What was the most fun part of this classic fairy tale to play with?ĭefinitely the spin on the princess falling in love being someone who literally rips out and collects hearts. I thought that would be a really cool dynamic to play out – two people who would kill each other given the chance, suddenly being thrown together. If she didn’t want to fall in love with the prince, but to kill him. To me, anti-heroes and villains are always the most interesting characters, so I started to wonder what it would be like if this mermaid was the villain and if she saw becoming human as a curse. 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 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. Luckily, she was more than happy to answer some of them for me! About ‘To Kill a Kingdom’ by Alexandra Christo After finishing To Kill a Kingdom, I naturally had quite a few burning questions about the world Alexandra Christo had created, her love for The Little Mermaid, and more.

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