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To Kill a Kingdom

Alexandra Christo (Goodreads Author)

3.89 · Rating details · 70,270 ratings · 11,530 reviews

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 Pr ...more

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Mar 05, 2018 Emily May rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, 2018, young-adult

Meet our two main characters--

Lira: In one move, I plunge my fist into the prince’s chest and pull out his heart.

Elian: Technically, I’m a murderer, but I like to think that’s one of my better qualities.

That should give you a sense of what to expect. To Kill a Kingdom is a pretty dark fantasy for YA and it tells a compelling, vicious story without falling into all the usual tropes. I was pleasantly surprised.

Lira is a siren princess, daughter of the Sea Queen, and known amongst humans as Princes ...more

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Sep 23, 2017 Brittney ~ Reverie and Ink rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorite-heroines, fantasy, recommended-fantasy, arcs-i-ve-reviewed, favorite-couples, retellings, 2018-anticipated-reads, absolute-favorites, best-anti-heroes

Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

I am just sitting here in shock and full of feels and alskfjal;skdjfa;lksjf GO ORDER THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW. How am I supposed to write a coherent review? Gah!

Okay *breathes*

So if you haven't seen the description, this is somewhat of a little mermaid retelling, except it has a totally unique spin, pulling in other folklore as well! (Hint: Midas!)

Lira is a siren known as the 'Prince's Bane' - and she's infamous for killing princes. Yep, that's what she does. She rips out the ...more

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Nov 25, 2018 chai ♡ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, ya-sff, trope-rivals-or-enemies-to-lovers, trope-idiots-in-love, young-adult, 2018-releases, trope-slow-burn, read-in-2018

Where would I be, as a person and in society, without the enemies-to-lovers trope where two people, who are actual literal enemies fighting on opposite sides of a conflict and who can hold their own against each other and even in their hatred have a begrudging respect for the other, come together on equal ground and slowly realize that they have more in common than they’d first thought, they don’t instantly get along but bicker and deny and fight their way into a tentative friendship that is bor ...more

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Jul 10, 2018 emma rated it did not like it

Shelves: dark, fairytale, 1-and-a-half-stars, comments, fantasy, couldn-t-wait-to-read, unpopular-opinion, ya, reviewed, nope

This review was discussed on the Hey Good Bookin' podcast! I have never felt cooler.

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I am proposing a new law: Books that are not good should not be allowed to have really good opening lines. Because then I open them in Barnes & Noble and am like “wow I should buy this” and then I do (except not immediately because I don’t have B&N levels of money honey) and then I’m disappointed and I hate it and it’s honestly bad for all of us.

This law is for the good of the people, you know?

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Jan 26, 2018 Katerina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, retellings, 2018-reads

Dark, seductive and oh so beautiful.

Dark as a stormy night.
Seductive as the call of a siren.
Beautiful like the bluest sea.
I marvel at how wonderful most of the 2018 YA releases have been. Even though the time I dedicate to reading is far less than what my heart desires (thank you adult life, really), discovering books that sing their melodies to my soul and enchant me to oblivion is a fair compensation. Reading To Kill a Kingdom was last week's highlight. A blessing. It was a retelling of the Li ...more

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Dec 17, 2017 Virginia Ronan ♥ Herondale ♥ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

”You are a little heartless today, aren’t you?”
“Never,” I say. “There are seventeen under my bed.”

I asked for a blood thirsty, dark and twisted siren that lures princes and collects their still warm and dripping hearts. And I wanted a strong human prince that hunts wicked sirens and sea witches for sport. Well, I guess “To Kill a Kingdom” did a great job at delivering all this and even more. ;-P

”Technically, I’m a murderer, but I like to think that’s one of my better qualities.”

I went into thi ...more

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May 06, 2018 Warda rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I’m disappointed with how mediocre this was. It’s described as a dark and romantic story.
It was dark at the beginning, then turned into mush. By the way our main characters were introduced, I was expecting some straight-up nastiness and bravado. False advertisement that was because that’s not the tone the story carried on with (but I didn’t mind this too much since there was some introspection our characters were going through).
And the romance was...lacklustre. I mean, did it have to be there? I’m disappointed with how mediocre this was. It’s described as a dark and romantic story.
It was dark at the beginning, then turned into mush. By the way our main characters were introduced, I was expecting some straight-up nastiness and bravado. False advertisement that was because that’s not the tone the story carried on with (but I didn’t mind this too much since there was some introspection our characters were going through).
And the romance was...lacklustre. I mean, did it have to be there? It served no purpose. I felt nothing!

