I was hoping to read this before the new movie this weekend so I sped through it today and I loved it! It made me even more excited to see the movie!! The Little Mermaid is so special to me and while I love the Disney movie so much, I also love different takes on the story and basically anything I can get my hands on that has to do with this world! I really enjoyed the similarities between this and the Ariel’s Beginning movie and I think it really helped set up the merworld for this new movie! Especially the ending really alluding to what’s going to happen in the near future! Another thing I love about stories like this and how they don’t revolve around Ariel changing her whole life for Eric (I do love Eric though so don’t get me wrong), I think it’s really nice to see how curious and independent Ariel has always been and always will be. Anyway, seeing the movie on Sunday & I cannot wait 🤗