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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 Dusté 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—.
- Sales Rank: #18634 in Books
- Brand: Brand: Mira
- Published on: 2007-02-20
- Released on: 2007-02-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.11" w x 5.13" l, .70 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 416 pages
- Used Book in Good Condition
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. Shivers, obsession, sleepless nights—these are the results not of one of the milder poisons that novice food-taster Yelena must learn during her harrowing job training but of newcomer Snyder's riveting fantasy that unites the intelligent political focus of George R.R. Martin with a subtle yet potent romance. Through a stroke of luck, Yelena escapes execution in exchange for tasting the food of the Commander, ruler of Ixia. Though confined to a dank prison cell and doomed to a painful death, Yelena slowly blooms again, caught up in castle politics. But some people are too impatient to wait for poison to finish off Yelena. With the help of Valek, her steely-nerved, cool-eyed boss and the Commander's head of security, she soon discovers that she has a starring role to play in Ixia's future—a role that could lead to her being put to death as a budding magician even if she hits each cue perfectly. The first in a series, this is one of those rare books that will keep readers dreaming long after they've read it.
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Review
"Poison Study is a wonderful and lively read. I particularly love the pragmatic heroine and her stubborn refusal to give up or give in. Highly recommended!"
About the Author
Maria V. Snyder is the New York Times bestselling author of the Study series, the Glass series, the Healer series, Inside Out, and Outside In. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Meteorology from Penn State and a Master of Arts degree in fiction writing from Seton Hill University. Unable to part ways with Seton Hill, Maria is currently a teacher and mentor for the MFA program. Find her on the Web at MariaVSnyder.com.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Worth a read, but certainly flawed.
By Rebecca M. Jones
I'd give this 3 1/2 stars but I don't think that's possible for amazon right now. I'll try to be as vague with this review as I can so that people can read it before reading the book and still understand what's happening.
Overall, I'd say it's a solid book and an enjoyable read. There were things I really liked about it and things that really bothered me as I read it. I doubt anyone would pick up this book and be mad they read it, unless darker and heavier subject matter doesn't sit well with you, in which case I would not recommend. Snyder does not shy away from some really intense subject matter that includes such triggers as torture, murder, rape, and mind control. Generally speaking, I think she deals with these issues as well as could be expected in a short, relatively fast-paced book.
The good:
The story itself is really interesting, with a unique plot, an interesting world, and characters that are not necessarily very complex but are also certainly interesting and generally not cliche. The scope of the story does not leave room for all characters to be explored and developed, but where developing happens it was done well.
The biggest plus for this story is the way it deals with a transgender character, who is never identified as such given the setting of the story, but who, nonetheless, was born female and lives as a male. The author (and characters who discover the truth about the transgender character) handle this very well, always using the correct pronouns (he/him) even after the discovery and even, impressively, choose not to make a big deal out of it, but rather accept wholeheartedly that some people are just born in the wrong bodies. It was an interesting and wonderfully handled plot point that I applaud Snyder for.
The not so good:
The romance in this book was, at least at first, expertly handled as far as YA novels go. The build up of the attraction between the couple was slow and subtle, but obvious enough that the readers were aware that a relationship might be possible. However, once the book started towards its climax, this story line shifted into the far-too cliche, uninteresting world that most YA novels get stuck in where the main character needs to be told by other characters that her love interest has an obvious "thing" for her and then, at the least oppurtune moment when it barely makes sense for the plot and actually takes away from the action, the relationship begins and shifts from, "I have feelings for you" to sex to declarations of love in exctly two pages, which felt rushed and forced and was extremely disapppointing given how well the initial build up was orchestrated.
The dialogue also left far too much to be desired in this novel, with all characters speaking in generally the same manner, using the same vocabulary, and saying the same sorts of things, no matter their walk of life or purpose. Too much of the plot was delivered through dialogue, as almost every explanation about anything important came from a conversation and usually in a way that didn't make sense. Characters in this story were WAY too willing to answer the "why" with a super long and involved and way too real explanation that, more often than not, just felt forced and wrong. Why would a stranger tell someone they just met absolutely everything important that they know? It didn't work for me, and the preveleance of this kind of dialogue made it really hard to distinguish personalities among the more minor characters who don't get a lot of development. Anything unique about them was attached to them by the narrator, who had to add on personality descriptors to every chracter since the author failed to give them distincit personalities by their speech or actions.
