A review by karydiazc
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

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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