One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community.
When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them.
But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined–it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Summaryīriseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. Keep reading this book review for my full thoughts and raving. It’s a story about friendship, self-acceptance, and family. I have been in such a plant magic mood and This Poison Heart hits the spot. Talk about a book I loved with my entire heart. Kalynn Bayron has created an incredible world with this duology, as well as explored deep-rooted relationships and how nuanced they can be.When I finished This Poison Heart I may have shrieked. Her magic may just be much more dangerous than she had ever imagined.īrisels will have to face danger, a history of dark secrets, and eventually even go on a quest to find the last piece of the deadly Absyrtus Heart to save the people she loves most in the world. Brisels soon discovers a hidden altar to a dark goddess, a lineage of witches stretching back to ancient times, and a hidden garden overgrown with the most deadly poisonous plants on earth.
Her whole life, she's been encouraged to hide these powers, but an inciting incident, inheriting an old house from her birth mother, will take her on a journey of self-discovery and change her forever, helping her step into her own power as she practises her magic in her new home.īut this home is like no other. She can control NATURE itself. Flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face her as though she were the sun. Great for fans of The Legendborn Cycle, Ace of Spades, Blood Like Magic and Wings Of Ebony!īriseis has wonderful magical powers. An exquisite duology from Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella is Dead (which, by the way, Toppsta readers have been raving about!), this is a teenage fantasy very much influenced by Greek mythology.
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