I think the only aspect that I appreciated was the Prince and his crew, the bond and witty banter they shared. Plus the similarities Elian and Lira had in terms of them both wanting to desperately escape the shackles that had been forced on them.

I wanted that angle of their character to be explored (it was too flimsy!) and wanted more brutality. The ending was annoyingly happy. It probably would’ve felt more satisfying had the initial plot point been carried out. I’m slightly getting over happy endings, particularly in fantasy. Or maybe this wasn’t just well done as it was too dramatic for my taste.

It felt and read like the story was being crammed in. It wasn’t necessarily slow at any point. The plot was moving, however it seemed almost too calculated and each aspect of the story was placed accordingly. It didn’t flow, rather it felt too deliberate and purposely steered into a particular direction, i.e. getting the two main characters together.
Pointless.

There wasn’t enough time for me to grow attached to the characters and world, which is a shame, because it had so much potential. I think this would’ve worked better and read more fulfilling had it been a duology possibly, where then the writing, the characters, the world and plot would’ve been given their due right.
I liked it enough though.

Pre-review.
This cost a quid. Naturally, I bought it. I miss me some good ol' fantasy.
Book, you better deliver. You have standards to uphold now.

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Nov 20, 2017 Melanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, read-in-2018, buddy-reads, arc, young-adult, signed

ARC provided by Macmillan in exchange for an honest review.

“I’ve made a mistake. It started with a prince, as most stories do. Once I felt the thrum of his heart beneath my fingers, I couldn’t forget it.”

You all, I buddy read this with FOUR of my closest book friends, and we all five starred this amazing story. Please, go treat yourself and preorder this book. Please. Do you like killer sirens? Angsty romance? A+ witty banter? Vivid fighting scenes with mind-blowing imagery? One of t ...more

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Mar 07, 2018 Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it really liked it

I HAVE A HEART for every year I’ve been alive.

There are seventeen hidden in the sand of my bedroom. Every so often, I claw through the shingle, just to check they’re still there. Buried deep and bloody. I count each of them, so I can be sure none were stolen in the night. It’s not such an odd fear to have. Hearts are power, and if there’s one thing my kind craves more than the ocean, it’s power.

*insert drooling face here* I can't help it. I'm a wee bit bloodthirsty and I love these types of

I HAVE A HEART for every year I’ve been alive.

There are seventeen hidden in the sand of my bedroom. Every so often, I claw through the shingle, just to check they’re still there. Buried deep and bloody. I count each of them, so I can be sure none were stolen in the night. It’s not such an odd fear to have. Hearts are power, and if there’s one thing my kind craves more than the ocean, it’s power.

*insert drooling face here* I can't help it. I'm a wee bit bloodthirsty and I love these types of heroines. *excited squeal*

Oh hi, remember me? It’s been a long ass time since I reviewed a YA book because I got sick of all the crappy books, but this book caught my eyes (BECAUSE SIRENS) and holy crap, it’s good!

This is kind of a Little Mermaid retelling but with sirens, and instead of the main character wanting to get forked (no pun intended), our main character sings and seduces and kills the hapless men that fall into her and her cousins' trap.

“It’ll enchant them all, but if you lay your focus on one, they’ll fall in love with you so resolutely that even as they drown, they’ll scream of nothing but your beauty.”

“Normally the enchantment is broken when they start to die,” Kahlia says.

*snickers*

Our prince isn't a handsome, useless fool, but one whose life is devoted to killing sirens.

The thrill of it never stops, even when the seas become deadly. Even as I hear the familiar song that strikes my soul and makes me believe in love like it’s the first time. The danger only makes me thirstier.

Lira, 17-year old siren princess. Through a mistake, she "saves" Prince Elian and gets turned into a human.

With a shuddering breath, I look down and see legs. Sickly pale things that are crossed awkwardly beneath me, dotted by bruises. Some in big patches, others like tiny fingerprints. And feet, too, with toes pink from the cold.

My fins are gone. My mother has damned me. I want to die.

It was a really good book. The setting is beautifully woven and explained so that it doesn't feel like a textbook. The characters are vibrant and fun and likable. There are no longing glances and pained flushes and beating hearts, just a slowly developed friendship and alliance that blossoms. I was entertained.

