"In the stories of old, a hero is the one who sweeps in with a drawn sword and noble face, to kill the Dragon and free the princess. In the stories of old it never seems to dawn on the princess that she should be careful not to put herself at mercy of those who would do her ill in the first place. I...
I'm not sure if this is aimed at the female YA readership or to the general fantasy-loving public but I found this tale interesting. It deals with a young girl, Twylla, living in court whose touch can kill and who is used as executioner. As the tile tells us, she is the daughter of a Sin-Eater whose...
I picked this for my Young Adult horror square for the Booklikes Halloween Bingo. Young adult typically aggravates me but the blurb of this one sounded like it had potential. It promised, “A startling, seductive, deliciously dark debut that will shatter your definition of YA fantasy” and it was...
Twylla is blessed. The Gods have chosen her to marry a prince, and rule the kingdom. But the favour of the Gods has it's price. A deadly poison infuses her skin. Those who anger the queen must die under Twylla's fatal touch. First, before I start to talk about the books itself and I felt about it, ...
I have mixed feelings about this one. The characters seemed real, the setting was pretty great. There was a lot to like about the book. There was also a lot I didn't like about it.Twylla is the embodiment of the daughter of the gods. Her beautiful singing voice and ability to execute those who commi...
So....I made it to page 136. And then I gave up. This was a really confusing read for me. The whole time I was waiting, rather impatiently, for something.....anything to actually happen. And nothing did. There were a few amusing moments but as a whole the book feels starved. The characters a...
Melinda Salisbury’s The Sin Eater’s Daughter, introduced Twylla, a reincarnation of a daughter of the Gods. Due to her role and its implications, that she can kill with only a touch and is the royal executioner, Twylla lives a life devoid of physical contact and feared by those surrounding her. She ...
I have mixed feelings about this one. On one hand The Sin Eater's Daughter was too slow paced and for a long time nothing seemed to be happening in the middle to advance the plot and it sagged a bit with the romance being the emphasis. On the other hand that whole part in the middle where nothing se...
The writing was competent but I found the characters lacklustre and couldn't really fathom where the action was taking place, except in a castle and dungeon. The premise didn't really tickle my fancy and the fact that the protagonist only went on an emotional/metaphorical journey add opposed to an a...
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