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To Kill a Kingdom
- Narrated by: Jacob York, Stephanie Willis
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Teen & Young Adult, Literature & Fiction
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Publisher's Summary
Dark and romantic young adult fantasy for fans of Sarah J Maas - about the siren with a taste for royal blood and the prince who has sworn to destroy her.
Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all.
With the hearts of 17 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 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 unsavoury 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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- Anonymous User
- 05-02-20
Engaging!
The performances by the two narrators were so good, I was kept on the edge of my seat always!
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- katherine
- 08-20-18
Arghhhh I don’t know...
If you’re looking for a heavy romance/action you haven’t found it. It is a slow burn and the only intimacies are a few shared kisses towards the end. Which isn’t a problem unless you are looking for that. I found that the sea queen was so cliche, and just like a typical villain, speaks loads and doesn’t pose the threat that was building/promised throughout the book. She was really awesome and gritty till the end where it felt rather anticlimactic. Where she just stands there hissing and leaving opportunity in the fight. I found the battles underwhelming and really hard to visualise, especially with sea creatures being on land and settings poorly described. Although, the pairing was fun as they had great conversations that left me giggling, this book didn’t really grab me at all. It was very much a mix of Stardust/TLM/Sinbad which is an awesome mix but too obvious/PG for me.
If you are looking for another heavy read after ACOTAR, as this comes up in reccomended, this will not relieve you. I’m currently hunting for another Rhysand/Feyre power couple and that connection between the characters. Although, this book is a great adventure and I did enjoy listening to it. The double narrating was a bit hard to follow with Yakiko being cast as a sinister old voice by the male narrator and innocent by the female voice.
22 people found this helpful
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- Daniel
- 05-05-19
An extremely entertaining twisted fantasy
This book is FANTASTIC! The book take a different take on sirens and mermaids, which I have loved because mermaids are often depicted as the beautiful ones. The voice actors especially Stephanie Willis are amazing, Stephanie even sounds like she could be a siren princess.
I also really enjoyed the way the book was written as it you gain two perspectives as the story unfolds from the two main characters. Which again is really entertaining as this voice actors bring it to life.
5 people found this helpful
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- Polly Ang
- 11-24-18
Mesmerizing retelling of a favourite tale
The 12 hours fly by as the engaging story and skillful narration pull you further into the gripping world of mermaids and magical kingdoms.
4 people found this helpful
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- Rock
- 10-22-18
strong start
Had all the potential but lost it. Not enough character development and story pace was too slow then too fast.
4 people found this helpful
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- ETW
- 06-10-18
Absolutely phenomenal
Great cast, gripping story & wonderfully slow burn hate to love romance. Cannot wait for more from this author!
7 people found this helpful
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- Clare Tunilla
- 05-27-20
A splendid audiobook
I highly recommend the audiobook for this. I got sucked in by the narrators. Stephanie Willis's voice is so damn witchy, you can't help but get put under the spell. Which is kind of the point. The voice of Elian was spot on. This book really took me to the world.
2 people found this helpful
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- Laurie
- 09-20-19
Mean version of the Little Mermaid
Not a fan of this book. Basically an adult version of the Little Mermaid... but not quite adult enough. Just fighting and blood and an obvious relationship. I don’t like criticising books but the author could have done so much more with this story line instead of following the obvious.
2 people found this helpful
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- Elisabeth Frøkjær
- 07-01-19
Awsome Book
absolutly love the story. there were a few small things naretivly i would have prefered to be difrent, but other than that, it was brilliant. 😊
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- Jorja Lake
- 04-18-19
loved it!
I really enjoyed this. I thought it was a really unique take on sirens and mermaids and the like. I thought it was really interesting and clever. gutted that it isn't a series but enjoyed it anyway
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- Kathryn
- 02-23-19
Addictive!
The story is just gripping and to hear from both Lira & Elian’s point of view makes it that much better.
A story of Sirens & Humans makes this book different as it’s usually mermaids but the Sirens are more deadly and more alluring.
I do hope Christo writes a sequel!
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- Sarah- Dog Ear and Die
- 05-13-18
A must read!
Such a great story! Thrilling, emotional and thoroughly enthralling!
Fantastic performances by the actors too!
5 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 01-06-22
It had great promise, but didn’t quite make it for me.
When I started this book I was hooked, loved the descriptions and the story had so much promise, but the entire middle was boring and the romance was flat and undeveloped. I felt nothing for the characters, I knew everything that was going to happen, and the end was also predictable
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- Erika
- 09-30-21
Absolutely fantastic!!
I loved everything about this book. Couldn’t stop listening to it. It should definitely be made into a movie!
Both narrators were absolutely fabulous.
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- Alice
- 07-07-21
Fantastic start, slow finish.
This story had me instantly from the blurb and opening chapter - however as the book progressed I found that there were definitely parts that seemed to drag on and become dull. Overall, entertaining and ticks the box for fantasy/adventure hence the 3 stars.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-28-21
INTENSE LOVE MASTERPIECE
So I recently listened to the beautifully well put together intense adventure between two creatures that do not belong together in the same world but really its two worlds War,Hatred,Betrayal,Lust,Love has never been so good could not stop listening i got to enjoy the narratives over a 13hr drive if the book didn't end I would have kept driving..
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- Myora Stone
- 02-20-21
I was hooked from the beginning!
I absolutely loved every second of this book. The only thing that I'm disappointed about is that there isn't a sequel.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-10-21
twists and turns
love this book read it as part of our book club worth the read!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-30-20
Very Enjoyable
I enjoyed the story, and thought the characters were interesting. The performance was very good.
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- Charlotte
- 04-14-20
Easy read, with great imagery
A lovely story with beautiful characters, but more developed backstory to some of the crew would have been good.Stephanie Wills was a wonderful narrator, and although Jacob York was good, the constant change of characters voices depending on the narration was distracting. All in all, a nice escape into a dark and mysterious world. I’d suggest this as a PG young adult read
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- Anonymous User
- 04-12-20
Absolutely amazing
A book that ruined my sleep because I couldn't put it down
With me just finishing it I feel I'm about to cry because the adventure of pirates and royalty is over now
