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To Kill a Kingdom
- Narrated by: Jacob York, Stephanie Willis
- Length: 12 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
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 and 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 unsavory 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?
What the critics say
"Dual narrators heighten the drama of this fantasy... Stephanie Willis delivers Lira's vicious, impassioned narration with theatrical relish, allowing the character's fierce tones to soften as she begins to understand how deeply she's been warped by her mother, the merciless Sea Queen. Jacob York gives rakish swagger to Elian's drive to protect both his kingdom and his beloved ship's crew." (AudioFile Magazine)
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- Steph Marie
- 2018-09-14
Prefectly Chilling!
I absolutely LOVED this book! the story itself was so chilling and well written! The characters are easy to connect with and diverse, and the thought and care that went into the world is wonderful. I also loved to narrator's voice, it was smooth and calming and really added to the chill of the story! I highly recommend!
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5 people found this helpful
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- Brianna
- 2018-09-14
Nothing happened
This book really didn't impress me. The idea was there and was great but the romance was hardly believable, they hate each other and then all of a sudden they're in love? they hardly had much interaction to progress there, I just couldn't see what he would have even seen in her. The performance was pretty good however, I would listen to another of her books. #Audible1 #justok #notworthit
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- April
- 2021-08-19
I loved this book!!!
this was a great enemies to lovers book! the banter between the two main characters was fantastic! I loved reading it and am so sad to be done!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-05-14
Enjoyable
I found this very enjoyable. You can easily listen to this at 1.2 speed and it sounds just fine. The story was decent.
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- Jade
- 2022-12-27
Got me out of a reading dry spell 100%
MUST READ! Absolutely adore this book! The word choice is incredible, reading it feels like brain candy!
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- SwayZeGamer
- 2022-07-23
It Was Fine
I really liked Lira's part of the story I just wish there was more just her but hearing the guy doing Elian story was slow and hated the way he does Liras voice it sounded like a dying old lady.
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- Véronique
- 2022-05-06
Strong until the ending
I was enticed by the plot the whole way through. the narrators did a good job. the final battle felt rushed, cartoonish and wacky. it went from YA to children's book in just a few sentences.
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- Julie Tremblay
- 2022-03-05
Great all around!
Loved the story and would have enjoyed the climax to unfurl more slowly because was so good. Great narration. Always love Stephanie.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-02-16
So much backstory...
Though the voice acting was great, I found that we spent a lot more time lost in the memories of backstory than in the story itself, and the backstory doesn't always seem the most relevant information.
I did like this story, but it was way better when "in" the story instead of in the backstory.
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- Gisella Muller
- 2022-01-09
Decent
This would have been a great story if it was longer. Everything seems rushed and no time to really get to know the characters. a little more personal detail would have been great.
Not a bad book but didn't really have my full attention.
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- Bookworm
- 2019-03-11
Promises more than it delivers.
The skinny:
You have Lira, a beautiful siren princess who rips royal hearts from their chests with her bare hands, and Elian, a witty pirate prince who makes a successful career out of hunting Lira's kind. How awesome is that??? The story takes off when Lira makes a mistake that pisses off her one-dimensional, evil queen mother, who turns her into a human as punishment. Lira now has to bring back Elian's heart to win her mother's favor and become a siren again. Dun-dun-dun.
Thoughts:
This book starts off with a bang. It's dark and different, and it paves the way for what I thought would be a fantastic story. I was riveted through the first quarter of the book, but my enthrallment slowly faded away as the story sailed on (pun intended). I was expecting a lot more from Lira's complex darkness, a nail-biting romance, and some fun pirate swashbuckling to top it all off. But both Lira's transition to humanity and her slow budding romance with Elian were underwhelming. And, you guessed it, no swashbuckling shenanigans.
My rapt interest briefly returned toward the end of the story, when Elian finds out who Lira really is, but those scenes were followed by the final battle and ending which can be best described as lackluster. Let's just say it was an undeserving finale and wrap up for this book's potential.
Bottom line: It wasn't what I was hoping it would be, but I still enjoyed the story, even with all its disappointments.
27 people found this helpful
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- Shawscribbles
- 2018-05-15
A bit predictable ...
The premise of this book was intriguing. The protagonist is a siren who steals (literally ripping them out) prince's hearts for her birthday. Prince Elian is a siren hunter. And they are thrown together in a bid to defeat the sea queen.
But I have to say it was a bit predictable. Lira hides her identity from Elian. When he finds out who she is their budding romance is threatened. Adventure, danger, star-crossed lovers - yadda, yadda, yadda. This book had potential but for me it was missing the unique quality that makes me devour a book.
