![]() ![]() She has a way of creating incredibly likeable characters-teenage ones at that!-and Briseis was no different. One that others would kill to get their hands on.Īfter I read Bayron’s debut sapphic YA fantasy novel, Cinderella is Dead, she became an instant-buy author. ![]() ![]() Kept under lock and key is a plant that her ancestors have kept safe for generations. Soon, that sense of safety is ripped away when it’s revealed that the garden out back holds an even deadlier secret than the plants grown there. As Briseis settles into this town filled with strange inhabitants, newfound freedom settles over her, she begins a budding romance with a mysterious girl, and she reveals her magic to a friend for the first time. When Briseis inherits a house from an unknown birth aunt, she and her two moms trial spending their summer there so Briseis can explore her gift and learn more about her heritage-one where plants bloom and grow at her touch and allow her to handle the deadliest plants without dire consequences. Kalynn Bayron’s YA contemporary fantasy The Poison Heart has very firmly been placed on that shelf. Once in a while comes a book, usually in a series, that you know as soon as you finish reading it will be placed upon the shelf with those other volumes you turn to when you need a familiar friend to see you out of a reading slump. Content warning: violence, murder, parental death ![]()
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