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To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

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rowan_3's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

So this is A dark fantasy about the siren with a taste for royal blood and the prince who has sworn to destroy her.
This book had one of the most powerful line to start a book with!!
But it took a road that I didn’t enjoy

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moanareads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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words_and_dreams's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I was really torn about what to rate this because I really liked it in parts but also didn't. 🤔 On paper I should have loved it, enemies to lovers and a dark Little Mermaid retelling.
I really like the first part and the set up and the characters backgrounds. Weirdly I started losing interest when the Prince and Lira finally meet. It took me a while to get through. I just unfortunately didn't buy the romance and didn't feel any chemistry which is crazy considering the premise. The Prince was a little bland considering how interesting and conflicted a character Lira was.
I did like the HEA and how it tied up though

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karydiazc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

"I have a heart for every year I've been alive"

I usually don't know what a book is about when I start reading them, so that first sentence got my expectations all the way up.
Such a pity I was let down.

I found this book slow and honestly, quite boring. I feel like there were plot holes that were just being patched conveniently during the book.
The author didn't took her time world building. We were just given enoug information as to understand we were in a different nation.

The thing I disliked the most was how the enemies to lovers arc was treated. They literally are the kind of enemies that are supposed to kill each other on first sight and without doubts. However they don't. The feel "strange" almost, as if is not what the want and need at the moment.
And the way it's turned into love was so fast it doesn't even feels like they were mortal enemies to begin with.

The final fighting scenes felt messy, I didn't understand what was happening at all. Perhaps I'm just blood thirsty, but we got the happy ending without losing anyone or even talking about the crew that was lost. They were talking about the fight, how the sirens were lethal even out of the water but we didn't actually got a glimpse of that. Also I was truly expecting bloodshed, since the humans were in one of the coldest places in the world and had way too many layers of clothing as to no freeze to death, however everything sounds smooth, as if the climate conditions suddenly disappeared.
Overall, the fighting scenes were absolutely centered on Lira and Elian. What happened with everyone else? Who knows, but apparently (almost) everyone is such a badass and survived both the pirates and the sirens.

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kaz_brekkerrr's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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torimc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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molly_greenshields's review

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adventurous mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

A dark and twisted Little Mermaid... but with sirens?! Umm, YES, YES, YES. We're talking enemies-to-lovers, siren-killing princes & collections of human hearts. Alright, the final battle scene didn't quite do it for me (what is it with the overly dense fighting descriptions?) but I'll let it go on the basis that this is Christo's debut. 4.75/5 utterly bingeable YA fantasy content.

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