calling him a witch though, even though it was necessary for the sake of the retelling....
The last 10-15% of the book was good but definitely fan service for smut. I could have just done with the very ending scene, which was hinted at earlier, but overall, despite some clunky monologuing at times, I thought this was an excellently told story, and I really couldn't put it down!
Averil was a great heroine in that she was so very, consistently curious and somewhat naive but also able to take charge when it mattered. I'm glad Kenney made it pretty clear from the beginning that Averil was simply infatuated with Prince Kerrin's looks and enthusiasm and that she (like the readers) came to despise him the more we got to know him.
Zoltan was an excellent male lead insofar as he had to balance likeability and typical misunderstood villain tropes with actually being pretty cutthroat and putting himself first. I still can't get over people calling him a witch though, even though it was necessary for the sake of the retelling....
The last 10-15% of the book was good but definitely fan service for smut. I could have just done with the very ending scene, which was hinted at earlier, but overall, despite some clunky monologuing at times, I thought this was an excellently told story, and I really couldn't put it down!