This would make a pretty good movie. ...more

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Oct 07, 2019 Cindy rated it really liked it

4.5 stars for a simple yet solid standalone fantasy YA. I devoured this book so quickly and it's the first time I loved reading the enemies-to-lovers trope, because the main characters, their development, their inner fears, and their banter with each other were all done so naturally well. Both protagonists were truly lethal that I wanted to fly through the book just to see how they could possibly even like each other. It’s also fun to see all the different places they went to and how the kingdom ...more

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Jul 04, 2018 Maria rated it really liked it

3.7/5 Stars ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

“Technically, I’m a murderer, but I like to think that’s one of my better qualities.”

This is a very hyped up book. You all know it. You all did it. Everyone is reading it and I just couldn't resist. Fantasy is not the genre I prefer but a book about mythology and sirens and pirates is right up my alley. I truly enjoyed this book, it was a very strong debut novel, but it contained its faults.

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May 02, 2018 C.G. Drews rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2018, young-adult, epic-fantasy, 5-star, retelling, pirates

Everything about this book was a salty swashbuckling GLORY and I loved it. I'm alllll here for pirates and sirens and (dark) Little Mermaid retellings, and this just delivered omg. Plus it was super funny, and if there's something my dark little heart beats faster for: it's people who sass each other to death so lovingly.

(Also, claim to fame 😂, I have been a beta-reader for Allie in the past, so I kneeeew I'd love this and ajfdksald her writing is a masterpiece.)

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Apr 25, 2018 jessica rated it really liked it

oh man. this is soooo dark. apparently everything disney taught me about the little mermaid is so very wrong! and honestly, i really dont mind.

this retelling is quite gripping. i sped through it because i was dying to know how everything was going to play out. the only drawback i experienced was i didnt like lira. i mean, who knew it could be so difficult to relate to cold, heartless sea witch?? lol. but all the top notch banter and sarcasm definitely made up for it!

↠ 3.5 stars

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Mar 27, 2018 High Lady of The Night Court rated it it was amazing

Shelves: retellings-read

Two kingdoms that come with responsibilities we each have trouble bearing. Him, the shackles of being pinned to one land and one life. Me, trapped in the confines of my mother’s murderous legacy. And the ocean, calling out to us both. A song of freedom and longing.

I LOVE IT.
Reading this book was an amazing experience, I absolutely flew through it. To me this book doesn’t feel like a standalone because I have grown to care for these characters impossibly fast, and I will miss them dearly. Th Two kingdoms that come with responsibilities we each have trouble bearing. Him, the shackles of being pinned to one land and one life. Me, trapped in the confines of my mother’s murderous legacy. And the ocean, calling out to us both. A song of freedom and longing.

I LOVE IT.
Reading this book was an amazing experience, I absolutely flew through it. To me this book doesn’t feel like a standalone because I have grown to care for these characters impossibly fast, and I will miss them dearly. The story was very well written, it didn’t feel rushed, it didn’t feel slow, it had the perfect pace and conveyed exactly want it wanted to say.

In this book we follow Lira, the Siren known as Prince’s Bane, and Elian, the prince who is also a Siren killer. We join a human Lira in her attempt to kill Elian and gain the Sea Queen’s favor in order to be turned back into a Siren and a worthy heir to the throne. We join Elian in his attempt to find an object that will help him eliminate Sirenkind once and for all. Both of them are trying to the the exact opposite of what the other wants, which is kind of hilarious, but seeing them contemplate whether what they are doing what it wants is mesmerising.

Lira is the heir to the Siren kingdom, she has been pressurised all her life to get rid of her humanity and has been oppressed to become the emotionless, vile creature her mother wants her to be. Elian is a prince, who hates the confines of his duties, and chooses to escape them by becoming a pirate and hunting sirens, with the people he trusts.

Every time we are given a glimpse from Lira’s childhood, the torment she is put through because she is the heir to the Sea is truly grievous. A siren, no matter what is still s girl, a child, whose humanity was stolen from her at an age where it would shape her personality for the rest of her life. And watching Lira’s humanity being stripped away from her piece by piece, and by her own mother, is heartbreaking. But as much as it made her a monster, it gave her a sense of responsibility to take what is hers and protect it.

