Honestly, at first I wanted to give it 5 stars because I really enjoyed this book. The matter is that I still have to understand if I like what happened in the second half, 'cause it kinda disappointed me the fact that the main characters didn't end up together and live happily ever after and blah blah blah. But beyond that, I appreciated the plot twist (?) so it isn't a big issue.
The real problem is the ending that, imho, was too fast. And I don't want to talk about how they easily fell in love together. Like, UGH DAFUQ?
In any case, as I said, I really enjoyed this book so I think that it deserves 4 stars :) ( )

This is a very well written retelling of "The Little Mermaid" with some very interesting twists as well as some excellent characters and an intriguing plot that will keep you reading till the very end. ( )

Light but interesting. Some awkward writing, especially the error of discrete for discreet, was distracting. But the characters, even the minor ones, were sufficiently well-developed to support the plot/concept and the themes about love and identity. ( )

Midnight Pearls by Debbie Viguie is a “happy ever after” story based on the Little Mermaid fairytale. While it was a quick. light read, I’m afraid I will remember this one more for it’s pretty cover than for it’s story content.

A fisherman pulls a child from the sea, he and his wife call her Pearl and raise her as their own. She never fits in and always wonders where she came from. Meanwhile her best friend is Prince James who sneaks away from the castle to be with the fisherman’s daughter. As they reach marriage age, their parents are urging them to find someone, and just as it looks like they will turn to each other, two more people enter the story and add complications. This along with a murder plot by James’s evil uncle and cousin in their bid to overtake the throne, leads the four young people to eventually discover who they are meant to be with and where they belong.

I enjoy these reworked fairytales, they are a bit of a guilty pleasure for me and I’m always hoping to find one like Cinder that breathes fresh air and originality into these old stories but Midnight Pearls with it’s unsatisfactory conclusion, undeveloped characters and rather bland story didn’t work for me. ( )

I still haven't read Andersen's "Little Mermaid," so I can't make comparisons between the original and this retelling. ( )