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My pick this week:
Poison Study
Maria V. Snyder
Choose: A quick death… Or slow poison…
About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She’ll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace—and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
And so Yelena chooses to become a food taster. But the chief of security, leaving nothing to chance, deliberately feeds her Butterfly’s Dust—and only by appearing for her daily antidote will she delay an agonizing death from the poison.
As Yelena tries to escape her new dilemma, disasters keep mounting. Rebels plot to seize Ixia and Yelena develops magical powers she can’t control. Her life is threatened again and choices must be made. But this time the outcomes aren’t so clear…
After numerous recommendations from my Goodreads friends I ordered this at the beginning of the year. I love the premise and I’ve heard nothing but great things about this author. But sadly I haven’t read it yet *sob*.
Have you read this series? Let me know what you think.
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i haven’t read this one! but i totally prefer the new covers!
here’s my latest review if you want to stop by and leave the author some love!! http://lindsaycummingsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/ashfall-review.html
The Happy Booker
I loved this series! These are definitely one of my all time favorite YA high fantasy reads. I can’t wait to hear what you think of it when you get a chance to read it.
Allison
This is easily one of my all-time favorite books, you definitely need to get with it! The other two books in the trilogy definitely fail to live up to it – but still. Poison Study is brilliant.
fishgirl182
This is a really fun series. You should definitely give it a go.
Daisy
Oh, I really enjoyed this series!! I have since read and enjoyed all Snyder’s books! I liked Poison Study best in this series, the other books are really good as well, but slightly less so than this one. And you’re going to love the amazing man-ness that is Valek!Hope you enjoy!!
Melliane
I’ve read the first two books of the series and I really liked it, I hope you’ll like it too ! I’ve the third in my TBR pile but not read it yet
Krazzyme(Young Readers)
Haven’t read it but heard AMAZING things about it!
Krazyyme @ Young Readers
Kathy Ann Coleman
This sounds fascinating and I think I might want to check it out myself. What an interesting plot idea! Wow!
Candace
I think I have this one and haven’t read it yet either. It seems like I’ve only heard rave reviews about it though so I should really try to read it soon!
Cindy (Oodles of Books)
This is also on my TBR list! But it sounds great 🙂
Sarah
I’m seeing this pop up everywhere!
This is one of my favourite reads. Yelena is kickass (I think she’d appeal to people to people who liked Katsa, from Graceling), but she’s more emotionally mature.
Valek is. just. SQUEE.
I love the romance subplot in this. No instalove, but a slow build up to something deep and indelible.