8/31/2023 0 Comments To kill a kingdom charactersI felt that the book was a little mixed in pacing, some parts took ages and others I blinked and they had already finished but overall really enjoyed the story telling. I really liked the slow burn romance between our main characters Lira and Elian during the first half of the book, both of them are fighting to be the opposite of what their families want / or made them to be. I really enjoyed the writing, I could picture everything clearly and loved all the kingdoms we visited and that they’re names correlated with the greek meaning of themselves. So, this is a retelling of The Little Mermaid (which I completely ignored and only figured out after starting □) in an enemies to lovers kind of romance. But definitely recommend reading, a great Little Mermaid retelling especially since I don’t really like the original story all that much □. they served their purpose as support to both of the MC’s but nothing else, even though I loved the “side couple” and would have loved more on their story!Overall I liked this book quite a lot, but some things I felt like I was missing, and the ending was not what I was expecting at all, really wanted something different after all that they went through. And I feel like the side characters kind of got lost, I probably won’t remember their names a week from now. I really enjoyed the writing, I could picture everything clearly and loved all the kingdoms we visited and that they’re names correlated with the greek meaning of themselves.I really liked the slow burn romance between our main characters Lira and Elian during the first half of the book, both of them are fighting to be the opposite of what their families want / or made them to be.I felt that the book was a little mixed in pacing, some parts took ages and others I blinked and they had already finished but overall really enjoyed the story telling. Revisado en España el 4 de noviembre de 2020 "With well-crafted fight scenes and vivid descriptions, Christo has created a world of beauty and monstrosity that will draw readers in." - Publishers Weekly "Fantasy fans will like the idea of sirens and piratelike princes as the characters who are imaginative and well developed." - School Library Journal 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? Alexandra Christo's young adult novel To Kill a Kingdom is a thrilling fantasy adventure. When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby-it’s his calling. The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. Robbed of her song, Lira has until the winter solstice to deliver Prince Elian’s heart to the Sea Queen and or remain a human forever. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most-a human. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. This action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms. Para obtener más información sobre cómo y para qué fines Amazon utiliza la información personal (como el historial de pedidos de tiendas de Amazon), visita nuestro Aviso de privacidad. Para ello, visita Preferencias de cookies, conforme a lo dispuesto en el Aviso de cookies. Puedes cambiar de opinión en cualquier momento. Haz clic en “Continuar sin aceptar” o “Personalizar cookies” para rechazar estas cookies, tomar decisiones más detalladas u obtener más información. Una serie de terceros utilizan cookies para mostrar anuncios personalizados y obtener estadísticas al respecto, generar información sobre la audiencia y desarrollar y mejorar productos. Se incluye el uso de cookies propias y de terceros que almacenan datos habituales del dispositivo o acceden a ellos, como, por ejemplo, un identificador exclusivo. Si das tu consentimiento, también utilizaremos cookies para complementar tu experiencia de compra en tiendas de Amazon, conforme a lo dispuesto en nuestro Aviso de cookies. También utilizamos estas cookies para conocer cómo los clientes hacen uso de nuestros servicios (por ejemplo, mediante la medición de las visitas al sitio) con el fin de poder realizar mejoras. Utilizamos cookies y herramientas similares que son necesarias para permitirte comprar, mejorar tus experiencias de compra y proporcionar nuestros servicios, conforme a lo dispuesto en nuestro Aviso de cookies.
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