To Kill A Kingdom

by Alexandra Christo

𝙍𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧

𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙪𝙨,

𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨

𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚.

SYNOPSIS

What happens when Lira—the vicious siren princess with a deadly collection of seventeen human hearts, and Elian—heir to the greatest human kingdom with the renowned title of “siren-killer“, cross paths amidst a wicked twist of fate?

REVIEW

One of my favorite elements of the enemies-to-lovers trope is the process of change & acceptance, the most eminent aspects I look for in character development—TO KILL A KINGDOM did it PERFECTLY.

Both characters were in positions to possible leadership of their own kingdoms, and had deeply-nourished hatred stemmed from centuries of raging war & misunderstandings between either species, moreover, each had personal experiences & motives to loathe the other.

While this made the “to-lovers“ part of the slot seem rather challenging, it also made the outcome breathlessly beautiful. I loved how they struggled through the initial distrust & caution, making way to mutual understanding, and finally to trust & confidence that led them to wage war against what they had thought to be solid & unchangeable. Through doubting each other, doubting themselves, and gradually doubting what they had been told, were they able to truly see past the centuries of hatred & bring down the facade of what it meant to be “enemies“.

This is one of my favorite enemies-to-lovers, and I will always recommend it.