A review by gracielleberry
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I don't know if my words could give justice to this book but I'll go ahead anyway...

First of all, this is my first time to read a retelling of a fairytale—my favorite one, in fact—and I was not expecting much because nothing beats the original, right? Right? WRONG. This is The Little Mermaid... but made perfect. Does that even make sense? If it doesn't, well, it's still true.

The thought of this story focusing on sirens instead of mermaids put me off at first, but I still picked it up because it's intriguing. I mean, sirens naturally kill humans and the prince is human, so how will this work?

Seriously was not expecting THAT.

To Kill a Kingdom is an adventure-fantasy-plot-driven story with flawed yet strong and likeable characters. It's a love story but without a smidge of yech, and yet it still has all of the good stuff.

Ugh, I can sing praises about it all day long and still feel I haven't said enough. JUST READ IT.