![]() ![]() We tried to pace ourselves, but at some point I just couldn’t stop reading anymore. There was so much murder and ripping out of hearts in the beginning, I reveled in it and knowing what was about to come. The descriptions were whimsical and dark. ![]() And then I feel like the story just had a completely different vibe. First of all, Lira is a siren and there is a vast difference between sirens and mermaids in the book (SO appreciated that!! You know how fuzzy I get about those two getting mixed up together). I know that to Kill a Kingdom is a sort of retelling of the Little Mermaid, but I really didn’t have a hard time separating those two stories. Sirens, pirates and the cold ruthlessness and beauty of the ocean. However, from the get go, it had everything I liked in a story. I am trying my best not to simply scream at you that I loved the book. Sooo, that was a lot of unrelated preface for my review. Don’t forget to check out those lovely ladies’ blogs and to keep a lookout for Marie’s own review of the book. ![]() And second, I also want to thank Marie and Hurricane Books for being my buddy reader for this adventure. I rarely win those, so when she messaged me I was over the moon (and looking at the two books that came my way and that I absolutely love, I still am over the moon now) and she deserves all the thanks for making this happen. And as always, I want to thank you guys for taking the time to read my post, I truly appreciate it.Before starting this review, I want to give a huge shout out to Ari Romance Corner Blog because To Kill a Kingdom was one of the books I won in her giveaway. I recommend this book for 14-year-olds and older. Read this book if you like Pirates of the Caribbean, The Beholder, Sea Witch, the Little Mermaid, and you get the idea. The relationship between the two main characters will leave you reeling because they both know what they should but it is hard for both of them to follow their orders when their hearts say something else. This is the type of book I’ve been waiting for, in terms of mermaids actions with pirates, and prince and princesses and all that jazz.Ĭharacter development and world-building were great too, the storyline was easy to follow and her writing felt consistent and it always went along with her time period. Elian is a great captain of his bot, I loved the crew and the way he commanded his ship. But other than that, feelings start developing later on and things get complicated. The princess knows who he is and she knows that she has to kill him, which to her credit, she does try multiple times. From then on out, you know how it goes, they both hate each other and the prince wants to kill Lira but he doesn’t know she’s the princess. That is where Prince Elian comes in, he is actually a mermaid and siren killer and hunter, and then when he is sailing on the sea to find the “ Prince Killer” he sees Lira’s human body in the ocean. It’s kind of like a Little Mermaid retelling but a little bit more badass if you will. Now, two weeks before her birthday she takes the heart of a prince that she wasn’t supposed to and her mom to punish her takes her “singing voice” away and gives her legs and tell her that if she wants to come back she needs to take a prince’s heart without her powers. You’ll have to read the book to know what I mean. Every year for her birthday she gets to kill a person and take their hearts for a complicated process that I’m not going to explain. In this book, we follow the story Lira who is a siren princess. I was not expecting it to be like it was, but it turned out to be better than expected. This book was a surprisingly good read, it had been on my TBR list for the longest time and I’ve finally got to it and I’m happy I did. ![]()
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