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To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
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To Kill a Kingdom (edition 2018)

by Alexandra Christo (Author)

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This action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms.
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 and 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. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby—it's his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she's more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good—But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind's greatest enemy?

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Title:To Kill a Kingdom
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“To them, the sea is never the true danger. Even crawling with sirens and sharks and beasts that can devour them whole in seconds. The true danger is people. They are the unpredictable. The betrayers and the liars.”

A captivating retelling of The Little Mermaid. It was dark and engaging. The characters were really interesting to read about. I loved the witty banter between Lira and Elian, it was amusing to see them grow closer and how their thoughts of each other changed over time. My only complaint was how quickly things were resolved in the end. A solid book nonetheless. ( )
  zombietariat | Dec 24, 2024 |
This is exactly what I needed!

The Plot:
Lira is a siren princess to the terrible Ocean Queen. The Queen is absolutely vile, but Lira finds herself wanting to please her all the time. That is until the Queen punishes her after stealing a heart too early and forcing her to live on land and steal the heart of a lowly human. Lira was only ever known as stealing princes' hearts, so this was a big blow for her.

Prince Elian does not want to be a prince. He wants to be a siren hunter/pirate. This man would stay on his ship forever if he could. After finding out the location of a crystal that could destroy the sirens, he embarks on a perilous journey to retrieve it with the strange woman he rescued from the sea.

My Thoughts:
I'm back on a YA kick and was also in the mood for some siren/pirate action, and this fit that perfectly. It felt like a cute Little Mermaid retelling and I loved this spin on it. I liked that Lira was a villain and she wasn't extremely overpowered (for long). Prince Elian was also very well written and I liked that we got to see all sides of him. It was a great enemies to lovers (closed door, we're still YA folks).

If you want to go a level up and get a little spicy, I'd recommend the Beneath Black Sails Series by Clare Sager. ( )
  Arimille78 | Nov 6, 2024 |
I wasn’t a huge fan. There was a lot of repetition in the beginning chapters and it felt like the romance was thrown in. Less 100 pages isn’t a lot for a real love to form. Also there were words that seem to be made up. Like I googled them and they didn’t come up. Also, there were a lot of times where I felt like the wrong word was used. ( )
  McKennaLayne | Jun 24, 2024 |
ok, ho capito, ora vado in chiesa a farmi esorcizzare il kindle ( )
  LLonaVahine | May 22, 2024 |
Das wilde Herz der See ♦ Alexandra Christo | Rezension

Aufgrund des Klappentextes hatte ich eine ungefähre Ahnung, was mich in Das wilde Herz der See erwartet. Trotzdem war ich angenehm überrascht, dass diese, eher düstere Young Adult Fantasy Geschichte so fesselnd sein konnte. Abgesehen von Enemies-to-Lovers kam Alexandra Christo gut damit aus, nicht in die üblichen Tropen des Genres zu verfallen. Was mich wirklich angenehm überrascht hat.



Das wilde Herz der See ♦ Alexandra Christo

Meinung

Ich habe ein Herz fĂĽr jedes Jahr meines Lebens.


Mit diesen Worten von Lira beginnt Das wilde Herz der See aus der Feder von Alexandra Christo und dieser erste Satz konnte mich direkt gefangen nehmen.
Lira ist eine Sirene und die Tochter der Meereskönigin. Wegen all der Prinzen, deren Herzen sie herausgerissen hat, ist Lira unter den Menschen und Seeleuten als Fluch der Prinzen bekannt. Weil sie sich nicht an die Regeln der Meereskönigin gehalten hat, bestraft diese Lira, indem sie sie in einen Menschen verwandelt. Wie es das Schicksal so will, wird Lira, jetzt als Mensch, von eben jenem Prinzen gerettet, dessen Herz sie ihrer Mutter bringen soll, Elian.

Elian ist ein mutiger und waghalsiger Sirenenjäger, und er hat kein Interesse daran, an den Thron und die damit einhergehenden Pflichten als König gefesselt zu sein. Er will nur eins, den Tod seine Freundes rächen und damit auch den Fluch der Prinzen zu Fall bringen. Mitsamt seiner Mannschaft begibt sich Elian auf eine riskante Suche nach der einen Sirene. Unterwegs stellt sich heraus, dass eine alte Legende, die Lösung zum Auffinden eines uralten Kristalls und damit zur endgültigen Vernichtung der Meereskönigin und ihrer Sirenen enthalten könnte.

Wir sind gefesselt: er an ein Land und ein vorgezeichnetes Leben, ich an das mörderische Erbe meiner Mutter. Und beide vernehmen wir den Lockruf des Ozeans. Es ist ein Lied von Freiheit und Sehnsucht.


All diese Ereignisse bringen unsere beiden unerwarteten Gefährten zusammen. Doch nur Lira ist sich der Identität beider bewusst, die unter anderen Umständen eher Todfeinde wäre, als sich auf ein gemeinsames Abenteuer einzulassen. Der sarkastische Schlagabtausch zwischen Lira und Elian hat der gesamte Story eine ganz besondere Würze gegeben. Auch die zaghafte Annäherung der Protagonisten hat Christo sehr behutsam in die Handlung eingearbeitet.

Beide Hauptcharaktere haben einige moralisch fragwürdige Eigenschaften inne. Doch während Elian klar als der Held heraussticht, ist Lira die mörderische Antiheldin. Doch je nach Betrachtung der Seiten können sich diese Ansichten auch schnell verschieben. Sowohl Haupt- als auch Nebencharaktere haben Tiefgang und sind in den jeweiligen Situationen klar und deutlich dargestellt.

Fazit

Trotz offensichtlicher Ähnlichkeiten zu Ariel – Die kleine Meerjungfrau ist das Buch nicht für jene zu empfehlen, die nach einer Nacherzählung suchen. Denn davon ist es weit entfernt. Das wilde Herz der See ist düster, teils bösartig und die Protas sind weit davon entfernt, die große Liebe finden zu wollen.
Aber was Leser finden sind Antiheldinnen, Rebellen, uralte Legenden, amüsantes Geplänkel, tiefe Freundschaften und eine sich langsam aufbauende Romanze.


This review was first published at The Art of Reading. ( )
  RoXXieSiXX | May 20, 2024 |
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Fantasy. Folklore. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. HTML:

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
This action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms.
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 and 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. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby—it's his calling. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she's more than what she appears. She promises to help him find the key to destroying all of sirenkind for good—But can he trust her? And just how many deals will Elian have to barter to eliminate mankind's greatest enemy?

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