A review by tyrshand
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

4.0

There are several aspects of the novel that make it fascinating. Foremost, the perspective of main character. Yes, her father is a horrible, creepy criminal... But growing up without knowledge of what is right and what he did made for an interesting mix of emotion in Helena. If it had just been a novel of someone afraid of her evil dad I don't think it would have been as powerful as it was being the tale of a woman who both loved her father and knew he was awful.

The second aspect that made me love this is the entwining of the fairy tale. I loved how it showed that fairy tales can have effects on true life.

And the third aspect is just how capable Helena is. In my thrillers, I usually want a character thatch take care of her or his self.