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The Marsh King’s Daughter by Karen Dionne
Aug. 20th, 2017 11:35 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
”I was born two years into my mother’s captivity. She was three weeks shy of seventeen. If I had known then what I do now, things would have been a lot different. I would have been a lot more understanding of my mother. I wouldn’t have adored my father.”
When the notorious child abductor known as the Marsh King escapes from a maximum security prison, Helena immediately suspects that she and her two young daughters are in danger.
No one, not even her husband, knows the truth about Helena’s past: they don’t know that she was born into captivity, that she had no contact with the outside world before the age of twelve – or that her father raised her to be a killer.
And they don’t know that the Marsh King can survive and hunt in the wilderness better than anyone … except, perhaps his own daughter.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Karen Dionne’s standalone thriller mixes ROOM with RAY MEARS’ BUSHCRAFT but the contemporary scenes between Helena and her father aren’t as gripping as her childhood which gives a tense and fascinating psychological portrayal of abuse and sociopathy and I felt that the ending was a bit of a let down given all the build up.
THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER was released in the United Kingdom on 29th June 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
When the notorious child abductor known as the Marsh King escapes from a maximum security prison, Helena immediately suspects that she and her two young daughters are in danger.
No one, not even her husband, knows the truth about Helena’s past: they don’t know that she was born into captivity, that she had no contact with the outside world before the age of twelve – or that her father raised her to be a killer.
And they don’t know that the Marsh King can survive and hunt in the wilderness better than anyone … except, perhaps his own daughter.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Karen Dionne’s standalone thriller mixes ROOM with RAY MEARS’ BUSHCRAFT but the contemporary scenes between Helena and her father aren’t as gripping as her childhood which gives a tense and fascinating psychological portrayal of abuse and sociopathy and I felt that the ending was a bit of a let down given all the build up.
THE MARSH KING’S DAUGHTER was released in the United Kingdom on 29th June 2017. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the ARC of this book.
