Seventeen year old Twylla lives in the palace. She is betrothed to the prince, but no one looks at her, they don't dare to touch her. Twylla is the executioner. As the Goddess embodied, Twylla instantly kills anyone she touches. No one can ever love her, a girl with murder in her veins. Not even the prince, whose bloodline supposedly makes him immune to the her fatal touch, avoids Twylla. Then a new guard arrives, and sees past the executioner robes and see Twylla for herself. However, things take a turn for the worse, and Twylla must decide between what is right and what she believes in.
I thought this book was one of my favorite reads of the year. This book was full of surprises, and when Lief betrayed Twylla, I was in shock. The cover was confusing, because it has a flap and then the page after it seemed to be the rest of the cover. The title also confused me, until the middle of the book.
I would recommend this book to readers of fantasy books, such as the Shatter Me series. I do think this book would be appropriate for middle schoolers, but I think that eighth grade and up would most likely do well with it.