Author: Demelza Carlton
Narrator: Mary Sarah
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Series: Romance a Medieval Fairytale, Book 5
Publisher: Demelza Carlton
Released: Aug. 29, 2020
Genre: Fantasy; Romance
A little mermaid. A prince to save. Only silence can break the spell.
Once upon a time…the mermaid Margareta saved Prince Erik from a shipwreck. Wanting to see the prince again, Margareta strikes a bargain with the master of Beacon Isle. If she saves his sons from a terrible curse, he will reunite her with Prince Erik. All she has to do is stay silent until the curse is broken.
Silence is a virtue…until Prince Erik arrives early, searching for the mermaid who saved his life.
Can two hearts speak louder than words?
Audible⎮iTunes⎮Google Play⎮Chirp⎮Scribd
httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sC_uApH440
USA Today bestselling author Demelza Carlton has always loved the ocean, but on her first snorkelling trip she found she was afraid of fish.
She has since swum with sea lions, sharks and sea cucumbers and stood on spray-drenched cliffs over a seething sea as a seven-metre cyclonic swell surged in, shattering a shipwreck below.
Sensationalist spin? No – Demelza tends to take a camera with her so she can capture and share the moment later; shipwrecks, sharks and all.
Demelza now lives in Perth, Western Australia, the shark attack capital of the world.
Website⎮Twitter⎮Facebook⎮Goodreads
Voice Arts Award Nominee, Mary Sarah has garnered attention for her powerfully evocative, multi-character work which spans time and place.
With a penchant for dialects and love of culture, Sarah has spanned the globe working with rich characters set across genres of the classics, historical fiction, medieval romance, poetry, fantasy, non-fiction and children’s literature. Relz Reviewz states in reference to Tamara Leigh’s ‘The Unveiling,“ her mellifluous tones, superb voicing of emotions in dialogue and varied and accurate accents of both male and female make her a pure joy to listen to,” while her narration of “A Lady in the Smoke,” was cited as, “masterly!”
Classically trained at The Riverside Shakespeare Academy and The Royal Shakespeare Company, Sarah loves to get to the heart of words in order to release their power and finds great comfort in the beauty of stories to transform and speak to us.! Sarah loves the power of story telling to awaken our hearts.
Says author Claudy Conn (Lady X), “Her acting is simply sublime.”
Website⎮Twitter
Though you wouldn’t have to read/listened to the previous story in this series, Revel: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, this story follows that and references some of those characters. And since I’ve just listened to the last, Cinderella, I can say that it too has a few characters from earlier stories. So bottom line, if you plan on listening to this series, I’d recommend beginning with the first story. It’s not necessary but might be nice to recognize characters from previous fairytales.
Once again, I enjoyed Carlton’s imagination in this retelling of The Little Mermaid. It still takes a little time for me to feel comfortable with the narration, but it seems to work especially well for reading fairytales.
My Concerns
Like the previous audiobook in this series, I was somewhat lost in the reasoning to toss sexual content into this story. And that’s how it felt. Randomly included. These retellings haven’t felt like love stories, which might merit sexual content, but rather a bit crude additions to the tales. In each case I rated down only because of this. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the stories.
Another concern was that the ending felt a bit rushed.
What I Like Best
The stories I’ve listened to, including this one, show a remarkable ability to reimagine fairytales in an interesting way. I liked this one even more than the previous book in this series, and it was good too.
I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Demelza Carlton. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
Rating: ☆☆☆1/2
Click here to view the full tour schedule!
Plugging you into the audio community since 2016.
Sign up as a tour host here.
