To Kill A Kingdom
To Kill A Kingdom, by Alexandra Christo 
Blurb: Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. 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. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby—it’s his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. 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?My ReviewOkay, so it took me a really long time to get into this book. It just didn't hook me, which is a shame because I loved the premise and I really, really wanted to love it.I'm going to keep this short, but here are the reasons I ended up just feeling 'meh' towards this book. - I felt the description slowed the pace and this is from a reader (and writer) who loves description. - I never felt a romantic connection between Elian and Lira. I thought they worked better as friends. - Things appeared to solve and were explained afterwards. - The action scenes were few and far between, which is fine, except I was expecting a lot more from such an epic quest.- The ending... So, why did I continue reading, I hear you ask? The characters were what made me want to keep reading, more specifically Lira. I liked Elian, but it was Lira who I was really intrigued by and I thought her character development was amazingly well done. The author managed to turn her from a murdered into someone who thought about others and her own people, all the while never loosing her kick-arse nature.Also, as a side note, I loved how dark this story was; it's rare to read something so dark and often grim and harsh in YA stories.All in all, I know loads of people loved this book and that's great, but personally I just didn't mesh with it...
My favourite quotes from 'To Kill A Kingdom':'... then I'm nothing. Just a princess inheriting a crown instead of earning it.''For a man who denies being at war, he certainly picks his soldiers well.'' "You can't win a war," I tell her. "Someone else just loses." ''Lira can keep secrets but she can't by any stretch of the imagination, keep peace.' '... I won't stand by and watch someone else lose their kingdom just so that I won't be alone when I lose mine.''... she might actually die and my last words to her might be a lie and what a jackass thing that would be.''We are not naive little heirs to be molded as they wish. We are warriors. We are rulers.''By falling for a monster, I have become one for her.'
Blurb: Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most—a human. 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. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby—it’s his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. 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?My ReviewOkay, so it took me a really long time to get into this book. It just didn't hook me, which is a shame because I loved the premise and I really, really wanted to love it.I'm going to keep this short, but here are the reasons I ended up just feeling 'meh' towards this book. - I felt the description slowed the pace and this is from a reader (and writer) who loves description. - I never felt a romantic connection between Elian and Lira. I thought they worked better as friends. - Things appeared to solve and were explained afterwards. - The action scenes were few and far between, which is fine, except I was expecting a lot more from such an epic quest.- The ending... So, why did I continue reading, I hear you ask? The characters were what made me want to keep reading, more specifically Lira. I liked Elian, but it was Lira who I was really intrigued by and I thought her character development was amazingly well done. The author managed to turn her from a murdered into someone who thought about others and her own people, all the while never loosing her kick-arse nature.Also, as a side note, I loved how dark this story was; it's rare to read something so dark and often grim and harsh in YA stories.All in all, I know loads of people loved this book and that's great, but personally I just didn't mesh with it...My favourite quotes from 'To Kill A Kingdom':'... then I'm nothing. Just a princess inheriting a crown instead of earning it.''For a man who denies being at war, he certainly picks his soldiers well.'' "You can't win a war," I tell her. "Someone else just loses." ''Lira can keep secrets but she can't by any stretch of the imagination, keep peace.' '... I won't stand by and watch someone else lose their kingdom just so that I won't be alone when I lose mine.''... she might actually die and my last words to her might be a lie and what a jackass thing that would be.''We are not naive little heirs to be molded as they wish. We are warriors. We are rulers.''By falling for a monster, I have become one for her.'
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