Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: The Sin Eater’s Prince

AUTHOR:  Keta Diablo

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 236 pages

RELEASE DATE: February 15, 2012

BLURB:

Owen Rhys, the sin eater, has been shunned by the local villagers all his life–except for Andras Maddock, the local physician. In love with the one man he believes will never return that love, Owen is shocked when Andras saves him from death at the hands of a vampire.

Dagan, Dark Lord of the Underworld, vows to avenge his father’s death and obtain the Prince of Wales’s mystic sword from Andras. The claymore’s power holds an immunity the vampires have coveted for centuries.

Star-crossed love, sorcery, and bloodlust collide on a vengeful path where only one side will remain victorious. 

REVIEW:

Not a bad story at all. It’s my first of this author and I was pretty impressed by it. Of course, I love paranormal stories, so that helps a lot. It’s a dark story, set in darker times, and it is quite the page turner. You are curious as to know what is going to happen next to whom and if some are going to give in to the darker desires that they want to. Or if they will remain some semblance of the humanity they have.

Owen became the social pariah of the village when he lost his father. No one wants to associate with a sin eater. Someone that associates with death and souls and the redeeming of sins. Seeing as he is saving their loved ones, you’d think they wouldn’t treat him that way, but they do. All but two. The lovely Carys, and her adopted father, Andras. Andras captivates Owen in a way that no one ever has, but he doesn’t feel worthy of the man. But an incident happens one evening and Owen notices that Andras isn’t what he thought. He has his suspicions confirmed a few nights later when he is attacked by something in the dark and Andras comes to his aid. The secrets then begin pouring out and although Owen is shocked, it doesn’t take away from the fact that Owen still wants Andras with all he his. But now other paranormals are after them, for the sword Andras carries and for the power both of them have. And revenge. And it’s going to take everything both of them have in order to survive what is put upon them. If they can.

I hate when people are so bigoted about people that are different. In those days, it was even worse than it is now. Not that now is a whole lot better in some ways, but back then, it really was a lot worse in ways. And Owen didn’t deserve what he was treated like. He was simply doing his job in providing the departed a safe journey into the afterlife or whatever. And they treated him like dirt because he was different. But thankfully, he had Andras in his corner. And it was a dang good thing. Andras saved his bacon on more than one occasion and because of Andras, Owen was learning more about himself and his life. And the life of things around him. Didn’t mean life was easy. But because of it, Owen was better equipped. He was able to fight off things that tried to hold him captive and able to save himself from things. Even Andras at one point. It’s a hard road they are enduring, because there are still things that are haunting them. But Owen learned he’s not alone anymore in it and learned that with a little help, love and support, he’s able to get through life a lot better now.

It’s a good paranormal. I’m glad I got to read it. It was a good setting, good characters, even the bad ones, and a good plot. 

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