Elian’s interactions with his crew are just as endearing. The camaraderie between him and his crew is something to marvel at. Once Lira spends more time around this amazing group of people, none of can deny the tiny spark of humanity that rises in her, however against her wishes. We witness her contemplate that spark and realise the truth of how evil she has become, and that maybe even wanting to be like her mother was wrong.

The truth of what I am has become a nightmare.

More than anything we slowly realise that there are small things in their lives, which they have either found or created to find solace in. Elian finds that solace in being with his crew, the family he chose who are the people he can truly be himself with. And Lira in all her savageness she chose to protect her cousin, the one person she saw an innocence in worth protecting. Without even knowing it, by protecting her cousin Lira was protecting not only a spark of innocence, but also the part of her that is human enough to choose love and kindness over the monster her mother wanted her to become.

We see both of them run from the people they were forced to become because of the position they were born in, we see them resent the people they were raised to be and find them fighting their way out of the moulds society carved for them.
This is a story of a girl and a boy pushed to be people they don’t want to be. A story of how they choose the be the people they want to be and watching them grow to realize who they really want to be is an amazing experience. I highly recommend it and if you are thinking of reading this book I urge you to read it.
I mean come on you can't possibly go wrong with pirates! And believe me when I say we've gone a long way from Little Mermaid. ...more

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May 01, 2018 sunny rated it liked it

Shelves: shawty-so-bad, bf, fantasy, young-adult, im-all-kinds-of-shook, v-emotionally-moving, romance

remember when i said this book was good?? well it is, but you know what, the more i think about it, the more i've realized that the ending was anticlimatic as fuck and Lira and Elian's relationship can choke on balls the size of my pEn!!!!

i guess i really hyped this up and ended up giving it 4 stars in a rush because i was really enjoying it in the moment, but once the ending came and i actually used my brain to think about it, i was like hMmMmMmMmmmm NO THIS IS KIND OF A PIECE OF SHIT!!!!

LET'S ...more

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Mar 09, 2018 Camila Roy ••RoyIsReading•• rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

RATING: 5/5

I LOVED THIS BOOK!! Is it weird that I am obssessed with the two main characters? They're fkn murderers! I don't think that's ever happened before.

It's not my style to include synopsis in my reviews, but I'll make an exception just this once because I really want others to read it. We got two POVs in this story: The first is from a siren princess that kills human princes. The second one is from a human prince that kills sirens. Their paths cross and...you'll have to find out the rest ...more

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Feb 27, 2018 Angelica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc, great-ending, awesome-heroines, release-2018, fairytales, reviewed, fantasy, read-2018, a-good-pair, stand-alone

You guys! Go read this book! It was so good. Like, sooooo good and I just finished reading it like ten minutes ago and I'm dying right now. And AAAAAAAHHHHHH, I literally can't even! Seriously though. UUUGGHHHH!!!

But anyway, now that I got my incoherent rambling out of the way, let's talk about this book and the fact that I loved it.

This here isn't your typical Little Mermaid retelling. There's no sweet princess with romantic ideas about the human world. No innocent prince looking for love.

Inst ...more

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Feb 09, 2018 Sabrina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: almost-favorites

“His face makes no difference.” I drop her hand. “It’s his heart I’m after.”
“So many hearts.” Her voice is angelic. “You’ll soon run out of room to bury them all.”
I lick my lips. “Maybe,” I say. “But a princess must have her prince.”

This book is so unique and fun to read.
SIRENS 🧜‍♀️ and PIRATES, just how freaking awesome is that?!?
I have an unhealthy obsession with sirens and pirates 🤪

Lira and Elian are awesome, funny, sarcastic, intelligent and badass. I love the dynamic that they have and ...more

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Feb 01, 2018 lily ☁️ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, reviewed, best-romance, tolino, fantasy, to-reread, retelling

✨ You can now find my full review here! ✨

I finished reading this very hyped book—and I wasn’t crippled by disappointment? To quote May: “omg, lily liking a popular book?? is the world still spinning??” It may have stopped for a second, or two.

But, in all seriousness, To Kill a Kingdom is brilliant.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not perfect by all means; in fact, I found the initial chapters that introduce us to the world of sirens, mermaids, and the Sea, as well as the world above water with its vario ...more

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May 27, 2020 theburqaavenger➹ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: enemies-to-lovers, romance, retellings, when-life-gives-you-lemons, young-adult, fantasy, winds-are-blowing, i-love-him

A pirate prince ~~who wears eyeliner O H M Y G O O D N E S S~~
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#sorrynotsorry.

