Review: The Enemy’s Daughter by Melissa Poet

Matcha latte with The Enemy's Daughter in a coffee shop

Alexis:

Happy Pub Day to The Enemyโ€™s Daughter! ๐ŸŽ‰

The Enemyโ€™s Daughter has two enemy settlements in a post-apocalyptic world. It follows Isadora, a healer, and Tristan, a boy from Isadoraโ€™s opposing settlement. When Isadora almost dies, Tristan does the unimaginable: he offers to save her life using a rare magic. Now, they find themselves bound together, and Isadora finds herself questioning everything sheโ€™s ever known. 

My main critique was that I think this couldโ€™ve dug even deeper into the themes it presented. The first half was also a little repetitive, as Isadora tends to have the same thinking pattern over and over again.

However, I enjoyed Poetโ€™s writing style and the tension. The Enemyโ€™s Daughter is a fun read that moved quickly overall and was easy to binge! โฃThe vibes remind me a lot of the 2010โ€™s dystopian era, so if youโ€™re feeling nostalgic for that, you might like this one.ย 

VERDICT: โญโญโญโญ/5

Description: โฃ

๐€ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ. ๐€๐ง ๐š๐๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐˜๐€ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ-๐ญ๐จ-๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒโ€”๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ž๐œ๐œ๐š ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐”๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ž ๐—ช๐š๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐š. โฃ

Thank you to HarperCollins for providing me with a copy for review!