To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

To Kill a Kingdom is a dark, captivating young adult fantasy novel by Alexandra Christo, published in 2018.

The book is a fiercely reimagined, gothic retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. It trades the whimsical, love-struck tones of the Disney version for a brutal, blood-soaked world where sirens are lethal predators, humans are bitter enemies, and love is an incredibly dangerous liability. It stands completely on its own as a self-contained standalone novel.

The story is told through dual perspectives, shifting between two deadly royals from warring worlds:

• Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal predator in the ocean. Known across the seas as the "Prince's Bane," she has a terrifying ritual: every year on her birthday, she rips out the heart of a human prince. She has taken seventeen hearts, collecting them beneath her bed of coral. But when she disobeys her abusive mother, the Sea Queen, by taking a heart before her birthday, she is severely punished. The Queen transforms Lira into the one thing she despises most: a mortal, leg-bound human woman. To earn back her fins, she must deliver the heart of the world's most famous siren hunter to her mother by the winter solstice.

• Prince Elian is the crown prince of Midas, the most powerful human kingdom on earth. But Elian despises the royal court; he is far more comfortable on the deck of his ship, the Saudade, commanding a crew of lethal privateers. Elian has dedicated his life to hunting and killing sirens to protect humans from their deadly songs. He has a singular, consuming goal: to track down and kill the infamous "Prince's Bane."

When Elian rescues a mysterious, mute-seeming young woman drowning in the middle of the ocean, he has no idea she is actually the monstrous siren he has been hunting. Lira promises to help him find a mythical artifact capable of destroying the sirens forever. As they embark on a dangerous voyage across treacherous seas, a razor-sharp game of cat-and-mouse begins. Both are lying, both are ruthless, and each is trying to figure out how to kill the other before they get killed themselves.

Language: English.

Genre: Romance.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).