In all seriousness To Kill a Kingdom is brilliant. Yes it does feel like a debut at times but THAT is what forced me appreciate all the others aspects of this book. It was dark (i like), it was funny (i love), it was enemies to lovers (my heart), it has bromance (kill me now), it has amazing banter (gah!), it has a whole pirate crew (*dreamy sighs*), it has sirens (seriously) and it has Elian (my husband) who is also a p ...more

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Nov 22, 2020 Leonie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ya, fantasy

4.5 dark and gripping stars

this book has pirates, a sea journey along various fantasy coasts, an enemies-to-lovers romance that's on the backburner and driven forward by the character development...

It made me feel both thrilling excitement and a warm kind of nostalgia. How could I not love it? ...more

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Apr 16, 2018 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, own, fantasy-all

UPDATE: $2.99 Kindle US TIDAY 12/29/18

Pretty damn good peeps!

Mel 🖤 ...more

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Dec 18, 2017 Reynita ★ The Night Reader ★ rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-reads, didn-t-live-up-my-expectations, romance-books, fantasy-books, retelling-books, bored-me-to-death, what-the-hell-is-this, boring-romance, enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn-romance

THE REVIEW IS POSTED

2.7 STARS

I honestly don't know where to begin. This book disappointed me very much and it's not like I had high expectations before reading it, in fact my expectations before reading it were pretty low because I didn't know what to expect and I just wanted to read it. I thought that at least this would be a 3 star read for me but nope, that didn't happen or maybe this book just isn't a cup of my tea.

To be honest, I rarely read books about sirens or pirates and I don't know ...more

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Apr 11, 2018 ❄️BooksofRadiance❄️ rated it it was ok

Shelves: ya-fantasy-sci-fi

2.5⭐️

This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2018 but for some reason I still went in with some doubts, and I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised -for the most part-.

If I could sum this up in one word it’d be - fun. That’s it, it was a fun and engaging read that had its ups as well as downs.
It would’ve also been a sold 4-star read had it not been for the unnecessary, far fetched romance that completely ruined the entire narrative for me.

Starting off with what I liked:

✨The sirens:

Damn, ...more

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Feb 22, 2018 destiny ♡⚔♡ [howling libraries] rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, the-best-of-the-best, found-families, review-copies, young-adult, enemies-to-lovers, otp, owned-physical, owned-ebooks

Let me say, first and foremost, that I am such a total sucker for books revolving around the ocean, whether it involves pirates, mermaids, sirens, sea creatures, or any mix of those things. When I first heard about this story of a vicious siren chasing down a pirate prince who slays her kind, it skyrocketed to the top of my list of most anticipated releases for 2018. I had every gut feeling in the world that I was going to positively adore this novel, and as you’ll see in my review, I was not di ...more

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Apr 05, 2018 Sara ➽ Ink Is My Sword rated it really liked it

Shelves: dark, hate-to-love, loved-the-writing, young-adult, addictive, fantasy, edge-of-my-sit, my-cinammon-rolls, ship-it

4 “An awesome debut novel” Stars

”Pirates are liars by trade and royals are liars by blood.”

This is a fantasy novel in I had a blast while reading it, it was such a fun experience. And recently this has been a struggle since I am shifting my reading preferences towards the contemporary genre. I was so scared to be let down by this book, and I can gladly now say, I was not. The hype surrounding this book is crazy, but it honestly deserves it.

An adventure with my lovely Monty. I was trash and ...more

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Mar 13, 2018 alana ♡ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, retelling

“Technically, I’m a murderer, but I like to think that’s one of my better qualities.”

Rating: 5/5 stars

Sirens. Princes. Betrayals. Oh my!

Have you ever read book before that you could describe as delicious? Because that is the first word that comes to mind when I think about this book. From the very first page until the very last I was hooked.

First of all, if you give me any type of Little Mermaid retelling it's pretty much guaranteed that I will be on board with it. But pair it with Alexandra Christo's storytelling and you have one of the best YA fantasy/retelling novels I've read in a long time. Second of all, if you give me any type of prince who could be Nikolai Lantsov's long lost brother, who also happens to be a pirate, you better believe I'm dropping everything to read it. Third, if you give me any type of lethal female MC with a tongue sharper than any sword, I'm waiting outside the bookstore weeks before the book comes out. Not really, but you get my point. So it's really a no brainer that this was a five star read for me because it had not one of these, not two, BUT ALL THREE.

