The Sin Eater by Megan Campisi

First of all can we please all swoon over this cover. It's a perfect picture of what you're in for.

We follow May, who is made into a Sin Eater after she gets caught committing a small crime. Being a Sin Eater means to be ostracized from society - untouchable. 
A Sin Eater's work is to listen to people's sins before they die, to pair up those sins with the food (pomegranate for witchcraft, raisins for adultery for example) and to eat them at the deceased's wake. 
From there we follow May's story to uncover a royal secret, some murders and her own family secret.

The author has created a beautiful work with a fascinating topic and I loved the creativity around the 49 types of food and their meaning. I'm really glad that I live at this day and age with showers and running water, because Megan Campisi has a way with describing smells and atmosphere.

This is going to be one of those stories that stay with me for a long while.

I cannot recommend this highly enough.

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5 out of 5 stars.

This has already been published by Pan Macmillan Australia and is available now.