The Sin Eater's Daughter
Bodyguards
February 26, 2015
Scholastic Press
336
Seventeen-year-old Twylla lives in the castle. But although shes engaged to the prince, Twylla isnt exactly a member of the court. Shes the executioner. As the Goddess embodied, Twylla instantly kills anyone she touches. Each week she's taken to the prison and forced to lay her hands on those accused of treason. No one will ever love a girl with murder in her veins. Even the prince whose royal blood supposedly makes him immune to Twylla's fatal touch avoids her company. But then a new guard arrives a boy whose easy smile belies his deadly swordsmanship. And unlike the others, he's able to look past Twylla's executioner robes and see the girl, not the Goddess. Yet Twylla's been promised to the prince and knows what happens to people who cross the queen. However, a treasonous secret is the least of Twylla's problems. The queen has a plan to destroy her enemies, a plan that requires a stomach-churning, unthinkable sacrifice. Will Twylla do what it takes to protect her kingdom? Or will she abandon her duty in favor of a doomed love?
WrensReads Review:
Alright, so I have a few things to say about this.
01. This was a very slow read for me. There was a lot of wallowing in one’s situation and dreading one’s inability to touch another human being (which really, really would suck). But see, she never actually did anything. She had choices, whether they were good or not; but instead she just complained about it.
02. Not only did she do nothing about her situation, but she also just made it worse when she threw herself into a love triangle. Like I appreciated the light he shed on her situation and helping her find the courage to do what she should have done in the first place (even though it is the typical man saves the woman type of thing), but she really screwed up everything.
03. The story as a whole was pretty interesting though. I read Francine River’s “The Sin Eater,” and was really intrigued by the idea that people used a single-person to eat away everyone’s sins and was damned themselves. So I was interested to see how that would translate into a young-adult.
04. AND THEN THAT ENDED JUST BLEW MY MIND and I will probably read the next book purely for the fact that I need to know how this story ends.
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