The Sin Eater's Daughter

I'd thought the price I paid for my new life at the castle was that I could never touch anyone, because the poison I took willingly stayed in my skin and would kill anyone who came into contact with it, save for those also blessed by divine right: the queen, the king, the prince.

I don't think I every truly understood what ‘hot mess' meant before reading this book.

I can't write a review for this book. I've tried three times and every single time it quickly turns into three pages of grumbling, ranting and gripes. (Yes, there are more issues I had with the book than just these, but by about 2/3 the way through, I quit making note of my problems.)

Some Issues I Had With The Book:

Doormat of a main character. Twylla never makes a decision on her own and merely follows the path of least resistance.

Twylla's ability to kill with a touch is because she drinks a poison she's immune to but that pours out through her pores and kills on contact. Supposedly.

Twylla's weak willed and has no personality beyond ‘I want to sing.'

Twylla has no excuse for being such a doormat, besides the ‘bury my head in the sand' mentality.

The writing style aggravates me. (First person, present tense.)

The world building doesn't make sense. (Twylla can kill with a touch but no one ever thought of gloves?)

She can supposedly touch the royal family because they are blessed with divine right - yet the royal family never takes advantage of this to advance their ‘godlyness' with the people.

The attack dogs ate one of the previous queens after her death but they still kept the dogs around.

Twylla being ‘the Sin Eater's Daughter' has no bearing on anything that happens in this story.

She has killed thirteen people and yet she is emotionally and mentally unscarred.

A guy wants to prove that Twylla's touch won't kill him, so he kisses her. Instead of, you know, touching her hand.

“Marry me instead. We can run away.” Is this supposed to be romantic?

It's a romance story marketed as a fantasy.

I'm not going to go into my religious beliefs, but I do want to say that I found the religion in this book offensive.

There was several sexist moments in this story, including willing to execute a woman for getting pregnant but not the father of the child. (Because I am so sure she got pregnant on her own.)

The only thing that can sever Twylla's role as Daunen Embodied is marriage to the prince. Because then she will no longer be pure enough.

Looks around

Sorry, there for a moment I thought women no longer had to worry about losing their virginity and losing their special magic karma at the same time. (What are we doing, going through another sexual repression?) (My dear, you're only special if you're a virgin.)

And on that note, goodnight folks.

“All we can do is stay quiet and do our best. We must be ghosts. That's how you stay alive in this castle. You become a ghost. You keep your head down and you stay out of her way as much as you can.”

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