The Sin Eater's Daughter

Reviewed by: Heidi Whelan - McArthur Public Library, Biddeford, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: September 15, 2015

Review

Twylla is slated to be the next sin eater when fate steps in and she is given the chance to escape her dreary life of poverty and duty to live in the castle with the royal family. She moves to the palace with the expectation that when she grows up, she will marry the prince and become the next queen of Tregellan. All is not as it seems at the castle as Twylla is used by the queen to execute traitors. Twylla has to choose between duty, love, faith, riches, and power. The pace of the book is slow. I wish there had been more character building and less world building. It had so much potential but fell a bit flat. An older teen who likes fantasy may enjoy this book but it didn't stand out as an exceptional work.

Overall Book Score: good