Balanced Scales: A Fantasy Retelling of The Little Mermaid

Laura Greenwood

Untold Tales Book 6 · Drowlgon Press

About this ebook

Discover the Untold Tales in this series of fairy tale retellings featuring strong heroines, their animal sidekicks, and a dash of romance. Balanced Scales is a retelling of The Little Mermaid.

Losing their soul is the worst thing that can happen to any mermaid, and now Mari has to figure out how to get hers back.

A shipwreck leads to the thing mermaids most fear…

When Mari loses her soul, she has to venture on to land to get it back. But it isn't just hers on the line, the rest of the soulless mer need saving too. With the help of her pet seal-turned-dog, Shelbie, a man she can barely see, and a human intent on helping her, Mari finds herself navigating the world of men for the first time.

Can she find her soul in time? Or is she doomed to remain soulless?

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Balanced Scales is part of the Untold Tales series of fantasy fairy tale retellings and is based on the Little Mermaid. It includes a sweet m/f romance and can be read as a standalone. 

If you enjoy fairy tale retellings in fantasy settings, a dash of romance, adorable familiars, happy endings, and heroines who save themselves, start the Untold Tales series today!

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Ratings and reviews

This was so good! It's a retelling of The Little Mermaid with twist and turns you don't see coming. But it also has so much to the story and it's fun and intriguing and it had me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen next. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Mari was a mermaid that lost her soul and then went to find it on land with her best friend Shelbie. Erickson was the reason she lost it and thought she could trust him. Aaron warned her not to trust Erickson. Then through an adventure filled with danger, discoveries, lies and revelations, Mari, Shelbie and an unquestionable friend made her future, along with other mer become soul filled. Fun read I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

This reinvention of The Little Mermaid was very interesting. The sea witch may not be as evil as first thought. Instead of losing her voice, this little mermaid loses her soul. The story then revolves around her trying to reclaim her soul and in so doing, possibly solving an age-old curse/legend that has affected all the Mer people. The answers may not be what she thought they would, and the consequences may or may not be worth her sacrifice. I think you will enjoy this version. I liked having a different way to look at the story. This is a good start to the series, and I am looking forward to reading Thumbelina's story next. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.