An enthralling dark fantasy with its roots in the world of folklore and fairytale, The Sin Eater's Daughter revolves around Twylla - engaged to a prince yet cursed to kill anybody with a single touch - who is forced to choose between duty and love.
Seventeen-year-old Twylla lives in the castle. But although she's engaged to the prince, Twylla isn't exactly a member of the court. She's the executioner.
As the Goddess embodied, Twylla instantly kills anyone she touches. Each month 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 favour of a doomed love?
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9781407147635
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 220 g
Dimensions: 204 x 145 x 23 mm
This book... I don't know, it wasn't what I expected it to be.
I have to say it was an orginal plotline but it was a plot in which nothing major happens, until the last 100 or so pages. The main downfall for...
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I found this book got better and better!!!! Brilliant!!! Lots of twists and a 'Game of Thrones' style story line.
The Sin-Eater's Daughter is a story of being captive, both by societal expectations and literally kept locked up. Twylla is the executioner of the court, exuding poison from her skin that means a single touch can... More
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