TITLE: To Kill A Kingdom
GENRE: Fantasy, Young Adult, Retellings
PUBLICATION: March 6th 2018 by Feiwel Friends
RATING:
She’s the princes’ Bane. He’s a Siren Killer.
They’re both royalties; a Siren Princess and a Golden Prince.
Every year in her birthday, Lira acquires a princes’ heart just as her mother, the Sea Queen, prefers and as next to the throne she must prove herself. But a mistake led the Sea Queen to find a weakness in Lira. As a punishment, Lira has until the solstice to take the heart of the Golden Prince, Elian. Elian believes he believes in the ocean and so it his job to kill the monsters living in it. But when he met Lira, she doesn’t look like a monster at all. And she promised to help him get something that might destroy the Sea Queen. Filled with lies and betrayals, the two takes a journey that might forever destroy each other’s races. The plan was set but they didn’t plan everything…
♥♥♥My Thoughts♥♥♥
I love me a good retelling once in a while but I love it more when it’s one dark retelling. And this one is exactly that. Considering that the MCs are from two different races and are enemies ever since the beginning, it isn’t surprising to see so much killing. And the author didn’t hold back on that part. It was gore and gruesome. and boy do I enjoy it so much. (what does that make me?)
The world building took me by surprise. It was amazing and very much imaginative. The kingdoms, above and beneath the ocean were all interesting even the ones that weren’t literally visited. Everything was described so clearly and vividly, even the scenes. And that fight in the end was incredible. Breathtaking.
I loved how the characters were portrayed so differently yet so similar. (What?) They belong to different races and yet Elian believed he belonged to the Ocean while Lira when had a taste to be powerless found being human interesting. I loved how resolute these characters are, undettered by the things that get along in their way. They’ll do what they planned to do thanks to the beliefs they’ve grown up with. Yet when given a chance to choose a better choice, they grabbed it. Thus the moral of this story. It was very satisfying. I liked not only how each of the characters depicted but they developed throughout the story.
I enjoyed the banters between Elian and Lira. Their conversations are always fun to read. Elian, a pirate that he is, reminds me SO MUCH of Nikolai Lantsov from GrishaVerse. And that’s saying everything about Elian since Nikolai is one of the best characters in all of Bardugo’s Universe. (I miss you Nikolai) On the other hand, Lira isn’t only badass, she is literally BAD and darn that great. And then there’s Elian’s crew. Is it just me or really, every Pirate’s crew is likeable. To the point they steal the show. I love Kye and Madrid.
Last words. I highly recommend this book to everyone. The author is definitely one of those whose works I’ll always look forward to have/read. Usually I love it when a book is standalone but this particular standalone made me wish that it’s a trilogy. I need more of the romance between the characters and I definitely want to see more of the 100 kingdoms. Oh it’s 101 now.
*Guys, if you want a much clearer review, you should visit Chelle’s post.
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Great review lili 😊
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Thank You. 🙂
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My pleasure 🙂
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Lovely review! ❤
I agree with everything you said, I loved this book so much and I wouldn’t mind more books in this world either since the romance was everything 😍😍😍
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Thanks Marta… Hope this author write MORe. Ill devour them 🙂 🙂
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I can’t wait to read this! And wow, everything in the first paragraph alone of your review made me want it all the more. Fabulous review!
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Awww thank you Kaila. I really love this one and hope you enjoy this too as much as I did. 🙂 🙂
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Great review!! I’m soooo excited to read this (because murderous sirens?? hate to love romance??? YES.) & knowing that the main characters engage in lots of banter makes me even happier 💓
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they’re both obnoxious towards each other… and in other novels that would be maybe unlikeable but with them, it’s fun to read. 🙂 Hope you like it as much as I did. 🙂 🙂 and thanks..
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that’s basically my favorite thing ever!! I have a weakness for witty banter, and also for the hate-to-love trope Dx
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then you’re gonna like this one. enjoy…:)
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I didn’t realise this was a standalone, for some reason I assumed it was the first in a series. I have been seeing this a lot recently and was tempted but undecided. I think your reviews (and how gruesome and gory it sounds) have convinced me I need to get it.
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Hope you like it as much as I did.. I know, but for me, I think, this book or the whole story would be SO much better if it’s at least a duology…. but it’s still amazing and maybe the author would still write another story from TKAK universe. That amazing setting/world would be a waste if used in one story only. 🙂 🙂
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You did it again, Lili! Another great review that makes me wish I owned a bookstore or a library, but probably a library as I can smell the books all I want and not get looked at weirdly. Also, libraries have so many great events that there have to be cookies around, right? Anyway, I love reading your reviews, especially this one as I have wanted to read it ever since I have heard of it! I am so glad you enjoyed To Kill a Kingdom and that it reminded you a bit of the Grishaverse! 🙂 I cannot wait to read this book! Have a great week of working on your book and eating chili ice cream!
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I love your review and can’t wait to read this book! Thanks for sharing!
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OOOH I REALLY to read this now! No one I’ve read had talked much about the kingdoms! That’s what I really enjoyed about your review Lili! Great job ♥️
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Yaaaas! So glad to see you gave it 5 stars too! 😀
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Yay!!!… It was really a great book. I want more. 🙂
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Me tooooo! I hope she makes it a series or something lol
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YEEESSS!!! hopefully.
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I can’t wait to read this!!! Great review!
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Hope you get your hands on this soon. It’s worth it. 🙂
And thanks for reading my review and for the follow. 🙂 🙂
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Me too!! You are welcome! Thanks for the follow back 🙂
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No Problem 🙂 🙂
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Awesome review! This is making me really excited for this book! AAAAHHHH
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Thank you.. and hope you get to read this soon. I really enjoy this one and for a debut novel, that’s saying something. The author did her best, 🙂
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Oohh thank you! This has been on March wishlist but I can’t find a copy yet 😅 I’m really excited for it though!
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I loved the book ….great review ❤
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Thanks Pri. 🙂 :).. i’m gonna go read your review.:)
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OMG . . . yes, I will definitely be picking this one up soon! The world and the characters look amazing! Thank you for sharing a great review! 🙂 Officially added this to my TBR!
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Yay… enjoy… 🙂 I look forward to your thoughts. 🙂
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