Released March 6th, Alexandra Christo’s To Kill A Kingdom is the debut novel all fantasy fans need. A book of Sirens, intrigue, a little romance and brilliant character growth, this book has it all.
I was super excited for this book. Full of some of my favourite mythical creatures, Sirens and Mermaids, I was sold from the get-go. Hearing this referred to as a The Little Mermaid retelling with a twist, I was a little dubious. There were so many ways this could go wrong, however I couldn’t wait to see what Alexandra Christo did with it.
This book appears to be everywhere at the moment, as other book lovers appear to have been just as excited as I was to finally start getting books based on such an under used mythology. In my personal opinion, there has been a major lack of such in the Young Adult and Fantasy markets.
The cover of this book is beautiful. The colour scheme, blues and bronzes, work so well with the font and tentacles that adorn the front of the book. This is one of those covers that try to catch your eye ‘just right’, not trying to hard, but not being bland.
The plot sounded great. A Siren banished unless she steals the heart of the prince. A Prince who is more at home in the sea, a known Siren hunter, who is after one in particular ‘The Prince’s Bane’. Just this alone would have made me want to buy this book, but To Kill A Kingdom is so much more than that.
This reads like a Young Adult Fantasy book. There is just a kind of ‘flow’ to it that makes it read like so many other books I’ve devoured and loved out there. Yet, Alexandra Christo has a wonderful prose that pushes you to want to read more. It is easy to read, and allows you to fly through it in no time. As a standalone book, it wraps up really well. Leaves you wanting to know more about the world, yet answers most, if not all questions you might have whilst reading To Kill A Kingdom.
Some parts of this book were a little slow, but they made for a nice break between the chunks of action. Allowing the story to move along, but allowing you to breath whilst taking everything that happened in.
The characters are well put together and fleshed out. There is so much history to each and every character that I’d love to see novellas telling us more. Lira and Elian are two sides of the same coin. Royally born, out on quests, it’s no wonder that they’re drawn together. Lyra is fierce and knows what she wants. Elian is the same, but he knows how to get it, even if making sacrifices on the way. I loved that there was a slow-burn romance in this book. Each of the characters and their choices were so believable I loved being able to guess what they might do next. I felt like I myself, were a part of Elian’s crew.
This book was so much fun and I have loved being on this journey and watching the character grow so much. I felt this book was a great read.
I’m giving this book 4.5 out of 5 stars.
I was super excited for this book. Full of some of my favourite mythical creatures, Sirens and Mermaids, I was sold from the get-go. Hearing this referred to as a The Little Mermaid retelling with a twist, I was a little dubious. There were so many ways this could go wrong, however I couldn’t wait to see what Alexandra Christo did with it.
This book appears to be everywhere at the moment, as other book lovers appear to have been just as excited as I was to finally start getting books based on such an under used mythology. In my personal opinion, there has been a major lack of such in the Young Adult and Fantasy markets.
The cover of this book is beautiful. The colour scheme, blues and bronzes, work so well with the font and tentacles that adorn the front of the book. This is one of those covers that try to catch your eye ‘just right’, not trying to hard, but not being bland.
The plot sounded great. A Siren banished unless she steals the heart of the prince. A Prince who is more at home in the sea, a known Siren hunter, who is after one in particular ‘The Prince’s Bane’. Just this alone would have made me want to buy this book, but To Kill A Kingdom is so much more than that.
This reads like a Young Adult Fantasy book. There is just a kind of ‘flow’ to it that makes it read like so many other books I’ve devoured and loved out there. Yet, Alexandra Christo has a wonderful prose that pushes you to want to read more. It is easy to read, and allows you to fly through it in no time. As a standalone book, it wraps up really well. Leaves you wanting to know more about the world, yet answers most, if not all questions you might have whilst reading To Kill A Kingdom.
Some parts of this book were a little slow, but they made for a nice break between the chunks of action. Allowing the story to move along, but allowing you to breath whilst taking everything that happened in.
The characters are well put together and fleshed out. There is so much history to each and every character that I’d love to see novellas telling us more. Lira and Elian are two sides of the same coin. Royally born, out on quests, it’s no wonder that they’re drawn together. Lyra is fierce and knows what she wants. Elian is the same, but he knows how to get it, even if making sacrifices on the way. I loved that there was a slow-burn romance in this book. Each of the characters and their choices were so believable I loved being able to guess what they might do next. I felt like I myself, were a part of Elian’s crew.
This book was so much fun and I have loved being on this journey and watching the character grow so much. I felt this book was a great read.
I’m giving this book 4.5 out of 5 stars.