Lira goes through so much growth as a character. While it was still written very brilliantly and vividly, I would’ve enjoyed seeing the aftermath, so an epilogue would have been the perfect little bow on top of this gift of a novel. □ I honestly think this book could’ve used around 100 more pages to wrap everything up more cleanly because the most climatic battle scene occurs in the last 50 pages. Truthfully, I wish the book were a bit longer because there was so much more I wish that had been explored. “In my heart, I’m as wild as the ocean that raised me.” For a 350-page book, there’s not a whole ton of world-building, but it’s an appropriate amount where it’s well-balanced with the whole story. □ Each time I told myself that I would stop after one more chapter, but it was too easy to continuously read until I was finished with the whole book. It flows extremely well, and you’ll be hooked from the first page. If you like pirates, adventure, and badass characters, this is the book for you!Īlexandra Christo’s writing is phenomenal-it’s so easy to get into the story. DUN DUN DUN!! If you’re a fan of the enemies-to-lovers trope, you will EAT. □♀️ After she upsets her mother, the Sea Queen and basically the evil w(b)itch in this story, she’s cursed to become a human and instructed to steal the heart of Prince Elian…who’s not-so-coincidentally a Siren hunter. Instead of the happy-go-lucky (and slightly ditsy) Ariel from the Disney version, we have Lira, the most feared Siren across all kingdoms, notoriously titled The Prince’s Bane. To Kill a Kingdom is essentially a dark retelling of The Little Mermaid but 10000x better. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good-But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind’s greatest enemy When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby-it’s his calling. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen or remain a human forever. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most-a human. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. PUBLISHED BY Macmillan on March 6th, 2018 I’m so glad that I’ve finally picked up this book because it’s definitely one of my favorite reads in 2018. Guys…This book was seriously SO FREAKING GOOD!! ❤ □ It’s been such a long time since I’ve read a book where I felt that I had my entire mind, body, and soul invested in the characters and plot.
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