#alexandra christo book

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Saturday, 15.04.2023

Decided to go out this weekend to buy more books to add to my physical TBR and drink some overpriced kit-kat choccy milk.

I also got my library card in the mail! Haven't been to a library in years, so I'm excited to see what I'll be able to find!

📖 Current Read - To Kill A Kingdom - Alexandra Christo

🎵 Listening to - IVE - I Am

[marinaslibrary]

To kill a kingdom.

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New Young Adult Releases! (October 10th, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Everything Under the Moon by Various

The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo

I Loved You in Another Life by David Arnold

The Night Fox by Ashley Wilda

Being Ace by Various

Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

By Any Other Name by Erin Cotter

Charming Young Man by Eliot Schrefer

The Blood Years by Elana K. Arnold

The Fall of Whit Rivera by Crystal Maldonado

Songs of Irie by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

Bittersweet in the Hollow by Kate Pearsall

Hatchet Girls by Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Too Scared to Sleep by Andrew Duplessie

Ghost Roast by Shawnee Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs, & Emily Cannon

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Happy reading!

[vestaal]

Re reading To Kill a Kingdom because Lira is such an awsome main character

[lex-blogs]

"The thing about taking something that's not yours is that there will always be someone out there ready to take it back."

- Lira, To Kill a Kingdom

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April JOMP Day 30 - Read in April

A rather magical month. Greatly enjoyed all three. Very much ones I'll be rereading again in the future. 💜

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And we knew he was falling for her when he started comparing her eyes to sunrise instead of snakes

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Title: The Night Hunt | Author: Alexandra Christo | Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (2023)

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Thanks to @fiercereadsya for providing me with a finished copy in exchange for an honest review

✩🌌🗡️Review:

Christo’s newest release is a staple for spooky season!

“The Night Hunt” follows Atia, a monstrous girl who feeds on fear, and Silas, a Herald of death that cannot remember his past, as they work together break their respective curses and destroy the Gods. 

Christo’s world-building lured me in from the start and did not once lose my interest over the course of the novel. She familiarizes the reader with the supernatural beings that exist among humans in her world (vampires, nefas, banshees, and lykai to name a few), the limits of their power, and the rules they must abide by as enforced by the Gods. She does all this and more without overwhelming the reader with too much information, which is something I greatly appreciated.

I could not get enough of Atia and Silas’ forbidden love story, especially considering that it is born from forced proximity. In the beginning, the two despise each other because of the rift between Gods and monsters. The only reason they are willing to set aside their differences and work together is because they are preoccupied with breaking their own curses. With time, however, they begin to care for each other and rid themselves of the loneliness they once felt. 

I also adored the found family that is established in this book. Atia and Silas do not embark on their quest without the help of Tristan, a monster scholar, and Cillian, who is half banshee and half human. At first glance, they all couldn’t be more different from one another, but the reason they work well together as a team is because they are accepting of those differences and find strength in them. I find that underlying message beautiful and loved the book all the more for it!

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"People don't tell secrets because someone needs to know them. They do it because they need someone to tell."

- Alexandra Christo, To Kill a Kingdom

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[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (October 4th, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Pretty Dead Queens by Alexa Donne

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo

The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond by Amanda Glaze

Monarch Rising by Harper Glenn

The Restless Dark by Erica Waters

Anne of Greenville by Mariko Tamaki

The Sacrifice by Rin Chupeco

The Wolves Are Watching by Natalie Lund

Flight 171 by Amy Christine Parker

The Christmas Clash by Suzanne Park

After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis

Prince of Song & Sea by linsey miller

By the Time You Read This I'll Be Gone by Stephanie Kuehn

Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers & Jeff Edwards 

Tasting Light by Various

Princess of Souls by Alexandra Christo

New Sequels: 

Scions (Starcrossed #4) by Josephine Angelini

The Empress of Time (The Keeper of Night #2) by Kylie Lee Baker

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Happy reading!

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Title: To Kill a Kingdom

Author: Alexandra Christo

Page length: 344

Synopsis: 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 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?

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If your only instrument is a sword, then you will always strike at your problems.

- Cristian, To Kill a Kingdom