Again, overall, an enjoyable read, but one that was certainly flawed and does not stand out to me as a particularly well-written piece. I will probably read the sequels, but I'm not dying to, which is always a sign to me than an author hasn't quite delivered.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Great heroine, magic, and some truly terrible bad guys
By Jaclyn Canada
The Good
Jessica over at A Great Read has been telling me to read this since I started blogging years ago.
I should've listened sooner. So good. OK let's walk through all the points that make this story great. The plot line is about a girl, Yelena, who kills her abuser. Yeah girl! I'm immediately rallying behind her. She is put on death row and about to pay for her crime when the assassin, Valek, offers her the chance to become the food taster of the Commander. Ten points already for being an assassin. And steamy. Then we have the setting of Ixia which is divided by eight districts and govered by generals under the Commander's rule. Magic is not allowed in this world, and only in Sitia can magic run free.
The journey through the story was so entertaining. Yelena trains with Valek to learn poisons and hopefully not die. Meanwhile, she works on self defense with two great side characters Janco and Ari. She runs into people that she shouldn't trust but does, and people she should trust but doesn't. There is mind control, hiding in trees, fire dancing, and an awesome library. Yelena doesn't start out very strong at all, as a character she is weak but smart. However, by the end I wouldn't mess with her.
The Bad
There may have been flaws, but I just didn't see them.
The Romance
Now here we have quite a slow burn romance, and let me say that Valek is a favorite character of mine so I enjoy this pairing quite a lot. However, when the romance happens, it's like YEAH NOW. I was left wondering where on earth that whole middle portion went. Not that I'm complaining too much because of the story there wasn't much romance in it to begin with.
Conclusion
There's a mo bad heroine, hunky assassin, magic, kingdoms, tree jumping, trust issues, and some truly terrible bad guys. I loved reading this story. There was quite a bit of action and the plot was thoroughly entertaining. I came to love the main characters as well as some amazing side characters. Recommended.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Wary of the darkness, but I loved what I found
By Keroberus
I literally stumbled into this series when I had been reading another that didn't quite capture my attention. I thought I had tired of the cliche love story of soul mates and caricature villains who wanted to rule the world when I couldn't finish the other novel and picked this one up. That is not to say we don't have our share of soul bonds and textbook villains here.
What was different with Ms. Snyder's rendition is that all her characters were real and palpable. From the really dark villains to the in-between characters to the sidekicks to the heroes/anti-heroes. The writing was nuanced enough with world-building, emotion, darkness and a love story, just enough to hold your attention but not overkill.
Yelena has seen her share of darkness but she's one tough cookie. She doesn't self-victimize, she's a survivor, and she has scathing wit -- sometimes self-deprecating but not weighed down. Yelena learns from her mistakes, and acknowledges when her lack of experience is not enough. You really cheer for her in this book and want her to survive whatever twisted fate is in store for her because she is not the damsel in distress, she really does try to do things on her own, and instead of muddling through to victory the reader can tell she is intelligent, yet cunning and street smart. Through this book, you can see she never loses her sense of self, and though she has endured a lot of darkness you know that she will claw her way out of it, no matter what.
Make no mistake, her past and present can be a bit dark. Violence to women and to our heroine is carefully narrated, but anyone who has an aversion to bleeding and torture and death should not read this. My stomach for these things is questionable at best, but I still finished this book because it was not overdone. It's easy to devour this book.
The romance is nuanced, but you can feel it like a living pulse throughout the novel. You just don't realize how involved their feelings were throughout the story until the big reveal, and I found that delightful. The fact that there is no triangle, for once, is SO refreshing. I don't know when authors will stop trying to force a love triangle down people's throats to make things "interesting." Done badly, a love triangle takes center stage in a story when it should not. I also hold this romance a few notches above the Sarah J. Maas version of "who will be the romantic interest in the next novel" approach. There is something to be said about constancy. I also love that despite their mutual feelings and their emotional/mental/physical bond he H and the h understand one another to know neither should hold the other back. The romance is not the end game. Ms. Snyder does romance very well, and she's an excellent story teller; her style similar to Maas in a lot of ways.
I love how the characters are never quite as good or quite as bad as you think they are at first, and by the time you're finished there's enough backstory to them that make you understand where they're coming form.
All in all a great read. One star for maturity done right, another for story telling, a third for world building, a fourth for character development and the shiny bright start at the top for the delicate romance that I hope continues into the next book!
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