Is there an audiobook of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me?

Yes. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me has an Audible audiobook edition, narrated by Kristen Sieh.

How long is the This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me audiobook?

The This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me audiobook runs 21 hr 33 min.

Is This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me on Kindle Unlimited?

No. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on October 9, 2026.

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Our score

4.9/ 5

Incredible

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EDITION PUBLISHEDMarch 2026

Genres

Fiction Fantasy Adventure

Themes

Knowledge as powerWhether to change a known futureFound familyGreed among noble families

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

Name: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
Price: 14.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Ilona Andrews

Ilona Andrews

Ilona Andrews' This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is an epic portal fantasy about Maggie, a superfan who wakes up inside her favorite unfinished series, can't stay dead, and has to use what she knows to save people who can. Funny, violent and densely built.

The Review

Our take

Maggie can't die, and that turns out to be the cheapest thing she owns. She wakes cold and naked in a gutter in Kair Toren, the city from a dark fantasy series she has reread since she was sixteen, and a lethal world gets to work on her at once. Dying is an inconvenience. Everyone else she meets has exactly one life, and she knows what the war heading for the kingdom of Rellas has in store for them. That imbalance drives This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, the first book of Ilona Andrews's Maggie the Undying series, and it turns a familiar portal fantasy hook into something with real stakes.

Her only money is information. She has no clothes, no coin and no skills that suit this place, yet she builds a household out of nothing: a roof, a bodyguard, allies, and a fresh set of enemies. I love how the rule bites. Knowing the plot is a weapon, but every use of it risks bending the future she's trying to rescue, and the people she meets stopped being characters on a page the moment they started talking back. She can't file them away as plot points. So she keeps weighing what saving one person might break for another. Once the nastier players work out how much she knows about their secrets, the same knowledge paints a target on her back. Watching her go from careful observer to someone sitting across from princes and dukes is the best stretch of the book.

Rellas itself is brutal, and the book doesn't flinch. Eight Great Families run Kair Toren, holding wealth and a magic that travels down bloodlines, while other people are simply born with abilities that practice sharpens. Slavery and human trafficking continue because the families have no challengers. The politics are as tangled and violent as any Game of Thrones fan could want. Because Maggie already knows this world in detail, the exposition comes out as working knowledge she acts on instead of lectures, which keeps a dense setting readable. It does ask for attention. The opening throws a crowd of characters at you, and sorting out who is who takes a little patience before the cast settles.

The surprise is how funny it is. Maggie's inner monologue gets laughs in the middle of terrible situations, and the banter isn't hoarded by the romantic leads; the whole cast trades it. Her allies include a former lady's maid, an assassin, a few wildly odd magical beasts and a soldier she'd be wise to avoid, and they read as a found family rather than a party of useful skills. The romance is slow-burn, with a possible triangle waiting in the wings.

Why you should read

Portal fantasy where the heroine knows the plot
Brutal court politics with real banter
Found family and a slow-burn romance
Twisty series openers that end on a cliffhanger

What to expect

A crowded cast at the start that settles
Violence, slavery and cruelty in the setting
Humor running through the grim politics
A cliffhanger ending with the series still to come

At 472 pages it moves fast. Twists land that I did not see coming, the pacing never sags, and the ending is a cliffhanger that makes the wait for book two feel personal. Maggie came into Rellas as a fan still waiting on the final novel of an unfinished series. By the last page she has stopped reading this world and started changing it, and I want the next book now.

Reviewed by Rowan · How our reviews are written

Our verdict

4.9/ 5

Incredible

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Is there an audiobook of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me?: Yes. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me has an Audible audiobook edition, narrated by Kristen Sieh.
Listen to This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me free with an Audible trial
We earn from qualifying Amazon purchases.
How long is the This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me audiobook?: The This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me audiobook runs 21 hr 33 min.
Is This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me on Kindle Unlimited?: No. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on October 9, 2026.
How much does This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me cost?: On Amazon: Kindle $14.99, Paperback $18.63, Hardcover $22.27. Prices as of October 20, 2026 at 2:21 AM EDT and may change.

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What is This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me about?: Maggie can't die, and that turns out to be the cheapest thing she owns. She wakes cold and naked in a gutter in Kair Toren, the city from a dark fantasy series she has reread since she was sixteen, and a lethal world gets to work on her at once. Dying is an inconvenience. Everyone else she meets…
Is This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me worth reading?: We scored This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me 4.9 out of 5. Ilona Andrews' This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me is an epic portal fantasy about Maggie, a superfan who wakes up inside her favorite unfinished series, can't stay dead, and has to use what she knows to save people who can. Funny, violent and densely built.