But they all have Japanese names for some reason? But it’s not Japan or even faux Japan so why the Japanese names? Could have literally made up any type of names. For example there are a land of ice people. I’m not super into world building and if you let yourself go just enough you can overlook this but even I had trouble suspending my disbelief at times–things just kept taking me right out of the story. It’s like the author took a bunch of stuff and threw it together. Feels like the golden age of piracy to some extent but there’s buttons on clothing so probably later and also…sonar? Not to mention every kingdom being the ‘land of’ whatever, each port they visit having some specialty about their culture or land. Greek myths combined with Pirates of the Caribbean. I was getting whiplash trying to figure out what I’m supposed to be imagining here. I think one of the biggest downfalls of this book is its world building–it’s all over the place. I still had a pretty good time reading it though, although I think I would have fared better if I’d been in the right frame of mind heading into it. The world building, the characters, the dialogue…everything was super silly. This book was Ridiculous, with a capital R. 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? When he rescues a drowning woman in the ocean, she’s more than what she appears. Hunting sirens is more than an unsavory hobby–it’s his calling.

The ocean is the only place Prince Elian calls home, even though he is heir to the most powerful kingdom in the world. 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. To punish her daughter, the Sea Queen transforms Lira into the one thing they loathe most–a human. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own.

With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea.

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

To kill a kingdom by alexandra christo