Book Review: Prince of Song & Sea by Linsey Miller

 

Title: Prince of Song & Sea

By: Linsey Miller

Genre: Fantasy

Pages: 352

Release Date: October 4th, 2022

Publisher: Disney Press

Rating: ★★★★☆

 

Summary from Goodreads:

For fans of Twisted Tales and Villains is a brand new YA series that retells the classic Disney stories you thought you knew from the Disney Princes' perspectives.

Before Prince Eric’s mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die. With a neighboring kingdom looking for any excuse to invade their shores, and rumors of ghost pirates lurking the seas, Eric is desperate for any information that may help him break his enchantment and bring stability to Vellona. The answers he has been searching for come to him in the form of a letter left from his mother that reveals Eric must find his true love, the one with a voice pure of heart,or kill the sea witch responsible for cursing him in the first place.

Now Eric is on a quest to find the Isle of Serein, the witch's legendary home. But after he is rescued by a mysterious young woman with a mesmerizing singing voice, Eric’s heart becomes torn. Does he enter a battle he is almost certain he cannot win or chase a love that might not even exist? And when a shipwrecked young woman with flaming red hair and a smile that could calm the seven seas enters his life, Eric may discover that true love isn’t something that can be decided by magic.

 

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Review:

A fairytale retelling from a different perspective.

There is a lot of buzz around this book. Good thing and bad, but if you go into it with an open mind, the story itself comes shining through.

I was never a little mermaid kind of girl when I was younger. As an adult however, I often find myself wondering what the other character's stories were. What were they thinking? Where did they come from? We don't always have the answers to these questions, but in this story, there is far more for my mind to chew on.

All in all, an entertaining read.

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