In fact, Lira and Elian kind of ignore each other for a large portion of the book. I understand that this was meant to be a love-to-hate relationship, but there was no excuse for sudden insta-love. “They celebrate love as though it’s power, even though it has killed far more humans than I ever have.” Sometimes it is nice to see just a clean-cut evil antagonist. So basically, whoever controls the Trident controls the sea. For those that don’t know, Keto, aka Ceto, is the Greek Goddess of sea monsters.
She even has tentacles and a trident, the Trident of Keto. The Sea Queen is basically a hellish version of Ursula and Lira’s mother. Normally, I only go in-depth about the protagonists, but I feel that it is necessary to speak about the villain in this story. And I have never heard it from my mother’s mouth.”
It exists only in my song and on the lips of the princes I’ve killed.
“Love is a word we scarcely hear in the ocean. As he often says, “Always a prince, never a pirate.” This is one of those books where after you finish reading you sit back and think, “I can’t believe these are the same characters I read about on page one.” One of his major internal conflicts is that he was born to be one thing, but yearns to be something else. His character growth is showcased in this book, despite it being quite subtle in comparison to Lira. His crew is fiercely loyal to him and are fantastic minor characters. He is brave, persistent, intelligent, beautiful, and a bit vain, but the idea of ruling Midas is a fate as worse as death. He is viewed as otherworldly and legend says he bleeds gold. Prince Elian is the eldest son of the King of Midas and heir to the throne, but he has spent his life on his ship, the Saad, hunting sirens, but specifically Prince’s Bane. It is that piece of conscious that instills conflict for her throughout the book, not just with herself, but the other characters as well. She is vicious and cruel, but she has a slice of humanity. She has until Winter Solstice to steal Prince Elian’s heart and return it to her mother or she remains human forever. When Lira takes a heart before her birth month, her mother, the Sea Queen, punishes her by turning her into a human. Sound familiar? Siren law states that a siren can only take one heart a year in the month of their birth. Her trademark feature is her flaming red hair. She earned the nickname “Prince’s Bane” because she has a prince’s heart for every year she has been alive buried in the sand by her bed. Lira is an antiheroine siren princess and she is beyond badass. “In my heart, I’m as wild as the ocean that raised me.” This is ultimately a retelling of “The Little Mermaid” (the Disney version, not the Anderson faerie tale) with a splash of Greek mythology and teen romance. Story in a Sentence: Lira, a siren princess known as Prince’s Bane, is a collector of prince’s heart and the ultimate prize for her 18th birthday is Prince Elian, heir to Midas, the siren killer, but after her mother transforms her into a human, she must take his heart by winter solstice or remain human forever. This was one of the most anticipated books of 2018. You can never go wrong with an epic adventure. Greek and Roman mythology is always a hit. Everybody is sick of the classic “Red Riding Hood” and “Cinderella” retellings. There are very few YA books surrounding sirens or mermaids that are worth reading. Every time I would log on to Goodreads or Instagram To Kill a Kingdom would be in my feed. To Kill a Kingdomwritten by Alexandra Christo is a standalone novel published on March 6, 2018. Once I felt the thrum of his heart beneath my fingers, I couldn’t forget it.” It started with a prince, as most stories do.
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