To Kill a Kingdom
TikTok made me buy it! The dark and romantic YA fantasy for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sarah J Maas
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4.0 • 150 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
A TIKTOK sensation!
An unforgettable dark romantic fantasy novel about the siren with a taste for royal blood and the prince who has sworn to destroy her.
"Stellar world building and nonstop action will keep readers hooked on this twisted reimagining of 'The Little Mermaid'." - Booklist Online
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. His calling? Ridding the world of the menace of the sirens. But when he rescues a drowning woman, it becomes clear that there's more to her than there first appeared.
She promises to help him find the key to destroying the sirens for good. But can he trust her?
"A world of beauty and monstrosity" Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In a dark debut novel inspired by The Little Mermaid, a human prince and a siren transformed into a human embark on a perilous journey filled with blood, gore, and treachery as they struggle with a sense of duty and thirst for freedom. As a siren princess, 17-year-old Lira knows that every prince she kills is a means to an end: namely, proving to her people that she's strong and cruel enough to become queen one day. But everything she has worked for is wrenched away from her by her vindictive and power-hungry mother, who transforms Lira into a human after Lira allows a prince, the siren-killer Elian, to escape. To redeem herself, she must return with Elian's heart, so she joins him on a quest to find the Eye of Keto, a magic-granting crystal that could help Lira win back her mother's favor or free the sirens of her tyrannical rule. With well-crafted fight scenes and vivid descriptions, Christo has created a world of beauty and monstrosity that will draw readers in. Ages 13-up.)
Customer Reviews
Looooved it
This is such an amazing book. One of my favourite things about it is how the characters develop and the internal conflict of morals and learning there are other options to treacherousness. If you’re cautious about this book I would recommend just jumping straight into it. The first sentence is intriguing enough! This brought me a lot of joy to read.
Amazing
Fabulous read and completely captivating. A little slow to start but once you immerse yourself into the story the characters come alive.
Fantastic.
Good but needs more
Overall it’s a fairly decent book, I like the characters and their dynamic. The plot was also good! The world building needs work, I didn’t have a clear sense of setting or the opposing worlds of the kingdom at all really