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The Enemy's Daughter
by Melissa Poett
Decades after the Republic was destroyed, the 5 Clans and the Kingsland are all fighting for control. Isadora, the daughter of the Clans’ leader, is a healer who is willing to risk her life in order to help care for injured soldiers.
When she is shot with a poisoned arrow by his sodliers, Tristan, an enemy assassin, saves Isadora using a rare magic which binds them together. Isadora must navigate enemy territory, mistrust and danger as she tries to make sense of what’s happened, and how she can get back home.
This is a fast paced book that had me hooked from the start and rescued me from a reading slump. The enemies-to-lovers dynamic really worked, and the tension had me completely invested in Tristan and Isadora’s story.
Without giving too much away, the plot takes unexpected turns that I didn’t see coming, and I loved it. It added a whole extra layer of depth and kept twisting and turning right up until the end.
Isadora stands out with her strength, intelligence and no-nonsense nature. I enjoyed being in her head. I did find myself wishing for a little more development from the side characters and Tristan in particular, but given the shorter length and YA setting, I think it does a solid job with the space it has.
The world building here is one of my favorite elements. The setting unfolded in a really compelling way, blending the dystopian elements with magic and myth.
This magic-meets-dystopia style is new to me, and I love it and definitely would love to read more like it! The romance is sweet, and balances the mistrust and very real danger that the characters face.
This is a really enjoyable read that I’d happily recommend, especially to my fellow enemies-to-lovers fans. This is such a fun way to retell the myth of Tristan and Isolde, and I’m literally running to look up more retellings because this has helped me fall in love with their story.
Read this if you love:
Enemies to Lovers
Myth Retellings
Stabby FMCs
Dystopian Fantasy
Politics, tension & romance
YA Fantasy