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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2014 | Grades and Up
Gr 7 Up—Seventeen-year-old Twylla has a gift and a curse as the embodiment of a goddess on Earth: she is worshipped and she can kill men in seconds with the briefest of touches. Twylla's mother is a Sin Eater, one who eats symbolic foods of the deceased person's sins at their grave site; Twylla is set to pursue this path until the Queen of Lormere takes her from her home to become the goddess Daunen Embodied. Every month, the teen ingests a poisonous substance that reinforces her position as the god...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
As the goddess Daunen Embodied, Twylla, the Sin Eater's daughter, is ordered to execute traitors with her poisonous touch. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More