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The Silent Princess A Little Mermaid Retelling by Mira Crest Review

rWhen I choose to review a book on my blog my main goal is to encourage my viewers to read it. That is why you won't see a lot of negative reviews on this blog. I want to spread the word on fairy tale retellings that may not be as well-known as Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine or A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. There are so many self-published books out there who's authors deserve more attention. Sadly, Mira Crest does not seem to be one of them. Her book The Silent Princess a Little Mermaid retelling (part of the Princess League series) started out promising and wasn't a bad book overall but suffered as the story neared its conclusion. It went from an intriguing and mysterious journey of discovery to an action-packed novel where death and destruction loomed everywhere.  The story introduces the reader to Marina a mute young woman with no memory of who she is who is likely to die within the year. Living under the roof of an evil man named Pratt, Marina and...