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Poison
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bookshelves: library-has, marshmallows-are-less-fluffy, squeaky-clean-romance, too-juvenile-for-me, ya-fantasy, why-the-hype, not-another-love-triangle, fantasy
Feb 23, 2014
bookshelves: library-has, marshmallows-are-less-fluffy, squeaky-clean-romance, too-juvenile-for-me, ya-fantasy, why-the-hype, not-another-love-triangle, fantasy
Poison is a cute but rather superficial YA fantasy about Kyra, a 16 year old "potions master" (she seems a little young for master status, but whatever) who's on the run for trying to kill the princess and heir to the throne, for reasons that the author coyly hides from the reader for about half the book. While Kyra's evading arrest, she's also trying to find the princess again so she can do a better job of killing her this time--even though said princess is her best friend. And there's a gorgeous (of course) ex-boyfriend helping to hunt Kyra down, as well as a hot (of course) new guy whose path keeps crossing Kyra's.
The story lags in a few places, the characterization seems a bit lacking, and some of the pieces don't quite fit together the way they should. It's not a terrible book, but it's not deep or challenging in any way. I'd recommend this mostly for younger teen or tween readers who like romantic fantasy. It's worth noting that the MC meets cute guy #2 while she's wading through a river in some frilly underwear. However, there's a small pig with magical man-hunting abilities on top of her head, so there's that.
It's a very weak 3 stars, but if you love lightweight YA fantasies with clean romance, you might enjoy Poison. For me it was kind of a waste of time.
On the other hand, now I really want an adorable pink pig that can hunt down anybody I want.
Go find Richard Armitage for me! NOW!!
The story lags in a few places, the characterization seems a bit lacking, and some of the pieces don't quite fit together the way they should. It's not a terrible book, but it's not deep or challenging in any way. I'd recommend this mostly for younger teen or tween readers who like romantic fantasy. It's worth noting that the MC meets cute guy #2 while she's wading through a river in some frilly underwear. However, there's a small pig with magical man-hunting abilities on top of her head, so there's that.
It's a very weak 3 stars, but if you love lightweight YA fantasies with clean romance, you might enjoy Poison. For me it was kind of a waste of time.
On the other hand, now I really want an adorable pink pig that can hunt down anybody I want.
Go find Richard Armitage for me! NOW!!
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Reading Progress
February 23, 2014
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to-read
February 23, 2014
– Shelved
October 10, 2014
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library-has
November 10, 2014
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Started Reading
November 12, 2014
– Shelved as:
marshmallows-are-less-fluffy
November 12, 2014
– Shelved as:
squeaky-clean-romance
November 12, 2014
– Shelved as:
too-juvenile-for-me
November 12, 2014
– Shelved as:
ya-fantasy
November 12, 2014
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Finished Reading
April 21, 2015
– Shelved as:
why-the-hype
April 21, 2015
– Shelved as:
not-another-love-triangle
July 10, 2015
– Shelved as:
fantasy
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Nov 13, 2014 08:29AM
Pig? Reminds me of Hen Wen from Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. Loved reading them--might be time for another visit.
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Jaima wrote: "Pig? Reminds me of Hen Wen from Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. Loved reading them--might be time for another visit."A couple of my brothers really loved the Lloyd Alexander series, but I was never able to get into it. Maybe I just missed reading it at the right age.
Yeah, it's hard when you miss the right time. I've been re-reading an LM Montgomery right now that just isn't catching me like it did when I was a teen. I liked the Prydain Chronicles as a kid, but my favorite of his was the Westmark series. I read that one over and over. It's out of print now, but I've been assembling them for my daughter. She's really liking them and I'd love to dip into them myself. Alas, so little time! Trade Wind is getting intense and I only have a couple more weeks before I need to return The Game of Kings. Haven't cracked it open yet, but it keeps winking at me from the bookshelf.
You're already reading Trade Wind?! Jumping the gun on our buddy read! Game of Kings is one of the most challenging books I've read in recent years, but after reading several books that were distinctly non-challenging (like Poison), I'm gaining new appreciation for that series. My reading plate has been pretty full lately, but one of these times I'm going to start on the third book in the Lymond series. Maybe in about a month. :) I'll repeat the advice others gave me about Game of Kings: Don't give up! If you don't understand something, let it slide. Also, I recently bought the Dunnett Companion, so if some foreign phrase or historical person/event is really confusing you, let me know and I can try to look it up in the Companion.
I've never read this book, but I just had to comment because of the ending :D "Go find Richard Armitage for me!" ;)
Lol, you totally got me with that Richard Armitage comment. Yes! :D
Oh heavens. ^.^ "Go find Richard Armitage for me. NOW!" I'll second that. Hahahaha. My husband loved the Prydian chronicles and we have a very old copy that he had from his childhood. Honestly I tried, I really did but I just couldn't get past the first chapter. I really enjoy that genre too...it just didn't work for me. But I'm glad he loved it and still enjoys it. I'll just grab one of my books and devour that! Lol
Let me know if you get that pig and it finds a certain person for you! I'll come visit you! ;-D
Thanks, Ann-Marie and Julie! Julie, our family had the entire set of Prydain Chronicle books. My brother loved them, but I tried a couple of times and just could not get into them. I might have even have read the whole first book (too many years ago; I can't remember) but I found it completely unmemorable. And yet it got awards coming out of the kazoo. Some books we just connect with and others not.
