But she also goes through an incredible amount of growth and really wormed her way into my heart. She is ready to stab all the humans in the back the moment they turn around. I also cared deeply for Lira and her impossible quest. I was surprised by the humor I found in Elian, and found that he often lightened the page and made me smile. Both are brutal and cold, but have so much more to them than meets the eye. TKAK flips between the viewpoints of both Lira and Elian. He plans to use her and her knowledge of sirens to destroy the sirens and their evil queen once and for all.but he's also not sure he can turn his back on Lira without being betrayed. When he pulls a shivering, vulnerable Lira from the sea onto his boat, he has no clue what her true nature is. He wants to kill the Princes' Bane, the one who kills his friends each year, the one who surely wants his own heart.
Prince Elian, on the other hand, has no idea that he's about to collide with the deadliest threat to his life.
To kill a kingdom 2 skin#
To punish her for her disobedience, the Sea Queen, in a moment reminiscent of Ursula in Disney's The Little Mermaid, transforms her daughter into a human and says she'll never be allowed to shed her human skin unless she brings her Elian's heart.a much harder feat now that she herself is a human. She decides she is going to go after the heart of Prince Elian, the notorious Siren Killer bent on eradicating her kind. They'll lose respect for her if she takes anything less than a prince heart. She has always had a prince heart, and as future queen, she needs the kingdom to fear her. When Lira takes the heart of a prince two weeks before her birthday, her mother is FURIOUS and, as Sea Queen, punishes her by destroying the heart and ordering her daughter to take an ordinary sailor heart as her prize in two weeks. Hearts also give them power and strength. They can only do it that month, and how many hearts they collect signifies how old they are. Sirens are required to tear out a human's heart the month of their birth each year. Princess Lira is a siren and she has absolutely no desire to ever be a human.
When I find a book that aligns with this tone, the world instantly feels more "natural" to me. In my head, mermaids-and especially sirens-are NOT as sweet and innocent and happy and child-like as we think. There are seventeen hidden in the sand of my bedroom." What I love most about the novel portrays itself on the very first page. Look at that opening hook: "I have a heart for every seventeen years I've been alive.
My co-worker and I would love a companion novel set in the same world, but we're also so happy with how the book came together and stands on its own.
To kill a kingdom 2 series#
Because I have so much love for this book, I'm afraid today's review will be less coherent, but I'm going to try my hardest because whether you like "mermaid" books or not, TKAK is an amazing read.Īlso? IT IS A STAND-ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought it was a series when I picked it up, and then the end was so fulfilling and perfect and just what the book needed. After reading it, I gave it to a co-worker who DOESN'T read "mermaid" books and she ALSO loved it, so there's that. This is one of the very best books featuring mermaids and sirens I've ever read. I knew two of them would give me book hangovers. I had a pile of four highly-anticipated ARCs. If anything, I'm a lot pickier! I actually went into TKAK NOT expecting to love it. She'll love anything with mermaids in it." Which isn't true. Do you know how ridiculous it sounds to proclaim a book as being your favorite of the year two weeks into a brand-new year? Everyone goes, "Oh, Bonnie is just saying that because she loves mermaid books. TO KILL A KINGDOM is one of my favorite books of 2018, and I expect to still feel that way at the end of the year.
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