Liviania’s review of Sin’s Daughter (Otherkin, Prequel) by Eve Silver
Paranormal romance novella released by HQN 1 July 10
When I really started paying attention to romance blogs, everybody was going crazy for Driven by Eve Kenin. I picked it up shortly thereafter and enjoyed it. Sin’s Daughter was my first experience with the author writing as Eve Silver, though the name change does not affect the quality of the writing. Sin’s Daughter did make me want a longer story and prep me for Silver’s Otherkin series, as a prequel should.
Fifty years ago, Kai Warin died on Pfieffer Beach, sent there by a note from his girlfriend. Amber Hale, lured by roses to Coit Tower, met her enemies instead of her lover. Now Kai is a soul reaper and he’s run into Amber and her pursuers once more, both of them believing they were betrayed by the other.
Since Sin’s Daughter is a novella instead of a novel, there is not much time to waste on the hero and heroine not communicating. Thus, they fairly quickly realize they were set up, likely by the hunters who want Amber. With his new powers, Kai is in the perfect position to help Amber realize who she is and why she’s spent her entire life on the run.
Sin’s Daughter is heavy on the action, so the characterization is a little lighter than it could be. Still, Silver makes a good case for Kai and Amber being a good match. Both of them are cool-headed and people of action. Towards the end I could see the twist coming, but it worked well.
Though the Otherkin series as a whole can be read without Sin’s Daughter, it’s a good test-drive in Silver’s mythological urban fantasy world. Reading Sin’s Daughter also fleshes out Sutekh’s (the Underworld god in charge of the soul reapers) motives in the main series when Kai becomes a peripheral character.
Grade: B
Summary:
Cursed with immortality, driven into a nomadic life on the fringes of society to escape those who hunt her, Amber Hale has learned the bitter lesson that she can never grow close to anyone. Never love.Only once did she break her own rules. And her lover, Kai Warin, paid for her mistake with his life. For decades, she’s been numb with grief. Now, confronted by a soul reaper–an agent of one of the most powerful of the Underworld deities–with Kai’s face, she must acknowledge the likelihood that he betrayed her…to the Lord of Evil himself.
Forced into an uneasy alliance and plagued by the unwanted yearning between them, they must work together to elude the dark forces hunting them both…
Watch for Eve Silver’s hotly anticipated Otherkin trilogy SINS OF THE HEART, SINS OF THE SOUL, and SINS OF THE FLESH, for more tales of forbidden alliances and inescapable desires.
Read an excerpt here.
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