Part of Your World by Liz Braswell

What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? It's been five years since the infamous sea witch defeated the little mermaid...and took King Triton's life in the process. Ariel is now the voiceless queen of Atlantica, while Ursula runs Prince Eric's kingdom on land. But when Ariel discovers that her father might still be alive, she finds herself returning to a world--and a prince--she never imagined she would see again.--

All the characters you loved (or loved to hate) are back, plus some new ones, since this takes place five years after the events of the 1989 film.

The premise of the story is simple, what would have happened if Ursula had not been defeated? We meet a mute Queen Ariel at the beginning of this Twisted Tale, Ursula is now ruling on land as Princess Vanessa, and Prince Eric is still under her spell.

It's not a short read to say the least, clocking up over five hundred pages and at one point I did stop reading for a few weeks, since I felt like it had nowhere to go after a particular plot event about a third of the way in. I guess if it had a rating akin to a film, it would be 12A and it is at times quite dark in tone but still family friendly enough, but that's the idea - it's Disney.

My star rating would probably be about 3.5 but I'm giving it a 4.

If you want a fresh take on Disney's The Little Mermaid, you'll find it here and probably like this too.

WOW!!! This was FANTASTIC!!! I honestly liked this far more than the original movie, though I will be honest, that's not hard to do. In this, Ariel was Much less rash and impulsive, instead thinking about (most) of her actions. And I LOVED it!!! While not my fav of the series, I definitely liked this a Lot!!! Honestly I've yet to be disappointed with this series!!! I hope my expectations aren't set too high now for the other Twisted Tales books I haven't read yet!!!