It is also hinted that they have started to have feelings for each other. We learn that they've been friends since childhood and that they meet on a regular basis. In the book, we're introduced to the two main characters. My only disappointment was in what I thought to be clumsy execution of the story. The main body of the story and the ending don't have quite the depth of the original, but they are still interesting, and I think they will have more appeal to the young adult audience than the original might have had. The beginning of the story especially is fascinating and very well told. The author put an interesting twist on the story, adding in a little more adventure than other versions of the fairy tale. Though it's not my favorite retelling, it was a good read. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.Being a fan of the original Anderson fairy tale, The Little Seamaid, and the Disney cartoon, The Little Mermaid, (and also enjoying the occasional young adult novel) I decided to take a chance on Midnight Pearls. For those who knew the truth, it was magic. They say the prince married a girl who was not what she appeared and that another girl who saved the kingdom vanished without a trace. Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Aster a strange thing happened. Now, just when Pearl and James need each other most, bewitching magic and hints about Pearl' s past threaten to tear them apart.forever. But their friendship is shaken when trouble erupts in the kingdom - a conspiracy against the royal family combines with an evil enchantment from beneath the sea. One very special, secret companion: Prince James. As all the other girls her age find husbands, she has only one friend to ease her loneliness. Pearl grows from a mysterious child into an unusual young woman, not always welcomed in the village. He and his wife raised the girl, Pearl, as their own daughter, never allowing themselves to wonder long about where she came from - or notice her silver hair, usually pale skin, and wide, dark blue eyes.

'ONCE UPON A TIME' IS TIMELESS In a quiet fishing village seventeen years ago, one lone fisherman rescued a child from the sea.

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