To Kill a Kingdom
Hundred Kingdoms • Book 1
by Alexandra Christo
Narrated by Jacob York, Stephanie Willis
Why You'll Love This
Two narrators voice two characters who are actively trying to kill each other — and the tension is exactly as fun as that sounds.
- Great if you want: dark fantasy romance with sharp enemies-to-lovers banter
- Listening experience: propulsive and atmospheric, pulls hard toward the next chapter
- Narration: York and Willis split the dual POV cleanly; the chemistry lands
- Skip if: you want deep worldbuilding over a focused romance arc
About This Book
Princess Lira is the most feared siren in the sea, with seventeen princes' hearts in her collection, until a forbidden act of violence against her own kind earns her the Sea Queen's punishment: transformation into the human form she despises. Her only path back is to claim the heart of Prince Elian, a siren hunter who pulls her from the ocean and offers her passage on his ship. Alexandra Christo's debut reworks the Little Mermaid myth from the monster's perspective, placing two natural enemies in an uneasy alliance.
Jacob York and Stephanie Willis trade chapters as Elian and Lira respectively, giving the dual-perspective romance its full dynamic range. Willis brings the right mix of lethal competence and unwilling vulnerability to Lira, and York's Elian is thoughtful beneath the bravado. The Goodreads Choice Award debut captures the enemies-to-allies tension that drives the story, and the narrators keep the momentum building toward the confrontation the premise promises.