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- AP
- 2018-04-04
Fairly original
The story is original and fresh, but there are a few chapters in the middle wi th some teenage love-hate banter that is sooo old, used and stereotypical that it was painful to listen to. Also the male main character could be slight less whiny. If you can tolerate those minor issues the story is innovative in its retelling of the Little Mermaid story
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- R. Havens
- 2018-04-17
A fun fantasy ride
What an enjoyable debut novel! Alexandra Christo's fairy-tale-reimagined story has a strong protagonist gal, my favorite kind of pretty sailor prince, and rich world-building that made me love reading as a tween and pre-tween, while being solid enough to hold up to adult reader scrutiny. This is my favorite kind of YA fantasy novel. I'll be watching for what Christo makes in the future. I wasn't sold for the first two or so chapters, but I think that was mainly the voice actors' interpretation of the story (which quickly balanced out and became manageable by around ch. 5).
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- Lexa Slater
- 2019-02-10
One Great Narrator, One Not-so-much
The story was interesting. A bit like a dark retelling of the Little Mermaid, if Ariel was a siren and had killed over a dozen men and taken their still-beating hearts.
The biggest kicker for me was the male narrator. the female did her parts really well but the male-- I was cringing through his reading. He read the male voices fine enough, but whenever he read a woman's part he spoke in the most halting manner, like he was learning to read each word as he read it. "I... don't... think... that's... a ... good... idea..." I know it's hard to read for the opposite sex, but this was awful! It wasn't even just a poor accent, it was terribly done and I was rolling my eyes through every chapter he read.
I'm not sure if it was the narrator or also just the character himself, but Elian was so freaking annoying. He whines about everything-- unless he's talking about how GREAT he is and how SKILLED and LUCKY he is. I really was about hoping Lyra would just take his heart, honestly. The unwilling prince is already a tired trope, bit Elian took it to a whole new level. He was constantly whimpering about how awful it was that he had to be a prince and couldn't just be a pirate. Boo hoo.
I'm normally not this negative, but I truly couldn't manage my disdain for his character.
The female main was better and I wish we'd have just gotten the book through he perspective alone.
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- Deborah
- 2018-10-10
Eh..
The story seemed to be alright. The female narrator was awesome. But I didn’t quite like the male part. His version of women’s tone was annoying with the pauses between words as if he was struggling to get them to talk. And I could barely differentiate between which female character was talking. So it was a struggle to listen to at times.
I think I might have enjoyed it better if I read it on my own.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-05-19
Got less than 2 hours into this awful book
This book had so much potential in my eyes! I was looking forward to listening to it, and yet this happened. The premise really peaked my interest at first, and the plot seemed fairly original, which may be why I feel like this book really let me down. The characters spent too much time focusing on how they looked and sexy they were, and the outright bland and boring writing made it very hard to get invested in the story. The narrators are both incredibly monotone, as far as i have gotten into this dumpsterfire of a book. The female protagonist puts all her energy into making her voice sexy instead of putting it to good use and telling the story in an engaging way that could keep my interest. I found my mind just kept wandering during her chapters. During the male protagonists chapters i fell asleep in less than 5 minutes. The reading was just so boring, and the writing itself was not engaging enough to keep my attention.
Badly written, worse reading. I would not reccomend this book to anyone and frankly regret spending money on it.
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- April McDermitt
- 2018-04-18
If I could give 6 stars I would.
The story was nothing but amazing. And the narrator's made it an amazing experience. The narrator's really brought the story to life and really made me feel all of the emotions. They really made it feel like more than just a book.
I loved the darkness in fierceness of the main character. I also liked her transformation, it seemed very natural and not overdone. I also liked how language was a big part of the story.
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- Jeffrey B (Pool) Nattania
- 2018-04-22
From Murderous Siren to Loving Conpanion
The reading in the is by Stephanie is phenomenal, her voice for her characters completely get the story across. What started out as dark, subversive tale of Mermaids and their darker counterparts, Sirens, turned into a pretty good book. Still it was greatly centered around an obvious romantic tale. Now see, romance is nice and the parts where the two enemies slowly find admiration and love in each other is touching; however, it was filled with great side characters, your co-actors, that made this magical tale somewhat contemporary. I don’t really have an aversion for romance, but could we get a YA fantasy book where- the love is lost, the hero or heroine doesn’t find love in the end. Where the world is saved, or evil is abolished and still they are single and on their own, force to battle the dark without that new found love? I mean, a good portion of the kids that I know reading these, well, they shouldn’t be dating anyways - so why have this as a main artery of the heart that is the tale of YA??
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- Raquel Costa
- 2018-09-02
Best YA I've read in a while!
This book was surprisingly gritty, deliciously wicked and amazingly heart-warming! What Alexandra Christo did with the little mermaid story is out of this world perfect!
I'm simultaneously happy it's a stand alone (it REALLY didn't need to be more), and sad I won't get to see more of this world. As a matter of fact, I hope Christo does write more stories using different characters within this world. There is so much there to be explored!
I would only not recommend this if you don't like romance. But if you do, or even don't mind it, it's a very very good one, complex and full of nuance.
I will definitely look forward to what this author comes up with next!
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