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To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)

Alexandra Christo

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: November 30, 2020

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Apr 18, 2021 Indy rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, pirates

When I started this book I was very optimistic. The first 40 pages proved that I had been a little too optimistic. It took me so long to get into this book that I even considered not finishing it. Yet as the book progressed on and the storyline began to develop itself more I started to appreciate it.
The banter between the characters and the development of said characters along with it.

It was a book that could've gone many ways, but for someone who has a secret love for happy endings and love fin ...more

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Apr 12, 2021 Sophia rated it liked it

3.5/5 stars

“In my heart, I’m as wild as the ocean that raised me.”

I am pleasantly surprised. This book was actually pretty decent, and I was not expecting it.

This could be a four-star, it is subject to change based upon how I feel after I process, but that also feels high.

This is a fantasy standalone, and those miss a lot of the time. I can never get into the characters or the conflict, but I actually got into this book quite a bit. I could have used a little bit more world-building and polit ...more

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Jul 15, 2021 Hershey rated it did not like it

Shelves: buddy-reads, ded-brain-cells, expectations-at-mt-everest, boo-the-hype, just-kill-me-already-xd, hype-with-a-capital-h, not-like-other-girls, need-to-review

This book is so bad that I even gave up on the boring ass review that I was writing

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BR with Stu and Ishu<3

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May 12, 2021 Ali🌀 rated it really liked it

3.75/5

A fun read but i wish there was more of the romance 😪

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Jan 01, 2021 avery (Taylor's Version) rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

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Oct 16, 2021 bookishcarli rated it it was ok

Finished this awhile ago but forgot to do this till now lol oops. Anyways, I thought it was a really good idea, but was not executed well. It mostly just felt like a first draft of a book with no editing or anything.

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Jan 17, 2021 Abi rated it liked it

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

Ah, I have mixed feelings. The beginning was so slow I mean yeah, we have to start a story somehow but it was pretty bad imo. After 100 pages the story finally really started and it became pretty good! It was exciting with romance and action, I liked it! The ending was super cool tho!

"How strange that instead of taking his heart, I'm hoping he takes mine."

Lira was a badass woman! She was strong, ...more

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Sep 24, 2021 Ritz rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: cover-appreciation, genre-fantasy, trope-enemies-to-lovers, perfect-quotes, age-group-young-adult, complex-characters, sub-genre-high-fantasy, unlikely-heroes, trope-found-family, trope-pirates

Yay for enemies to lovers! And pirates.

This was a really unique standalone fantasy. I kinda forgot it was a little mermaid retelling until I read some more reviews. But I really enjoyed the fast-paced plot and the found family.

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