To Kill A Kingdom

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My Opinion

“You can’t win a war,” I tell her. “Someone else just loses.”

(4 / 5) I liked it! I was a bit wary because I figured a book about mermaids and sirens could be too cheesy for me. However, it was well done and I was genuinely entertained. My only complaint was that I wish it would’ve labeled the chapters as whose POV it was. This is labeled as a Little Mermaid retelling but there were very few similarities and I liked that.

The content was low. Some language, then violence got a high rating but I feel it was a lot of little things, not gory details or something similar. I think preteens on up could enjoy this if the beginning details about killing aren’t too much.

To Kill a Kingdom

Alexandra Christo

Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen 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

Excerpt taken from Amazon.

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Detailed Content Review

Language 

F***-

H***- 9

S***- 9

A**- 2

B****- 10

D***- 26

Bas****- 2

Religious Cursing-

J****-

Chr***-

G**- 6

L***-

Derogatory terms etc-

Whore

Alcohol, Drugs, Smoking

A man likes to drink until he’s dizzy.

Brandy is served at a celebration. 

A group drinks at a tavern. 

A woman drinks a sip of alcohol then passes it to a man. 

A man smokes a cigar. 

“There are few things that can’t be solved with both sleep and rum.”

Women smoke cigars with jugs of wine at their feet. 

A group of people sip wine. 

A man has poison to use on people. 

Three talk over rum. 

A group drinks rum to keep warm.  

Intimacy, Sex, Immodesty

A young woman kisses a man. 

A dead siren has exposed breasts. 

A young woman is found naked in the ocean. 

A man kisses a woman. 

A man eludes to seducing another man for information. 

A man vaguely threatens rape. 

A man kisses a young woman. 

A man proposes that two women marry. 

It eludes to the fact that a mother siren gives her daughter to a demon-shark-merman to use for his pleasure. 

A young woman kisses a man. She feels his tongue against hers. She bites his lips and he moans. 

A man kisses a young woman. Again, later. She slides her tongue against his. 

Violence, Weapons, Crime, Blood

Sirens steal humans hearts. One has 17. She kills a human once a year. 

A siren lures a man into the water, kisses him then lets him drown. Another young woman does it with a woman but the woman thrashes. The first plunges her fist into his chest and pulls out his heart. 

A man has learned he likes killing. He kills sirens for a living. 

A siren mother takes her tentacles and wraps them around her daughter, squeezing and breaking her ribs. 

A siren mother and daughter watch the mothers sister die. No details. 

A siren mother destroys a heart her daughter stole, releasing a magic bond the daughter had and, causing her pain and to bleed.

A man threatens a man with a knife. Another holds a knife to his throat. 

A mermaid attacks a siren, grabbing her hair, digging her nails into her shoulders and bites. The siren head butts her. 

A mermaid holds a man under water to steal his heart, a siren grabs her and rips her head off. 

A siren chokes a teen siren. Using magic she cracks the teen girls bones and blood pours from her. 

A man holds a knife to a young woman’s throat. 

A siren scrapes at her face because of sonar noise. She is pinned to a ship with a spear on her fin. She rips it free and attacks a man, breaking his rib. He throws a knife into her chest.

Previously, a siren plunged a blunt object into another sirens eye, causing her eye to never close. 

A young woman is placed in a cage. 

A siren remembers drowning a man and taking his heart, trying to not make a lot of blood. The Queen is mad at her kindness and demands she kills a siren. She does. 

A young woman tries to hit a man but he throws her to the ground. 

A woman gives a young woman a black eye. No details.

Two men fight with a sword and knife. One slashes the other’s chest. One stabs his thigh. One is hit over the head and falls unconscious. The man and young woman are tied up. He has a gash from being struck on the head and it bled on the young woman. One ship sends cannons into another ship. A man squeezes a young woman’s throat. A young woman claws and bites a man. He lifts her up and pins her against the wall saying she will pay. She grabs a knife, stabs him, twists it and pulls it up. He falls backward. A man shoots a gun at a person. That person is lifted and carried, leaving a trail of blood. A man carries a man, his blood dripping. 

Stories tell of men anchored to the ocean floor as a punishment. 

A young woman slices her palm, blood dripping.

A man and young woman fight with swords. One punches the other. One elbows. 

Using magic, a woman makes blood come from a young woman’s nose in gushes. Then she chokes her and slices her wrists. 

Multiple sirens attack a group of humans. They battle, the humans with swords and arrows and guns, the sirens with magic. The sirens blood is like acid for the humans. One siren pierced a man’s knee with her nail. He shoots her in the head. A demon-shark-merman grabs a man by the throat. Men are dragged into the water. Two young women fight, punching, and one gets out a gun. A siren “ribbons” a woman’s body with her claws, then goes for her heart. A merman drags a man under water. He punches a siren causing her to black briefly. She twists his arm, hearing a crack. He bites a chunk from her shoulder. She punches her hand through him. He chokes her. He is killed with a knife. Sirens are burned. 

A woman cracks a young woman’s ribs. The young woman grabs and throws something at the woman, giving her a gash in her side. They fight back and forth with wind, water and rocks. One is killed, her body battered and limp. 

Potentially Intense Themes

A woman was previously a prisoner on a slave ship. Rumor says she “murdered her way out.”

A young woman dreams of bodies littering the ocean, and a man holding his own heart. 

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