Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

5/5 Stars

B&N:

ABout to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. She'll eat the best meals, have rooma 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...

My Review:

This has become one of my favorite books.

Another reread. LOOOVE this book. About a girl who is in prison and she gets the chance to be the commanders food tester (for poisons) or she is next up to hang. The thing is...she has to try all the poisons in order to know them. SUCH a good book! You start reading it and you just can't stop! I've had many friends read this (and my book group) and almost every single person has loved it. It's just a really well written story. The plot is exciting, the characters are true to life (as much as they can be) and of course there's some great romance...

Oh and it doesn't hurt that the author is so nice! I contacted her about some classroom stuff and she responded so fast and we wrote back and forth a few times. I love when authors do that!

***The entire series is good, but you really don't want to read what the others are about until you've read this one.