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the_tartan_pumpkin_reader 's review for:
The Enemy's Daughter
by Melissa Poett
Enemies to lovers every time make me weak at the knees. Sometimes, about that fine line between hate and love, that has me racing to read a book quicker than you say, enemies! As soon as I saw The Enemy's Daughter being marketed, I was stalking NetGalley like a predator looking for my eARC prey to request.
The Enemy's Daughter is a captivating, page-turning retelling of the Tristan and Isolde tale with a light touch of fantasy elements and an amazing dystopian twist. Melissa Poett's storytelling is immersive and addictive, with a fast-paced plot full of twists and turns that have you questioning the intentions and motivations of each side. Her world-building is richly staged around an intriguing political tension, with rivalries and conflict raging between two very different factions in a post-apocalyptic civilisation that embraces opposite ideologies towards technology and civil rights.
Melissa Poett has sculpted something beautiful in her memorable characters, Isadora and Tristan. Their complex relationship was intense, messy, and a delightful rollercoaster between love and hate, which had me giggling and kicking my feet as I read. I loved how their weaknesses brought out their strength of character – Isodora's strength in her kindness and mercy in the morally grey choices in her vocation as a healer and Tristan's struggle to step up to be a dutiful leader who puts the interests of his people first as he battles his heart's yearning for a forbidden love.
Thank you to HarperCollins UK, Harper Fire, and Melissa Poett for approving my request for a Netgalley eARc for The Enemy's Daughter. Published on the 14th of August 2025 in the UK.
The Enemy's Daughter is a captivating, page-turning retelling of the Tristan and Isolde tale with a light touch of fantasy elements and an amazing dystopian twist. Melissa Poett's storytelling is immersive and addictive, with a fast-paced plot full of twists and turns that have you questioning the intentions and motivations of each side. Her world-building is richly staged around an intriguing political tension, with rivalries and conflict raging between two very different factions in a post-apocalyptic civilisation that embraces opposite ideologies towards technology and civil rights.
Melissa Poett has sculpted something beautiful in her memorable characters, Isadora and Tristan. Their complex relationship was intense, messy, and a delightful rollercoaster between love and hate, which had me giggling and kicking my feet as I read. I loved how their weaknesses brought out their strength of character – Isodora's strength in her kindness and mercy in the morally grey choices in her vocation as a healer and Tristan's struggle to step up to be a dutiful leader who puts the interests of his people first as he battles his heart's yearning for a forbidden love.
Thank you to HarperCollins UK, Harper Fire, and Melissa Poett for approving my request for a Netgalley eARc for The Enemy's Daughter. Published on the 14th of August 2025 in the UK.