Review: Of Songs and Seashells
Of Songs and Seashells by T.M. Franklin is another book I saw advertised recently on Facebook that drew me in with the prospect of mermaids despite having very little mermaid content once I actually read it. It's an adaptation of "The Little Mermaid" that takes place after the fairy tale when the title character became a daughter of the air. I've always loved this concept because so few people have taken the time to explore exactly what that means. That's why I wrote my own adaptation of "The Little Mermaid" to explore it. At that time, there weren't any adaptations I was aware of that kept the original ending. This story was very different from the one I wrote and not my cup of tea. If you plan on reading this book, make sure you are familiar with Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." I know that should be a given, but there are so many people who think that the Disney movie was the original story that it's importa...