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A review by writings_of_a_reader
The Sin Eater's Daughter by Melinda Salisbury
3.0
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 seems to happen to advance the plot is a bit deceptive, and there are a couple of nice twists, nothing that an astute reader couldn't figure out, but still they worked nicely within the story.
I think I would have liked this book better if it had not been written in first person. It's so overdone in YA fiction, as well as the emphasis on the romance, and love triangles (yes there is a triangle of sorts). This being in first person meant that we were unable to get into the queens head and find out what is behind her actions. She just seemed mean and evil just for the sake of being that way. There is very little explanation given for her actions until the end, and thinking she was cursed just isn't good enough.
Twyla, the protagonist whose point of view is the only one we get felt like sort of a weak character, as her actions are propelled by others throughout the story, but at the same time it made sense within the story that was being told. Finally at the end she is able to actually make a choice all on her own and I liked her for it. That has made me want to find out what potential she could have in the next book.
I think I would have liked this book better if it had not been written in first person. It's so overdone in YA fiction, as well as the emphasis on the romance, and love triangles (yes there is a triangle of sorts). This being in first person meant that we were unable to get into the queens head and find out what is behind her actions. She just seemed mean and evil just for the sake of being that way. There is very little explanation given for her actions until the end, and thinking she was cursed just isn't good enough.
Twyla, the protagonist whose point of view is the only one we get felt like sort of a weak character, as her actions are propelled by others throughout the story, but at the same time it made sense within the story that was being told. Finally at the end she is able to actually make a choice all on her own and I liked her for it. That has made me want to find out what potential she could have in the next book.