Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

Once Upon a Tide is a Young Adult read that I hope becomes a series with other characters!

Lana is a headstrong mermaid who has counted down to her fourteenth birthday in order to start taking classes on how to rule. These plans are snapped short as her father, the sea king, demands her to attend the Royal festival. This time as an ambassador, Lana is set to spend her time and rush back home. Yet with issues spiraling out of control back home, this princess will have to learn how what it is like to be on Earth for longer than she bargained for.

I enjoyed reading Once Upon a Tide and will be picking it up for my classroom library. It was a fresh take on mermaids, both on land and person, that didn't involve overt inappropriate messaging. I hope my students will enjoy this as much as I did.

Reminiscent of The Little Mermaid, Jen Calonita writes a story that is fun. She must spend time on land with her mother the left her and her siblings behind. While there, her reputation is sliced by "the popular people" and when she's ready to go home, her father tells her to stay put. This novel definitely teaches you to be true to yourself when you're not at home and how to find yourself when you are unsure.

I liked the overall setting and idea for this book. It was interesting to have a mermaid ambassador that loses her abilities on land. Despite not really liking the main protagonist as a character, I think I would still recommend this book to young fantasy readers or to those interested in mermaids. It's still a fun middle grade read.

I love mermaid tales. I love this book even more because it's a mermaid tale that makes references to The Little Mermaid while being a story about a mermaid trying to come into her own as more than just a young princess. She's got quite a lot on her plate with her mom trying to remarry and her best friend causing things he didn't intend to, but she handles it all while putting bullies in their place.

Thanks to NetGalley & Disney-Hyperion for the early copy in exchange for an honest review. DNF at 50%, though I understand this is for younger audiences and I'm sure tween girls will enjoy this in particular, but I didn't feel like reading more of this.

Once Upon A Tide is about a half-mermaid half-human princess who's sent to live with her mother for a week during a Very Important Royal Festival that's on land. Problem is, Princess Lana hates living on land. Hates her mother's new """""Boyfriend""""". Hates that no one will take her seriously. How can Princess Lana be her kingdom's youngest ambassador when no one thinks she is?

Lana is the most infuriating and immature protagonist and is the main reason why I could not finish this book. I did get pretty far despite hating her the whole time, ha. She's very self-centered and I can't get how she thinks she'll be a great "ambassador" when she can't stop being mean to everyone every 5 seconds. It also doesn't help that her mother is pretty distant so I can see where Lana's coming from.

I'll still recommend this to younger girls who like mermaid stories, though. We could always use more serious mermaid stories that aren't about saving kittens.

I am going to be very honest in this review. I wanted to like this book a lot. I didn't. I felt that this book was very one note. Princess Lana was your typical angsty tweenaged girl. Who wanted to be apart of something more, but she never showed any ability to do more. She gets magical powers but really nothing seems to happen with that other then she does get to form a closer relationship with her mom due to it. Overall the book just was very lacking. Even as an early reader I would have wanted more. There was so much potential with this book. I know that this is only the first book in the series so I am very hopeful that Lana journey will still draw me in.

Thank you so much to Disney and NetGalley for allowing me to get an advance copy of this book.

This book was received as an ARC from Disney Publishing Worldwide - Disney-Hyperion in exchange for an honest review are completely my own. Opinions and thoughts expressed in this review are completely my own.

I loved this book. A book with a Little Mermaid twist but completely different storyline. This time Lana, is appointed the ambassador of land and with being a mermaid, she is forced to grow legs and live on the land in which her mom chose instead of staying with her children and all of her mermaid instincts have been removed and do not work on land so she is depressed and in trouble. Then as things were bad enough, she finds out an earthquake hit on her home in clarion underwater and she is desperate to come home and save her loved ones from peril but her father banishes her indefinitely plus, she discovers that evil forces are coming for her family. I was so thrilled to read a new modern version on one of my favorite fairy tales. I know this book will have a following with our young readers and I can't wait to hear their thoughts.

We will consider adding this title to our JFiction collection at our library. That is why we give this book 5 stars.

I loved this book. It was fun and adorable. THe characters were cool, and loved the imagery. It felt like The Little Mermaid