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The Surface Breaks: Compare and Contrast

The Surface Breaks is a retelling of The Little Mermaid. Today there will be a compare and contrast of both The Surface Breaks and The Little Mermaid to see how similar it is.
THERE ARE SPOILERS BE WARNED!!!

The Surface Breaks

• Main character's name is Gaia.
• The women put pearl on their fishtails
• She is 15 years old
• She was engaged to a merman. 
• Her father is not supportive of her being in the human world. 
• The Sea Witch gave Gaia a 2nd chance
• Oliver had a girlfriend which made it harder for Gaia to get his attention even after his girlfriend's death.
• She turned into a rusalka at the end and didn't marry the prince

Both

• Not allowed to be in contact with the human world. 
• Both characters make a deal with the antagonist.
• Have 6 sisters
• no mom
• both lost their voice

The Little Mermaid

• Her father lets her join the human world at the end
• She is 16 years old
• She had animal friends to guide her
• She lived happily ever after with Prince Eric

The Surface Breaks Review

*Book Review*
**Given to me by the publisher to do an honest review.**
Title: The Surface Breaks
Author: Louis O’Neill
Rating: 5 ⭐️ 
Review: I FINISHED THIS IN ONE DAY!!! That’s how good this book was. I really loved the story especially because it was The Little Mermaid retelling. I love to read fantasy retellings to see the similarities and differences. This book was really good and the plot was well structured. I read this in one sitting which I usually don’t do and I couldn’t stop flipping the pages because it was that good. The sentences were well structured and brought in a lot of details for the readers to think and imagine. At first, I thought it was going to be boring because it turned out that the main character had instant love which I hate in books but then the ending blew my mind up. When there were 20 pages left I thought it was going to have a major cliffhanger which means it would be a series but I don’t think this is a series. My favorite character was the Sea Witch because she was understanding and so much more. READ THIS BOOK!!!

The Surface Breaks Welcome Post

The Surface Breaks by Louise O'Neill

Ages: 12-17
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: Scholastic Press

A retelling of The Little Mermaid that is told in a beautiful but dark way.

Close to the Irish coast, under the sea, lived a young mermaid named Gaia. She dreams of leaving her controlling father and doesn't want to have an arranged marriage. She is drawn to a human boy when she goes on her first swim to the surface. She longs to join his carefree world, but how much will she have to sacrifice? 
In the masterful hands of Louise O'Neill, the girl known to many as the Little Mermaid must fight to keep her voice ... even if it means breaking out of the narrative she's been trapped inside her entire life. Break the rules. Break the surface. Brake free. 

Louise O' Neill is from Clonakilty, in west Cork. After graduating with a BA in English Studies at Trinity College Dublin, she went on to complete a post-grad in Fashion Buying at DIT. Having spent a year in New York working for Kate Lanphear, the senior Style Director of Elle magazine, she returned home to Ireland to write her first novel. She went from hanging out on set with A-list celebrities to spending most of her days in pajamas while she writes, and has never been happier. 

                                                                                    US Version

*I tried to reword the summary which is from the back of the book. The author info was from the scholastic website.*