The story follows Lira and Elain. Lira, one of the most lethal sirens, also known as the Prince's Bane, happens to be the daughter of the evil Sea Queen. She hunts princes and rips their hearts out every year on her birthday saving the hearts for power. Elain, is the Prince of Midas, who would rather spend his days out in the sea hunting sirens, especially the Prince's Bane, rather than one day ruling a kingdom.

Do you see where this is going?

One day Lira and her cousin happen to get on her mothers bad side (as if she even has a good one 😔) and Lira's punishment is to return to her mother with the siren-killer prince's heart. Except Lira is now human, with all of her powers lost. Elian, finds a human girl drowning in the middle of the ocean with no other ship in sight and pulls the girl aboard his ship. She tells Elian she knows the secret to ridding the sea of all sirens. And so begins our story of a dangerous tango between a siren hunter and prince killer.

P.S - Sorry if that sucked but I hate writing a synopsis of stories HOWEVER I want you all to see how amazing this one is because I love you all so much.

Things you can look forward to in this:

-Phenomenal world-building
-Banter like you've never read before, seriously, Lira and Elain are a riot together even during serious battle scenes they were still sarcastic assholes to each other, it's amazing
-Romance that is NOT insta-love, it was the slow burn type of love that fuels my soul
-Top notch battle scenes that will have you ripping through the story
-Side characters that you are actually invested in
-THE FACT THAT THIS IS A STANDALONE. SO MUCH YES!!!!
-Lira's character growth was really fun to read about

Also, Elain said in the book to the Sea Queen "sorry, I don't speak bitch", and I'm pretty sure I have never loved a character more in my life.

All in all, if you loved the Little Mermaid read this. If you like betrayals, forbidden romance, pirates, sirens, and epic battles READ THIS. Matter of fact, stop reading this review and go get yourself a copy of this, you won't regret it.

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Mar 11, 2018 Arini ~ Miss Casually Reading rated it really liked it · review of another edition

1st Reading, March 2018 — 4 Stars
2nd Reading, April 2020 — 3.5 Stars

Honestly, it should be a crime that siren/pirate esque books with as much (if not more) badassery as this one are terribly hard to come by. I need moreee of them in my life! That being said, this book is MARVELOUS. But my reread this time has also brought a couple things into perspective.

“I’ve made a mistake. It started with a prince, as most stories do. Once I felt the thrum of his heart beneath my fingers, I couldn’t f

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Mar 15, 2018 Nadhira Satria rated it it was ok

Shelves: the-valley-of-dissappointment, dont-get-the-hype

Buddy read with bitter✨

no one is more disappointed as I am...

I was hoping for some amazing shit but tbh IT WAS BORING????
LIKE IT WAS GOOD BUT IT WAS BORING?? THE PLOT IS WOW BUT THE EXECUTION IS MEH
God it was so boring. starting from page 100 something sweet lord I'm SO DISAPPOINTED. OVERALL IT WAS MEH
WOW I HATE READING IM DONE I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FUCK.

ok fine it's boring but I still want to hop on Elian like a pogostick. ...more

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Mar 09, 2018 ♛ may rated it really liked it

Shelves: 300-pgs, ded, standalones, my-heart, fantasy, hilarious, kickass-heroine, buddy-read, i-am-trash

~~this is my first proper review in forever yikes~~

I am screaming into the void right now bc lately I’ve only been able to compulsively reread old favs and when I don’t I spend 16 years on A SINGLE BOOK

But damn, this book was so bingeable I literally couldn’t stop (this is my form of apologizing to myself for staying up till 2am reading and ruining the next day)

Just to tell you how much I loved this book, halfway through I stopped reading so I could make an aesthetic board bc someone gotta

Anways, po ...more

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Alexandra Christo is a British author whose characters are always funnier and far more deadly than she is. She studied Creative Writing at university and graduated with the desire to never stop letting her imagination run wild. She currently lives in Hertfordshire with a rapidly growing garden and a never-ending stack of books. Her debut novel To Kill a Kingdom is an international bestseller and h ...more